Brewers prospect has MLB debut to remember
Less than 24 hours after being called up to the Majors by the Milwaukee Brewers, outfielder Sal Frelick had a debut to remember, in the field and at the plate, Saturday against the Atlanta Braves.
Frelick's first taste of the Majors couldn't have gone better. Offensively, he was perfect, finishing 3-for-3 with two RBI to help the Brewers pull off a come-from-behind 4-3 victory over Atlanta.
Meanwhile, in the field, Frelick flashed leather more than once, making not one but two dramatic outfield grabs in the same inning.
With the Brewers trailing 3-2 in the top of the sixth, Frelick robbed two Braves of sure extra bases. First, Frelick victimized Marcell Ozuna, making a leaping grab before slamming back-first into the right-field wall. Then, a batter later, Frelick jumped up to make another remarkable grab in the right-field gap, taking at least a double away from Orlando Arcia.
MLB Pipeline ranks Frelick as the Brewers' No. 2 prospect and the 17th overall in baseball. Selected 15th overall by the Brewers in the 2021 MLB Draft out of Boston College, Frelick impressed at the minor-league level immediately, batting .314 with 15 home runs, 99 RBI and a .393 on-base percentage over 197 starts.
Frelick's father, Jeff, on hand in Milwaukee for his son's debut, called the moment "phenomenal."
" I'm so happy for him," Sal Frelick told Fox Sports Ken Rosenthal. "What he puts into it, it's been a dream of his, and he works hard at it."
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