SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Here’s a player to watch in Brewers camp, and he’s hard to miss: Angel Perdomo, the non-roster left-hander who stands 6-foot-6.

The 24-year-old has yet to throw a pitch above Class A Advanced, but he’s been mentioned several times by manager Craig Counsell as a player who has impressed. Perdomo already has logged seven strikeouts over a trio of scoreless, hitless one-inning appearances in the Cactus League.

“We’re still a ways away from the big leagues, but the swing-and-miss [stuff] is an impressive thing,” Counsell said. “You can see he’s a tall guy, lanky. Those are tough deliveries to sync up, so his challenge is always going to be getting [his] body synced up. But when you see it synced up and getting swings and misses, that’s what’s encouraging about a player like that.”

Perdomo spent his first six pro seasons in the Blue Jays system, the last four as a starter, and held opponents to a .220 average with 501 strikeouts in 435 1/3 innings. Those stats, along with the projectable frame, led the Brewers to offer Perdomo a big league camp invite when they signed him to a Minor League deal in November.

Milwaukee wasn’t the only club offering a big league invite, Perdomo said, but he liked the fit with a team that has made liberal use of its farm system under president of baseball operations David Stearns.

“It feels awesome being in my first big league camp,” Perdomo said. “I’m trying to take it all in, have a good time and learn as much as I can from everybody.”

Counsell referred to Perdomo’s 6-foot-6, 198-pound frame as a blessing and a curse. That was on display in his spring debut against the Angels on Feb. 25, when Perdomo walked a pair of batters and struck out the side in a scoreless inning.

In a pair of outings since then, he hasn’t allowed a baserunner.

“You have to be able to have balance, to have control, to be strong everywhere in your body,” Perdomo said. “It gets hard, but that’s what you work on every day. … I feel good. I’m starting to get more confident. I think my first outing, I was a little nervous and pressing too much. Now I feel normal, and I feel good.”

Said Counsell: “It’s a fun player to try to work on.”

Medical matters
Infield prospect Mauricio Dubon has a follow-up doctor’s appointment on Wednesday for a status check. Dubon was hospitalized for four nights last week with an intestinal ailment and has been trying to regain the weight he lost during his stay.

“That will lead us as to the next steps, is the best way to say it,” Counsell said. “So far, so good. It’s the final check-up with the doctor to make sure he’s past that. He’s on non-baseball activities still. The next step would be doing some baseball stuff.”

Also sidelined was Eric Thames, who fouled a ball off his foot in Sunday’s loss to the Reds and was scratched from the lineup before Tuesday’s 1-0 win over the Rockies.

Counsell said Thames was day to day.

Division Series redux?
You don’t see 1-0 games in the Cactus League every day, especially when the lineups are stocked with regulars like the Brewers’ and Rockies’ were Tuesday at Salt River Fields. Yet that was the outcome in a rematch of last year's National League Division Series in which Milwaukee pitchers held Colorado hitters scoreless in 27 of 28 innings.

Corbin Burnes overcame a 27-pitch first inning to deal three scoreless frames before Matt Albers, Alex Claudio, Taylor Williams, Jake Petricka, Jay Jackson and Miguel Sanchez completed a seven-hit shutout. Claudio got through his inning on nine pitches, eight of which were strikes. Williams worked a 1-2-3 sixth against Nolan Arenado, David Dahl and Trevor Story, with center fielder Corey Ray making a diving catch of Story’s liner to end the inning.

“Spring Training shutouts are tough,” Counsell said. “We had a bunch of guys pitch [well] -- and a bunch of guys who are going to be with us.”

Up next
Reliever Jeremy Jeffress is scheduled to make his spring debut during the Brewers’ 2:05 p.m. CT home game against the D-backs on Wednesday at American Family Fields of Phoenix. Jeffress had been pushed back a few days because of a sore shoulder, but he reported to camp on Monday’s off-day for an “aggressive catch” and felt fine. Jhoulys Chacín is scheduled to start for Milwaukee. The game will air on FOX Sports Wisconsin and the Brewers Radio Network.