MILWAUKEE — Sal Frelick‘s athleticism was one of the main reasons the Milwaukee Brewers selected him with the No. 15 overall pick in the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft, and that athleticism was on full display Tuesday night with a spectacular diving catch.
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As I wrote recently, Tyler Black has made some important developmental progress in Triple-A this spring. He now joins a Brewers positional corps that went from surging to struggling almost overnight, and the team is hoping he can deliver a jolt of new life and dynamism to that group.
The glaring deficiency in the games of both Sal Frelick and Brice Turang, during encouraging rookie campaigns, was a shortfall in the power department.
Sal Frelick, who made his major league debut last season as one of the top outfield prospects in baseball, appears set to play a significant amount of infield in 2024.
The Milwaukee Brewers have valued flexibility and welcomed unconventional defensive positioning for a while now. However, turning one of your top outfield prospects into a semi-regular third baseman within a handful of weeks during Spring Training might be a new level of craziness (or genius).
Since the Brewers revealed at the beginning of spring training that Sal Frelick would receive reps as an infielder in exhibition play, there’s been more and more evidence suggesting the club wants him to be a legitimate option at third base--rather than an in-case-of-emergency choice.
The first thing that jumps out when you talk to Sal Frelick is that he's not talking about his conversion to the infield as a passing flight of fancy. To him, this move (while not total or definitive) is very real, and it's happening.
Sal Frelick had two hits in the loss. Box Score The Brewers put together a valiant effort this afternoon to get their second win of the spring. They had an early lead, but it was erased quickly and the Brewers were behind after two innings.
The Milwaukee Brewers are immediately introducing an interesting wrinkle to their lineup when they open Cactus League play on Saturday, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Todd Rosiak reported Friday.
Ken Rosenthal reported Saturday that, during the offseason, Sal Frelick worked out with former Boston Red Sox star Dustin Pedroia in the infield, which the Brewers confirmed with a tweet showing Frelick fielding a bunt at third base.
It sounds like, for the moment, Sal Frelick is only taking reps at second and third base so as to be ready in case of emergency. The story in The Athletic that reported Frelick's offseason project included praise for his progress from Dustin Pedroia (himself an undersized player who ended up right...
Frelick worked out in the infield during the offseason at Pat Murphy’s request Sal Frelick is a prominent piece in a deep Brewers outfield, but he’ll also spend some time on the dirt in spring training.
The Padres are known to be on the lookout for outfield help.
Will the Milwaukee Brewers be competitive in 2024? After much speculation surrounding roster decisions and potential trades, Milwaukee looks set to fight for another division title.
As we creep closer to playoff baseball there is always a rookie who makes his presence felt on the big stage, and in 2023 there is no shortage of possibilities. With rookies making a big impact on the playoff races, Here are three National League rookies to keep an eye on in the 2023 postseason.
The Milwaukee Brewers blew out the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday by a score of 14-1. The win moved Milwaukee to 59-51 on the season and put them at 0.5 games ahead of the Cincinnati Reds for first place in the National League Central.
Rookie Sal Frelick drove in five runs with a three-run homer and a double as the Milwaukee Brewers pounded out a 14-1 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series.
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night by a score of 4-3. It was a meaningful win for Milwaukee, as they continue to hold off the Cincinnati Reds in the National League Central.
Sal Frelick had three hits and drove in the tying and go-ahead runs in his major league debut to pace the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-3 comeback victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.
Milwaukee Brewers OF Sal Frelick had an MLB debut to remember.
The Milwaukee Brewers added top outfield prospect Sal Frelick to the major league roster for the first time Saturday, while outfielder Raimel Tapia was designated for assignment.
The Brewers are promoting top outfield prospect Sal Frelick, according to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal (Twitter link). Frelick’s first game with Milwaukee will mark the 23-year-old’s big league debut.
Mitchell’s injury theoretically could’ve opened the door for another top outfield prospect, Sal Frelick, to make his major league debut. Unfortunately, Frelick coincidentally suffered a left thumb injury while playing for Triple-A Nashville at the same time Mitchell went down.
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