Is married.....wife’s name is Maritza.....the couple has a daughter named Norah... Enjoys video games, movies and going to the zoo... His favorite sport other than baseball is basketball.
2020
Signed a five-year contract with Milwaukee on 2/28 which runs through the 2024 season with club options for 2025 and 2026...Went 3-1 with a 3.99 ERA in 15 games (one start)...Held opponents to a .204 batting average with 47 strikeouts in just 29.1 innings...Began the season in the starting rotation and made his only start of 2020 in a 9-1 loss on 7/26 at Chicago-NL (3ip, 3h, 4r, 4er, 2bb, 3k, 1hbp, 1wp)...Went 3-0 with a 3.08 ERA in his 14 relief appearances (26.1ip, 9er)...His 15.04 K/9 IP as a reliever ranked fifth in the Major Leagues...Retired 10 of 14 first batters faced (71.4%)...Stranded five of 10 inherited runners (50.0%)...On 8/10 vs. Minnesota became the eighth reliever in franchise history to produce eight or more strikeouts in a game (4ip, 8k)...Appeared in Game 1 of the NL Wild Card Series at Los Angeles and allowed a solo homer to Corey Seager in his only inning.
2019
Went 7-3 with a 5.29 ERA and 1 save in 39 games (8 starts) with Milwaukee... Made his first career Opening Day roster... Had three stints with the team (Opening Day-4/15, 5/2-8/17 and 9/1-end)... Was on the 10-day injured list from 4/16-5/1 with a SC joint injury... Went 2-2 with a 7.07 ERA as a starter (35.2ip, 28er) and 5-1 with a 4.01 ERA in relief (49.1ip, 22er).....his last 27 outings of the season came out of the bullpen... Registered 115 strikeouts in just 85.0 innings... Recorded a season-high 11 strikeouts over a career-high 8.0 innings in a 1-0 victory on 4/3 at Cincinnati.....was his third career double-digit strikeout game... Notched his first Major League save on 7/24 vs. Cincinnati... Made 4 relief appearances at Triple-A San Antonio in August.
2018
Entered 2018 as the ninth-best prospect in the organization according to Baseball America ... Went 6-4 with a 4.25 ERA in 16 games (14 starts) with Milwaukee ... Had four stints with the team (5/13-5/20, 6/19-7/11, 7/25-8/29 and 9/9-end) ... Went 6-4 with a 4.40 ERA as a starter (73.2ip, 36er) and 0-0 with a 1.93 ERA in relief (4.2ip, 1er) ... His last 2 appearances of the season came out of the bullpen ... The team went 9-5 in his starts ... Produced 6 quality starts, going 5-1 with a 1.42 ERA in those starts (38ip, 6er) ... Held opponents to a .178 batting average with 96 strikeouts in 78.1 innings ... Made his Major League debut on 5/13 at Colorado and earned a 7-3 victory.....took a no-hitter into the sixth inning (5.2ip, 1h, 0r, 2bb, 13k).....only hit allowed was a single to David Dahl ... Became the ninth pitcher (13x) and first rookie in franchise history to have at least 13 strikeouts in a game.....tied Cliff Melton (1937 Giants) for the fourth highest total in a Major League debut ... Collected 10 strikeouts over 7.0 innings in a 5-1 win on 6/26 vs. Kansas City (1h, 1bb) ... Went 6-2 with a 3.10 ERA in 13 starts at Triple-A Colorado Springs ... Held Pacific Coast League opponents to a .218 batting average with 87 strikeouts in 61.0 innings ... Made 1 start at Class-A Wisconsin after he was optioned there on 7/12 (before the All-Star break) ... Made his postseason debut in Game 4 of the NLCS at Los Angeles and tossed 3.0 scoreless and hitless innings (3bb, 6k).....was his only outing of the postseason ... Pitched for Este in the Dominican Winter League.
2017
Went 3-8 with a 2.63 ERA and 1 save in 25 games (19 starts) between Class-A Carolina and Double-A Biloxi.....held opponents to a .178 batting average with 169 strikeouts in 120.0 innings... His 169 strikeouts led Brewers farmhands and tied for ninth in all of Minor League Baseball... His 2.63 ERA ranked second among all Brewers minor leaguers (0.8ip/team game)...Began the season at Carolina, where he went 1-3 with a 3.04 ERA in 12 games (8 starts) while holding opponents to a .189 batting average with 78 strikeouts in 56.1 innings... Was a Carolina League All-Star... Was transferred to Biloxi on 6/22 and went 2-5 with a 2.26 ERA and 1 save in 13 games (11 starts) while holding opponents to a .167 batting average with 91 strikeouts in 63.2 innings... Named Brewers Minor League Pitcher of the Month for August/September (6g, 5gs, 1-2, 1.27era)...Was added to the 40-man roster on 11/20... Enters 2018 as the ninth-best prospect in the organization according to Baseball America.
2016
Went 4-4 with a 3.62 ERA and 2 saves in 24 games (10 starts) between Class-A Wisconsin and Class-A Brevard County ... Held opponents to a .235 batting average with 97 strikeouts in 82.0 innings ... Began the season at Wisconsin, where he went 4-1 with a 2.85 ERA and 2 saves in 16 games (8 starts) while holding opponents to a .202 batting average with 77 strikeouts in 60.0 innings ... Was a Midwest League All-Star ... Was named Brewers Pitcher of the Month for June (5g, 3gs, 2-1, 1.59era) ... Was transferred to Brevard County on 7/9 and went 0-3 with a 5.73 ERA in 8 games (2 starts) as opponents batted .321 with 20 strikeouts in 22.0 innings.
