The Brewers introduced a flurry of roster strikes this morning, highlighted by the membership deciding on the contract of left-hander Jared Koenig. The membership additionally referred to as up outfielder Joey Wiemer. To make room for the duo on the lively roster, right-hander J.B. Bukauskas and infielder Andruw Monasterio have been each positioned on the injured record, whereas outfielder Garrett Mitchell was transferred to the 60-day IL to make room for Koenig on the 40-man roster.
Koenig, 30, is getting his second crack on the main leagues after initially making his debut with Oakland again in 2022. A Thirty fifth-round choose by the White Sox out of highschool within the 2014 draft, the southpaw didn’t obtain a proposal from the membership after being drafted and was by no means drafted once more, as an alternative fashioning a profession for himself in unbiased ball after school. After a number of years spent in indy ball, Koenig had a robust season with the Frontier League’s Lake Erie Crushers that noticed him submit a 2.24 ERA in 104 1/3 innings of labor with a 30.6% strikeout charge. That efficiency earned him the eye of the A’s, who signed him to a minor league deal.
The left-hander continued to seek out success upon being assigned to the Double-A degree in 2021, resulting in him finally contributing to the massive league membership in 2022. Koenig’s lengthy highway to the key leagues ended with him pitching 39 1/3 innings for the A’s that noticed him submit a lackluster 5.72 ERA with a 4.84 FIP, hanging out simply 12.4% of batters confronted. Koenig returned to the minors final yr, this time within the Padres group, earlier than signing on with the Brewers previous to the 2024 marketing campaign.
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