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Mid-season (well, virtually if not exactly) is a good time also to look at how things are going with prospects in the minors.
AAA Chester features mostly relief pitchers in terms of prospects, with several solid major-league quality arms currently awaiting call-up, including Kyle McTavish and Ben Malzone, both of whom have been Brewers at points during this season, and Kyle Green, who was briefly on the big-league club last season. Billy Tanner is also currently at Chester on a rehab assignment having recently come off the DL.
But of those who don't yet have major league experience the most intriguing is Denver native Dave Harder. Harder has put up good numbers this year at both AA Nashville and AAA Chester but indications are that he isn't quite WPK-ready yet. The Brewers scouting staff believe that Harder is destined to be a fine major league closer for the next half decade or so at the least and he will likely be a September call-up this year so that he can start to get his feet wet against major-league hitters.
The other Chester player with some potential for the bigs is catcher Kevin Curtis. Curtis appears to have limited potential with the bat at the major league level but as a defense first catcher could certainly compete for the back-up job for the Brewers in the next few seasons.
Of course, Andrew Kennedy is also down at AAA Chester and will surely be back on the Brewers squad before too long.
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