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Brewers Designate Kyle Lobstein For Assignment

By Steve Adams | August 17, 2021 at 4:21pm CDT

The Brewers have designated left-hander Kyle Lobstein for assignment in order to open a roster spot for infielder Keston Hiura, per a club announcement. Hiura has been formally reinstated from the Covid-19-related injured list and will be active on the Brewers’ Triple-A Nashville roster.

Lobstein, 32, came to Milwaukee in a minor mid-July swap that sent cash back to the Nationals, who’d designated him for assignment. The former Tigers and Pirates hurler made his return to the big leagues earlier this season with Washington after a five-year absence, but he appeared in just three games, yielding three runs in 1 1/3 innings.

With the Nationals’ Triple-A affiliate, Lobstein pitched quite well, compiling a 1.69 ERA with a very strong 29.8 percent strikeout rate, a 9.5 percent walk rate and an elite 69.4 percent ground-ball rate. Things didn’t go as well with Milwaukee’s top affiliate in Nashville, however, as Lobstein has been tagged for 5.40 ERA with nine strikeouts, four walks, three hit batters and a diminished 52.1 percent grounder rate in 13 1/3 innings.

In 129 1/3 Major League innings overall, Lobstein carries a 5.22 ERA with a 13.3 percent strikeout rate, an 8.9 percent walk rate and a 49.8 percent ground-ball rate, although his improved strikeout numbers in the minors in recent years suggest he’s made some changes from earlier in his career when he was struggling as a starter in Detroit. The Brewers will have a week to place him on outright waivers or release him now that the trade deadline has passed.

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9 Comments

  1. Redsoxx_62

    4 years ago

    You just aren’t cut out for baseball with a last name like that

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    • Monkey’s Uncle

      4 years ago

      He’s got a great name for tennis, though.

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    • The Baseball Fan

      4 years ago

      I feel like some names make a player seem like a certain type of player or good or bad player idk why

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    • DockEllisDee

      4 years ago

      Now I’m in the mood for some surf and turf

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  2. UWPSUPERFAN77

    4 years ago

    No brainer!

    Reply
  3. anthonyd4412

    4 years ago

    Sign Grant Balfour!

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    • brickhaus

      4 years ago

      SIT THE F*UCK DOWN!!!

      Reply
  4. sergefunction

    4 years ago

    His last name is a mishmashed kosher lobster, which is unfortunately mutually exclusive and thus quite impossible.

    An inventor of same could net a fortune.

    Reply
  5. MikeyHammer

    4 years ago

    When there was no crawdad, we ate sand.

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