When I saw him pitch last year while he walked a lot of batters his slider looked a lot better then the billing it has got. He throws that pitch with a lot of bite and a considerable speed differential compared to his fastball. While I haven’t run the numbers yet for sliders, speed differential appears to be one of the most important things in throwing a good curveball. His change is still a work in progress but honestly I think he could easily start in the bigs with just his fastball and slider. He absolutely over matched the A batters last year and I would be shocked if A+ batters give him any trouble. The only reason to keep him at A+ all year would be for stability which maybe makes some sense. I have seen a lot of talent live for the brewers in A ball and Jeffress was a man among boys like no player I have seen since Fielder was in Beloit. I saw Gallardo pitch and while he was impressive his raw stuff is not close to Jeffress. Obviously, Jeffress’ control will probably never be as good as Gallardo right now but all the tools are there and they are mostly developed.

After that outing Turnbow announced he is ready to setup again and Ned is considering moving him back into that role right now. You think he actually needs to show some good results before making that move? Silly man.