The Brewers are in split-squad action this afternoon against two of the teams alongside the Brewers near the bottom of the Cactus League standings. In one of the games, Milwaukee will send a group to play the Seattle Mariners, who are in last place with a spring record of 7-17, while the other half of the squad will stay at American Family Fields of Phoenix to take on the 12-14 Angels.
Kyle Harrison will make the start in the home game vs. the Angels. Harrison has allowed a bunch of runs this spring—eight
of them, seven earned, in seven innings—but he’s also struck out a ton of batters (12 of them in seven innings) and his stuff has generally looked good. Given the injury to Quinn Priester and the slow ramp up for Brandon Woodruff, Harrison has a good shot at sticking in the opening day rotation, so he’ll be looking to build on that. Scheduled to follow Harrison on the mound today are the team’s two lefty swingmen, Aaron Ashby and DL Hall.
In Peoria against the Mariners, Carlos Rodriguez will get the start. It’ll be Rodriguez’s second appearance with the Brewers after returning from duty with Nicaragua’s World Baseball Classic team last week; he threw two innings last time out. Also scheduled to pitch for the Brewers in this game are Easton McGee and Jacob Waguespack.
The stronger lineup is pretty clearly the one at home versus the Angels; all nine players in that lineup should make the opening day roster. The Mariners game, which can be seen on Brewers.TV, features another player freshly back from the WBC, Tyler Black, leading off, along with an interesting team of young players including Jett Williams, Brock Wilken, Luis Lara, Cooper Pratt, and Marco Dinges.
First pitch in both games is at 3:10 p.m. central, and as mentioned, the away game against the Mariners can be seen on Brewers.TV. The Angels game, with the varsity squad, can be heard on WTMJ.
