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Brewers Designate Kirk Nieuwenhuis

By Jeff Todd | April 21, 2017 at 2:44pm CDT

The Brewers have designated outfielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis for assignment, per a club announcement. Lefty Brent Suter will come up to take his roster spot and bolster the club’s pen.

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Nieuwenhuis, 29, was off to a sluggish start in 2016. Over thirty trips to the plate thus far, he has just two hits and four walks. Nieuwenhuis was better last year, when he slashed .209/.324/.385 while appearing in 125 contests.

Parting with the left-handed-hitting Nieuwenhuis means that Milwaukee does not have a platoon option to go with center fielder Keon Broxton, who has struggled just as much in the early going. It’ll be interesting to see whether top prospect Lewis Brinson, who’s currently laying waste to Triple-A pitching, could end up getting a shot at some point in the near future.

It’s not yet known, of course, whether this will spell the end of Nieuwenhuis’s tenure in Milwaukee. If he clears waivers, he’d have the option to reject an outright assignment, though it’s also possible to imagine that he’d prefer to remain with the organization and wait for a roster spot to open.

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Comments

  1. hamelin4mvp

    5 years ago

    Excited to see Suter who hopefully is a late bloomer. Dude throws some heat.

    Reply
    • fisher40

      5 years ago

      He does not throw heat lol. He can barely hit 90 with his fastball.

      Reply
      • hamelin4mvp

        5 years ago

        Haha – You’re right. I was thinking of Jacob Barnes.

        Reply
  2. statmaster96

    5 years ago

    It has begun.

    Reply
  3. gormanthomasrules

    5 years ago

    This was overdue, honestly.

    Broxton has to sink or swim now. Lewis Brinson is very, very close.

    Reply
    • bastros88

      5 years ago

      he’s gonna sink

      Reply
      • ratchetpoobis

        5 years ago

        Naw

        Reply
  4. n888

    5 years ago

    It’s 2017

    Reply
  5. nysoxsam

    5 years ago

    I’m tired of articles constantly using the word “slashed”. With last year’s numbers, a pitcher feared slashing their wrist using a Hulk Hogan feathered via more than they did Nieuweinhuis and his bat.

    Reply
    • OldishCubsFan

      5 years ago

      Yeah slashed implies he did well.

      Reply
      • mmddyyyy

        5 years ago

        I believe “slashed” is used here to preface the .209/.324/.389 “triple slash line”, not to imply that he did well

        Reply
    • Jeff Todd

      5 years ago

      When you’re writing about slash lines 15 times a day, it gets tiresome to phrase it the same way every time. So, I try to mix it up. I’d guess “slashing” is about my least-used option, but I don’t see any harm in it.

      Reply
  6. firstbleed

    5 years ago

    He was just keeping a seat warm, there was no way he was going to stay on the MLB roster all season. Wish him luck elsewhere or if he accepts an assignment to AAA.

    Reply
    • KCelts

      5 years ago

      He ought to accept the assignment in AAA. Not sure many MLB teams have room for someone who started 2 for 30…

      Reply
  7. Jay

    5 years ago

    I was wondering when they were going to make a move. I’m not as high on Suter. I would have liked to see Andrew Barbosa come up.

    Reply
    • BrewBucksVikes

      5 years ago

      They brought up Suter because he is on the 40 man and can send him back down when Garza is activated.

      Reply

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