10 Players you probably forgot played for the Brewers in 2022

2022 Brewers you may have forgotten about

8. Miguel Sanchez

Sanchez is someone we haven’t seen since June, and the bullpen is sure missing his presence this season. Sanchez appeared in 12 games for the Brewers where he was as dominant as can be. He had one bad outing against the Washington Nationals where he last two-thirds of an inning, giving up four runs on four hits and two home runs. If you get rid of that game he didn’t give up an earned run in 10 out of 12 games that he pitched in, and even for one of those, which happened to be in his last outing, he gave up one earned run.

Unfortunately for Sanchez and the Brewers, he started feeling right UCL discomfort which seems to be a common theme with Brewers pitching this season. He was placed on the 15-day IL. He was then sent on a rehab assignment to Nashville, where things didn’t go very well when he was eventually transferred to the 60-day IL ultimately ending his 2022 season.

7. Jake McGee

Jake McGee was another one of Stearns’ flyers to help in the bullpen, especially with the onslaught of injuries and trades. The McGee experiment lasted two weeks appearing in six games with the Brewers. The former Giants closer started out strong in his first two games as a Brewer, as he threw two scoreless innings against the Colorado Rockies. A couple of days following that outing, he gave up a home run and a walk to the Minnesota Twins in one inning.

He rebounded nicely once the calendar turned to August as he threw one scoreless inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates. His last two outings for the Brewers were the ones that must’ve convinced the Brewers to DFA him. In his final two innings, he pitched an inning and a third, giving up six hits, and three runs. On August 7th, the Brewers DFA’d him and he was quickly picked up by the Nationals shortly after.

6. J.C. Mejia

Mejia has been on an up-and-down road for the Brewers this season as on May 17th, he tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Finally, after serving an 80-game suspension, he was sent to Double-A Biloxi on a rehab assignment to get his arm back up to game-time speed. A week later, he was in Triple-A where he’s been since August 7th.

Mejia has appeared in two games for the Brewers this season, with what was a very brief stint. In game one on May 11, he pitched one and a third inning against the Cincinnati Reds where he gave up five runs on three hits and three walks. His second, and his last game with the Crew was against the Miami Marlins, where he pitched one inning giving up a run on two hits and two walks.

5. Luke Barker

Called up on May 30, Luke Barker made a total of three appearances for the Brewers. After being called up in May, he was quickly optioned back down to Triple-A Nashville a day later. Several days later he was recalled back up where he finally made his Major League Debut. On June 3rd, he made his debut, where he threw two scoreless innings striking out one against the San Diego Padres.

His second outing was one to forget as he went one inning and gave up four runs on five hits including a home run, a couple of days later he gave up two hits and a home run to inflate his ERA to 11.25. Following the game, he was optioned back down to Nashville, where about a month and a half later he sprained his UCL in his right elbow. He was later designated for assignment by the Brewers and is currently a free agent.

2022 Brewers you may have forgotten about

4. Jake Cousins

After coming out of nowhere in 2021, and having a great rookie season, posting a 2.70 ERA in 30 appearances, we haven’t heard much of Cousins since then. Believe it or not, Cousins started the season in the bullpen and appeared in eight games for the Crew. Five of those games were scoreless, on top of that he racked up a quick 13 strikeouts in his time with the team this season.

Similar to Barker’s injury, Cousins also had a UCL problem, but he opted against Tommy John surgery and rehabbed for about 6-8 weeks. Cousins was sent on a rehab assignment to Nashville and then activated from the 60-day IL on August 24. Cousins has since made a brief appearance being called back up by the Brewers before being sent back down again.

3. Connor Sadzeck

Sadzeck is someone who unfortunately never got a real chance to prove himself. He debuted with the Brewers on July 17 against the San Francisco Giants. He went two innings giving up one hit and striking out one. His following and last game with the Brewers was the final nail in the coffin with the team as he gave up three runs on three hits. Two of those were home runs. A couple of days later he was DFA’d and outrighted to Nashville where he has been dominant all season. He elected free agency a few days later.

2. Alex Hall

Although Hall never actually played an inning or recorded a plate appearance for the Brewers, a lot of people have probably forgotten his story. The Brewers were in desperate need of a backup catcher as Omar Narvaez went down. Their Triple-A team wasn’t anywhere in the area and their High-A team, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, happened to be in the midst of a home series. The Brewers selected their backup catcher, Alex Hall, on June 2nd. There was a situation where he was actually in a place to get an at-bat but a couple of things would’ve had to go right within the game in order for him to get that at-bat. The following day he was DFA’d by the Brewers where he was ultimately outrighted back to High-A.

1. Alex Jackson

After the PED suspension of Brewers backup catcher Pedro Severino, the Brewers went on a spree to find their next backup catcher where they traded one of the Marlins farm catchers, Alex Jackson. Jackson had two little stints with the Brewers where he had 12 at-bats. In those, he had three base knocks and struck out seven times. During his stint in early June, he sprained his left middle finger and was placed on the 10-day IL. After going on numerous rehab assignments, he came down with left wrist inflammation which found him on the 60-day IL.

It takes a lot of players to get through a regular season. Not all of them stick around as long as others.