Former Brewer mainstay Harry Lyerly was honored with Pitcher of the Month honors for August in his AAA league for his continued heroics. Will it be enough to earn him a big league call-up soon?
And the Brewers farm system saw a member of their AA Nashville squad also earn such honors- 22-year old left-hander Oscar Medrano. Medrano is admittedly in the midst of his 3rd full season at the AA level (looks like I haven't monitored him well- whoops!) so that might be a factor, but he is still quite young and has consistently pitched above his perceived talent since being signed as an international discovery out of the Dominican Republic back in May of 1971. And with the Brewers recent record of developing pitchers successfully, it isn't out of the realm entirely that the young man with the potentially elite fastball and plus change-up could develop into a useful back end of the rotation starter. The fact that he is left-handed certainly increases his potential value.
