The Brewers continued to trim their roster down this afternoon, asserting a number of roster strikes forward of right now’s recreation towards the Giants. Brewer Hicklen was optioned to Triple-A Nashville and 6 different gamers have been returned to the minor league camp.
Hicklen’s choice to Triple-A isn’t a lot of a shock contemplating the Brewers’ outfield scenario, although there was extra of a possibility following the damage to Blake Perkins. He appeared in 12 video games and went 4-for-21 for a .190 batting common this spring. He’ll begin the season in Nashville and can function roster depth for the group.
The Brewers additionally returned six others to minor league camp: infielder Raynel Delgado, catcher Darrien Miller, and pitchers Deivi García, Easton McGee, Jacob Misiorowski, and Vinny Nittoli. There aren’t any surprises in that listing as all have been anticipated to at the least start the season within the minors.
A few of these gamers might make appearances this season, although. Delgado had a superb spring with the group (7-for-25 in 12 video games). Miller appeared in eight video games however solely received three at-bats. All 4 pitchers pitched in a number of video games this spring. Their stats are as follows: García (8 IP, 4.50 ERA, 9 Okay, 5 BB), Misiorowski (7 2⁄3 IP, 9.39 ERA, 9 Okay, 5 BB), McGee (6 IP, 3.00 ERA, 3 Okay, 2 BB), and Nittoli (5 1⁄3 IP, 3.38 ERA, 3 Okay, 2 BB).
With right now’s transactions, 38 gamers stay in camp: 18 pitchers, three catchers, 10 infielders, and 7 outfielders. 12 extra gamers will have to be reduce from that listing previous to the primary recreation of the common season on March 27.
