Brewers skip Brandon Sproat's turn, but he remains in the rotation

Brandon Sproat remains a member of the Milwaukee Brewers ' rotation. When he receives his next turn remains to be seen. With an off day on April 9 leading into a three-game weekend series against the Washington Nationals at American Family Field, the team opted to skip the young right-hander this time through with an eye on jumping back in at a later date.

The Brewers continue to remain flexible with their starting pitching; left-hander Aaron Ashby was announced earlier Friday as the opener with right-hander Chad Patrick following. Kyle Harrison was moved up and into Sproat's spot and will start April 11 and Brandon Woodruff now starts the series finale April 12. Sproat, meanwhile, will be available to provide length out of the bullpen until Milwaukee slots him back into the rotation.

The team has another off day on April 13. "He's still in our rotation. It's just the way things have worked out," said manager Pat Murphy.

"We have an opener today. Sometimes this happens when you have the extra off days and things like that. Sproat will pitch and he'll be back in the rotation.