One of the biggest surprises of the 2018 season has been the slugging prowess of Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Jesus Aguilar. How good has he been?

He's hitting .299/.358/.597 this season. That on-base percentage ranks 7th among 14 first basemen with at least 220 plate appearances. He's 1st in slugging, 2nd in wOBA (.297), 3rd in wRC+ (150), 2nd in home runs (16), 2nd in RBI (50), 1st in isolated power (.299) and 2nd in OPS (.955). At this point, he's certainly worthy of an All-Star nod, and will probably get one. Over the weekend, he hit two homers in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals, including one of the walk-off variety.

Aguilar's minor league numbers indicated he was a guy who possessed good power, and last year, in just 311 big league plate appearances, he also slugged 16 dingers and had a .265/.331/.505 slash line with a wRC+ of 112. He's obviously improved this season, but it's not crazy to think the improvement is for real. He's increased his walk rate from 8.0% to 8.7% and cut his strikeout rate from 30.2% to 24.9%.

Normally, you want to sell high on guys like this but only if you think a big dip in production is coming. In Aguilar's case, there's no reason to think he's going to suddenly stop hitting homers.