Brewers minor-league update | Pitcher returns after two years, throwing 99 mph
Homers were plentiful for the Brewers minor-leaguers last week, and pitcher Cameron Wagoner continued his return after injuries cost him two seasons.
An under-the-radar return to the mound last week might be one of the best stories in the Milwaukee Brewers minor leagues this season. Cameron Wagoner, an 11th-round draft pick out of Eastern Michigan in 2022, returned to the mound for the first time in more than 950 days, and he also happened to be throwing 98. 7 mph.
His appearance May 2 for the Class AA Biloxi Shuckers was followed by another 1โ innings May 6 and another inning May 10. As the right-hander explained on the Biloxi Shuckers pregame show, he underwent Tommy John surgery after noticing problems in his elbow as he prepared for the 2024 season. After progressing back from the surgery, he developed fluid in his elbow that required another six months of rehab, followed by an elbow fracture that threw him into another rehab cycle.
Wagoner's previous professional appearance came Sept. 6, 2023, with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers; one day earlier, he had been named the Midwest League pitcher of the month for August after going 4-0 with a 1. 37 earned run average in five games.
The Shuckers indicated he threw the ball 99 mph in his first outing, which featured a scoreless inning with two strikeouts. He appeared again May 6 for 1โ innings, allowing a homer and a walk and hitting two batters, but he did strike out another batter, too. On May 10, he allowed two hits but no runs with two strikeouts over an inning in a Shuckers loss.
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