Jeremy Jeffress
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| Milwaukee Brewers — No. -- | |
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| Born: September 21, 1987 South Boston, Virginia |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
Jeremy Jeffress (born September 21, 1987 in South Boston, Virginia) is a minor league baseball pitcher in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. He was the selected by Milwaukee as the 18th overall pick in the 2006 Major League Baseball draft.
His repertoire features a fastball that tops in the mid-90s and a hard-breaking slider. In the Arizona Rookie League he pitched 33.2 innings and posted a 5.88 ERA with a record of 2-5. He had 37 strikouts and only 25 walks.
On August 30, 2007, Jeffers was suspended for fifty games after testing positive for "a drug of abuse."[1] In 2008, he started on the Brevard County Manatees' roster on the restricted list. He is slated to make his 2008 debut with Brevard County on May 15th.
[edit] References
- ^ McCalvy, Adam. "Notes: Jeffress suspended 50 games." MLB.com. 30 August 2007. 1 May 2008.
