The Milwaukee Brewers are going into their second season with Pat Murphy as their manager. While their season ended on a sour note, they had an extremely successful 2024 season. They finished with a 93-69 record and won the NL Central by a full 10 games.
However, entering 2025 Milwaukee is seeing one of their former first round picks get a massive opportunity.
Former Brewers 1st Round Pick Earns Massive Opportunity With New Team (Report)
According to Sports Illustrated’s Matthew Postins:
A year ago, the San Francisco Giants sent cash to the Milwaukee Brewers for a pitcher named Ethan Small.
A year later, he hasn’t delivered much to the Giants. But he’ll head to Scottsdale, Ariz., later this month as a non-roster invitee at Major League spring training.
He is one of 14 pitchers that received the invitation. He re-signed with the Giants on a minor-league deal in December after a rather forgettable 2024.
Small joined the Giants after the Brewers designated him for assignment. But he wasn’t ready to pitch once the season began as he suffered a moderate right oblique strain.
The Giants activated him in August, assigned him to Triple-A Sacramento and he ended up pitching in a combined 14 minor-league games, including three starts. He didn’t factor in a decision and had a 4.35 ERA, with 16 strikeouts and two walks in 13 innings.
Here is a look at Small’s college stats:
| Year | Age | AgeDif | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 19 | -1.6 | Mississippi State | SEC | NCAA | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.06 | 13.06 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 2.032 | 9.6 | 0.9 | 8.7 | 17.4 | 2.00 | ||
| 2016 | 19 | -1.1 | Wareham | CCBL | Smr | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 3.15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 1.450 | 9.5 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 1.38 | |
| 2018 | 21 | 0.5 | Mississippi State | SEC | NCAA | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.20 | 3.55 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101.1 | 93 | 40 | 36 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 122 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 427 | 1.243 | 8.3 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 10.8 | 3.70 | ||
| 2019 | 22 | 1.6 | Mississippi State | SEC | NCAA | 10 | 2 | .833 | 1.93 | 2.19 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 61 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 176 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 418 | 0.869 | 5.1 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 14.8 | 5.50 | ||
| 2019 | 22 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | A-Rk | MIL | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.86 | 2.14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 0.714 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 15.4 | 9.00 | |
| 2019 | 22 | 0.1 | Wisconsin | MIDW | A | MIL | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 0.833 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 15.5 | 7.75 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1.4 | Brewers Gold | ARIZ | Rk | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 |
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