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The Milwaukee Brewers are sending the young righty back to Triple-A.
You’ve got to throw the ball over the plate, or you can’t be a major league pitcher...You can’t let it snowball like that.” Sproat will continue to work on his command and approach in the minors, but there’s a good chance that we don’t see him up with the Brewers again this season.
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) – The Milwaukee Brewers are sending one of their top young pitchers back to the minors as his struggles in the big league continued on Wednesday night.
Sproat had been recalled earlier this week, and he was wild in his lone appearance Wednesday against the Cubs, walking four while being charged with four runs over 1.1 innings. The Brewers will announce a corresponding roster move prior to Friday's game against the Reds.
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