The Brewers jumped from 26th to 23rd in wRC+ in one afternoon and the only thing preventing an even bigger jump was the Marlins’ three point gain in wRC+ due to their own impressive, though ultimately futile, performance against Atlanta. To compare Milwaukee’s day to an individual performance, yesterday would be like Manuel Margot (career 85 wRC+) hitting better than Mike Trout has over the last two weeks over the next 14 days.

To provide slightly more perspective, here’s how every team’s wRC+ looked through September 7 and how it looked through September 8, before yesterday’s games:

That’s what a normal day looks like 40-plus games into the season. A good week might move a team’s wRC+ six points or more, like the Red Sox, Blue Jays, and Mets did from September 1 to September 8, but a good day isn’t likely to cause a huge swing. Now, let’s compare the numbers after the Braves and Brewers’ big days:

The outliers are obvious. While the Brewers have been struggling to score this season, yesterday’s game takes them from awful to merely below average. The Braves’ offense was already very good, and of late, it’s been on fire. Here’s team offense over the last two weeks: