![]() ![]() "And at this point, we need healthy pitchers and having guys down that haven’t pitched in two days already is challenging." Stabilizing force "We think this is probably closer to 10 days, but we want to get the discomfort out of there and want to have him comfortable throwing," Counsell said. "So, he wasn’t there (Saturday) and that to us meant a couple more days down for sure. Thus, the move to send right-hander Eric Yardley to the injured list on Saturday with a right shoulder issue.Ĭounsell said Yardley experienced some discomfort in his last outing Wednesday, was held back from throwing Thursday and Friday and experienced more discomfort before Saturday's game. Some seasons, healthy teams are able to get by without using a reliever for several days in order to allow him to recover from various ailments.īut the Brewers are far from healthy and need all the fresh arms they can get in the bullpen. One of the Brewers' better pitching prospects, File underwent elbow surgery Feb. The Brewers also made a procedural roster move, recalling right-hander Dylan File from Class AA Biloxi and placing him on the 60-day injured list. So, to be back with these guys and how dominant they’ve been this year, I’m excited to be with them and do whatever I can to help them."įeliciano was optioned back to the alternate training site after drawing a walk in his first major-league plate appearance and scoring the winning run Saturday night. "It’s good I don’t have to learn a whole new pitching staff. "I know the guys, I know what they like to do," he said. "Everything’s been good," he said. "I got picked up by the Mariners and was ready to get going with them, then yesterday a couple things changed and we had to re-route and now I’m here. ![]() To top it all off, Nottingham went deep in his first at-bat and hit another home run in the eighth for his first career multi-homer game after having not arrived in Milwaukee until 1 a.m. We kept in touch with them and ultimately, we were able to swing the deal with Notty get him on a plane real quick last night and have him active for today." "When we talked to Seattle, it sounded like there was the potential that they could run into a roster crunch. After it became clear Omar (Narváez) wasn't going to be available, we began to see what, if any, of there might be availability from catchers who were currently in the testing cohort either at the big-league level or the alternate site. "You can't sign someone who is out of the testing cohort and immediately have them active. Footwork will get sloppy, drops elbow and loses the target at times."This is a different transactional world we're living in," president of baseball operations David Stearns said. Good athlete and see the body firming up as he matures should get to fringe average on the corners. Handle routine plays at second base, but feet get slow around the bag. Good on rollers coming in below-average range side to side. Athletic gait not a basestealer, but not a baseclogger either.Īverage hands, but gets stiff on the move and bends at the waist. ![]() Thick legs, heavy footed takes a few steps to get going. Gap-type power, line drives gets some carry to pull side not going to be a home run guy, but potential to do some extra-base damage. Showing more lift, staying open and pulling off in AFL looks. Small load and stays short to the ball, hands stay back. Showed a level plane earlier in the regular season ability to cover the outer third of the plate. ![]()
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