About this episode

The episode discusses the Brewers' recent performance, highlights Jacob Misiorowski's impressive pitching, and features an interview with Javik Blake about minor league baseball.

The Brewers rattled off another five wins in seven tries and just missed taking the other two, as well. The bats came alive in Colorado (at least, once the first few innings were out of the way), and yet Jacob Misiorowski somehow became the story again with another incredible showing against the Rockies. The Brewers have gotten to 40 wins faster than any other Brewers team in history, and the top-shelf pitching remains elite, although the rest of the rotation remains in flux. Brewers reporter Todd Rosiak and host JR Radcliffe discuss Miz's rapid evolution, Kyle Harrison against his old team, a bullpen suddenly ravaged with injuries, David Hamilton turning a corner and perhaps assuming the full-time starting shortstop role, and hey, look, a trade! In Three Up Three Down (33:45), they talk Pablo Sanchez, a potentially interesting date on the Luis Rengifo timeline and some caustic comments by Jonathan Lucroy. In Remember When (52:30), JR looks back at a pitcher you maybe never heard of, but he's a Wisconsin native who became a mythic hero with the Milwaukee Braves organization before injuries, and in Todd's Take of Week (55:45), he peeks ahead to an unusual venue for the next…

People in this episode

Hosts: Todd Rosiak, JR Radcliffe

Guest: Javik Blake

Topics covered

• Brewers performance
• Jacob Misiorowski
• minor league baseball
• player development
• injuries
• trade discussions

Keywords

• Milwaukee Brewers
• Jacob Misiorowski
• Javik Blake
• minor league
• baseball
• injuries
• trades
• Kyle Harrison
• David Hamilton

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Milwaukee Brewers, Biloxi Shuckers, Milwaukee Braves

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