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Brewers prospect has MLB debut to remember

By Mike Santa Barbara | Last updated Jul 22, 2023 10:07 PM ET

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.

Making his mark!

Sal goes 3-for-3 and is STILL batting 1.000.#ThisIsMyCrew | @SalFrelick pic.twitter.com/KNIRqRFcta
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) July 23, 2023

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.

Sal Frelick is making this Major League thing look easy.

Two incredible catches in the same inning in his debut! pic.twitter.com/HoPTlgES8o
— MLB (@MLB) July 23, 2023

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."

Mike Santa Barbara

Mike Santa Barbara is a Wilmington, Delaware native (Yes, it's a real place) with over a decade of sports writing experience. A diehard Philadelphia sports fan, he has two dogs named after Flyers and cried real tears when the Eagles won Super Bowl LII. You can follow him on Twitter at @mike__sb

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