- Jeremy Jeffress
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name =Jeremy Jeffress
team =Milwaukee Brewers
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position =Pitcher
birthdate =birth date and age|1987|9|21
birthplace =South Boston,Virginia
bats =Right
throws =Right
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teams =Jeremy Jeffress (born
September 21 1987 in South Boston,Virginia ) is aminor league baseball pitcher in theMilwaukee Brewers organization. He was the selected by Milwaukee as the 18th overall pick in the 2006Major League Baseball draft.His repertoire features a
fastball that tops in the mid-90s and a hard-breakingslider . In theArizona Rookie League he pitched 33.2 innings and posted a 5.88 ERA with a record of 2-5. He had 37 strikouts and only 25 walks.On
August 30 2007 , Jeffress was suspended for fifty games after testing positive for "a drug of abuse." [McCalvy, Adam. [http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070830&content_id=2179479&vkey=news_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil "Notes: Jeffress suspended 50 games."] "MLB.com". 30 August 2007. 1 May 2008.] In 2008, he started on theBrevard County Manatees ' roster on the restricted list. He is slated to make his 2008 debut with Brevard County on May 15th.On
August 6 2008 , theMilwaukee Brewers organization announced that Jeffress was promoted to their Double-A team theHuntsville Stars .References
External links
* [http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/stats/player.php?id=502026 "Baseball America" profile]
* [http://www.brewerfan.net/ViewAmateurPlayerProfile.do?playerId=517&draftId=4 Brewerfan.net profile]
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