One of the lone bright spots during the first half of the 2016 Milwaukee Brewers season has been 31-year-old rookie starting pitcher Junior Guerra. After totaling just four innings for the White Sox in 2015 as a reliever, the Brewers claimed Guerra off waivers and converted him to a starter. In his 82 innings throughout the first half, Junior has quickly become the ace of the Brewers staff. Coming into his Sunday start against the Cardinals he owned the second lowest ERA (2.93) among rookie starting pitchers behind Tigers right-hander Michael Fulmer. Guerra actually played catcher while growing up and only started his pitching career at the age of 21. It was a tenuous ten years before he would finally make it to the bigs as a starter, but Junior has burst onto the scene in a big way. Let’s take a closer look at the arsenal and approach of the elder rookie in his first half finale against the St. Louis Cardinals last Sunday with 12 HD GIFs.
Let’s first sneak a peek at the strikezone plot for Guerra in the outing:
