A somewhat forgotten prospect

[Ayt]

Jeremy Jeffress, our 1st round HS flame thrower is pitching pretty well this year. He's only in low A ball, but he's also only 19.

Last year he really struggled in rookie ball:
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/ ... ress.shtml

He didn't give up an HRs and he had a solid K9, but he walked 25 guys in only 33 IP; yikes!

This year his ERA is way down, his K9 is down only slightly, and his BB9 has been reduced from 6.68 to 5.1.

http://tinyurl.com/3253sh

Given the fact that he was such a major project coming out of HS, I'm very encouraged by the fact that he seems to be getting a much better handle on his control, which was the main concern when he was drafted. His HR9 is a little high as well, but that should also come down as he (hopefully) increases his control and makes less mistake pitches.

He'll likely be on a similar track as Gallardo, who pitched mainly in rookie ball at 18 and then got 7 IP in A ball at the end of the year in which he got rocked (10 ER in his lone game).

It will be interesting to see how the rest of this season goes and how he handles high A ball next year and AA (most likely) as a 20 year old. Getting another #1 starter type to come through the system would be great.

Hopefully, unlike Inman, he doesn't struggle in AA, where a lot of pitching prospects have a hard time. From the looks of it, HRs have been Inman's main problem in AA. Hopefully he can get that worked out. His BA against is also quite high considering his very solid K9. Maybe he's just giving up too many long balls and overall has had some bad luck with balls in play finding an open spot. A high BABIP and a HR9 that is way too high will kill a pitchers ERA.

http://tinyurl.com/2tpaae

[brewcityboii]

Very nice very nice.

I completely forgot about him.
Glad to see he might be coming around.

[whatthe_buck!?]

Good stuff, Ayt. Thanks for the update.

[MickeyDavis]

Thanks. The Milwaukee media doesn't bother to cover any of our minor leaguers. You would think that would be a natural since all of the JS reporters are minor leaguers themselves.

[brewcityboii]

Thanks. The Milwaukee media doesn't bother to cover any of our minor leaguers. You would think that would be a natural since all of the JS reporters are minor leaguers themselves.

Sooooo TRUE

[Ayt]

CF Darren Ford, C Angel Salome, 3B Mat Gamel, LF Michael Brantley, and C Lou Palmisano are also all having very solid years. All were considered pretty solid prospects coming into the year.

The young catching depth is what I like the most. Salome is still in A+ ball, but Palmisano is doing very well in AA. The main problem with him is that he's pretty old for a AA guy and this is really his first year of batting really well. I'd like to see him in AAA at some point this year.

If any of you guys are interested, here is where you can find the sites for all of the Brewers minor league teams.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb ... ations.jsp

[Nowak008]

CF Darren Ford, C Angel Salome, 3B Mat Gamel, LF Michael Brantley, and C Lou Palmisano are also all having very solid years. All were considered pretty solid prospects coming into the year.

The young catching depth is what I like the most. Salome is still in A+ ball, but Palmisano is doing very well in AA. The main problem with him is that he's pretty old for a AA guy and this is really his first year of batting really well. I'd like to see him in AAA at some point this year.

If any of you guys are interested, here is where you can find the sites for all of the Brewers minor league teams.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb ... ations.jsp

We need to take a few of these prospects and make a run at someone. We have so much young talent at this point, that we really don't need more.