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Brewers Designate Elieser Hernández For Assignment

By Anthony Franco | June 19, 2024 at 6:31pm CDT

The Brewers announced a few roster moves before tonight’s game in Anaheim. Milwaukee recalled rookie infielder Tyler Black and right-hander Bradley Blalock. They optioned infielder Oliver Dunn to Triple-A Nashville and designated righty Elieser Hernández to open spots on the active roster. The Hernández DFA drops the 40-man roster tally to 39.

It’s the first major league call for Blalock, whom Milwaukee added to the 40-man last offseason. Blalock was drafted by the Red Sox out of high school five years ago. Milwaukee acquired his at last summer’s trade deadline in the deal sending struggling infielder Luis Urías to Boston. Blalock finished the season in High-A, yet the Brewers were still concerned another team would pluck him away in the Rule 5 draft.

Milwaukee optioned the 6’2″ righty to Double-A Biloxi to start this year. Working from the rotation, he has pitched to a 4.24 ERA through 51 innings. Blalock’s 18.9% strikeout rate is modest, though he has only walked 7.8% of batters faced. The Georgia native has shown advanced control in his minor league career. Baseball America ranked him as the #22 prospect in the Milwaukee organization heading into the season, while he checked in 15th in the system on Keith Law’s list at The Athletic. Both outlets suggest he has a chance to stick in the rotation behind a low-mid 90s fastball and decent secondary offerings.

For the time being, Blalock could step into the long relief role which Hernández had filled. Milwaukee has enough rotation questions to potentially give the 23-year-old a starting look at some point. The recently promoted Carlos Rodríguez has allowed seven runs in 8 1/3 innings over his first two big league starts.

Hernández spent less than two weeks in Milwaukee. The Brewers signed him to a major league contract on June 8, two days after he elected free agency upon being outrighted by the Dodgers. The Venezuelan-born righty pitched four times, tossing six innings of two-run ball with a pair of strikeouts and walks apiece. Hernández had made five appearances with Los Angeles and owns a 6.32 ERA in 15 2/3 big league frames this year. The former Marlins starter will probably end up on waivers in the next few days and could return to free agency if he again goes unclaimed.

Black, one of the game’s better offensive prospects, steps back into the MLB infield mix. The Brewers called up the Wright State product for the first time in late April. Black only got into seven games before being optioned back to Nashville. He has turned in strong numbers there, hitting .275/.374/.483 with nine homers in 243 plate appearances.

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7 Comments

  1. mad1

    1 year ago

    Thank you!

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  2. Jgwi2az

    1 year ago

    Blalock was called up a couple weeks ago, but was sent back down before appearing in a game.

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  3. joe5346

    1 year ago

    Why not Chad Patrick? HIs numbers are better at triple A than Blalock at double A.

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    • Russell Branyan

      1 year ago

      Blalock was already on the 40

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  4. David White

    1 year ago

    Hernández is good. Good numbers at AAA this year and was solid with the Brewers. He will get claimed with teams always needing SP depth.

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  5. UWPSUPERFAN77

    1 year ago

    If, and when, Junis and Hall are added to the Roaster, the cuts become difficult. Most of the relivers have done well. Only Meyers and Rodriquez have options, I think.. Does anyone else have options left in the Pitching staff?

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  6. Enregistre

    1 year ago

    It’s not Blalock’s first call. See this article which one of your colleagues wrote:

    mlbtraderumors.com/2024/05/brewers-dfa-thyago-viei…

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