On a surprisingly newsy Monday for the Milwaukee Brewers, we have a baseball game to play as the Brewers look to keep their winning streak to begin the season going as they welcome the Tampa Bay Rays to town.
Making his first start for the Brewers will be left-hander Kyle Harrison. The Brewers acquired him from the Red Sox along with David Hamilton and Shane Drohan right before spring training started.
“What impresses me is that [Harrison]’s capable. He’s done it before. He’s very capable of getting
right handed hitters out as well as lefties and his stuff is at times very good. He’s got to learn to mature and become a major league starter. This is the land of opportunity. You know we give those young people the chance, we bet on those young people, we put through the car wash, and usually after Hooky and Henderson get their hands on them, they come out better” manager Pat Murphy said.
As far as the lineup goes for the Brewers, Joey Ortiz gets a day off today against Nick Martinez and David Hamilton is in there at shortstop. That’s certainly conspicuous considering news broke today that the Brewers were signing shortstop prospect Cooper Pratt to an 8 year extension. Still, Pratt is not here and neither is Luis Matos, who was acquired earlier on Monday. Matos is expected to arrive in Milwaukee tomorrow.
Brice Turang, William Contreras, and Christian Yelich fill out the top of the order, that’s pretty standard. Luis Rengifo is batting cleanup tonight, which is interesting. Then it’s a trio of lefties with Jake Bauers, Sal Frelick, and Garrett Mitchell. Hamilton and Brandon Lockridge round out the bottom of the order.
