Craig Yoho continues his rapid ascent, can he join the Milwaukee Brewers in 2024?

Now that you know the stats, what does Craig Yoho throw?

As previously mentioned, Craig Yoho spent just over two months in Biloxi pitching for the Shuckers in AA. I had the opportunity to catch up with Javik Blake, the play-by-play announcer and media manager for the Shuckers to ask him about Yoho's pitching breakdown.

Javik Blake informed me that Yoho is a three pitch pitcher, starting with a sinker that sits around 92 miles per hour with 20 inches of arm-side break (breaking in on a left handed hitter), this pitch is similar to the sinker that Elvis Peguero throws, just with less velocity. Where Yoho is sitting around 92 mph, Peguero averages 96.8 mph.

Next is Yoho's most devastating pitch, I mentioned at the top that we'd come back to his changeup and here we are, this is the money-maker. Yoho's changeup sits in the upper 70 mph range and has about 20 inches of horizontal break away from left handed hitters, in on right handed hitters. First thought to the mind is "how does that compare to Devin Williams' airbender?" Answer: extremely closely, Williams' changeup averages 84.8 miles per hour and 19.1 inches of horizontal break, so if Yoho is able to add just a little bit of velocity to his changeup, the Brewers could have two airbenders.

For your viewing pleasure, Craig Yoho's third appearance for the Nashville Sounds opened with three straight changeups and the batter stood no chance.

Lastly is Craig Yoho's slider, now this pitch with some work on the velocity, like the other two, could be another untouchable pitch. Blake said Yoho's slider is in the mid 70 miles per hour range with again about 20 inches of horizontal break. A slider with that much movement has to just eat up left handed hitters and induce some very silly looking swings from right handed hitters. If Yoho is even in the ballpark of 20 inches of horizontal break on his slider, it would be among the league leaders in baseball as one of the highest breaking sliders in baseball.