The Brewers announced that they’ve claimed right-hander Alec Asher off waivers from the Dodgers and optioned him to Triple-A Colorado Springs. Milwaukee had an open spot on its 40-man roster, so no corresponding move is necessary.
Asher, 26, made six starts and 18 relief appearances for the Orioles last year, working to a total of 60 innings with a 47-to-23 K/BB. While the righty demonstrated an ability to pitch out of both the rotation and bullpen in multi-inning stints, he struggled to a 5.25 ERA and yielded 10 homers in last year’s 60 frames with the O’s. Asher does sport a quality 3.75 ERA in 170 1/3 innings of Triple-A work, where he’s averaged 6.4 K/9 against 2.1 BB/9. That he has a minor league option remaining only makes him more appealing. He can be shuttled back and forth from Triple-A this season as the Brewers see fit.
With the Dodgers, Asher saw just one game in Triple-A, during which he worked three innings and allowed an earned run on three hits and no walks with one strikeout.
“the next Brandon Morrow”…lol no wait that’s only if the Dodgers claim a pitcher
Anyone is better than Oliver Drake
I woke up today to find out he still has a job. I was really looking forward to reading the article saying he went away.
Amen
If you’re a pitcher that my O’s couldn’t use, you’re pretty worthless.
Unless you’re Jake Arrieta.
Buyer beware!
Honestly, Asher was misused and confused by Baltimore. Should have been a starter only, imo, and given half the chances that Tillman and Ubaldo got.
I’m confused. How was Asher “confused”? He got two spot starts, one was good and one was bad. He got four starts in a row end of May/early June and only one of the four was good. He gave up 10 HRs in 60 IPs. He wasn’t good. He wasn’t worse than Tillman or Ubaldo or Hellickson, but he wasn’t good, either.