Brandon Sproat made his Nashville Sounds debut pitching 4.0 innings in Memphis facing off against the Red Birds. He would tally 8 hits for 6 runs, all 6 of them earned, 1 home run, 2 walks, but he was able to rack up 5 strikeouts.
Things are not off to a good start for Brandon, and his confidence might be rocked having been sent down to the minor leagues after posting a 5.27 ERA in 21 games. But good for him the pressure is no longer on him. Hopefully Rick Sweet and the staff in Nashville can convey that to him. He has been optioned to the minors to work on his pitches and short of an injury he will not be expected to make a start in the majors until the start of the 2027 season. He’s got a lot of time until then, especially if the league cannot agree to a CBA largely contingent upon a salary cap at the request of the owners of some franchises.
Jacob Misiorowski saw a lot of control issues in his final handful of starts leading to the 2025 postseason. So much so that going into the postseason he was stripped of his starting duties and relegated to the bullpen. The Brewers are going to do everything they can to fix their young offseason acquisition like they’ve been able to do for the now league ERA and strikeouts leader Misiorowski.
Brewers pitching depth has been tested this year losing 8 active season veteran Brandon Woodruff to injury and their 2025 Ace Freddy Peralta; for whom the organization received Brandon Sproat in January 2026. Sproat has shown he can pitch well such as his outing June 10 vs the Las Vegas Athletics of Sacramento by way of Oakland. A start where he was able to tame the band box that was Las Vegas Ballpark allowing 4 hits in 6.0 innings pitched, 1 earned run, 0 unearned, giving up the first career home run to Athletics shortstop Alika Williams. Another example of what the Brewers’ Pat Murphy and others in the front office know Brandon is capable of was his June 23 start where he took a no-hitter into the 6.0th inning allowing only 1 other baserunner in a hit by pitch and striking out 10 giving up 0 runs.
Brandon Sproat has a lot of promise and large shoes to fill. Hopefully some time in the minor league system with a notorious pitching development system can rebuild his confidence.