Zach Braddock #21

Originally selected by Milwaukee in the 18th round of the 2005 First Year Player Draft...Signed by Tony Blengino...Graduated from Gloucester (NJ) Catholic High School...Underwent "Tommy John" surgery while in high school...Attended Burlington County College.

2012

Did not play

2011

Went 0-1 with a 7.27 ERA in 25 relief appearances during three stints with the Brewers ... Made his first career Opening Day roster ... Struck out 18 batters in 17.1 innings and held opponents to a .239 batting average ... Retired 16 of 25 first batters faced (64%) ... Stranded 5 of 6 inherited runners (83.3%) ... Went 0-1 with a 2.79 ERA in 12 appearances (9.2ip, 3er) before landing on the 15-day disabled list with a sleep disorder on 5/3 ... Was reinstated from the disabled list on 6/4 after making rehab appearances at Class-A Wisconsin (2g) and Triple-A Nashville (3g) ... Made 5 scoreless appearances (2.2ip) with the Brewers from 6/4-6/14 and was then optioned to Nashville on 6/15 ... Returned to the Brewers on 6/27 and posted a 19.80 ERA during his third stint with the team (5ip, 11er).....was optioned to Nashville on 7/15 but did not pitch again the rest of the season

2010

Entered the season as the seventh-best prospect in the Brewers organization according to Baseball America ... Began the season at Triple-A Nashville, where he went 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA and 1 save in 11 relief appearances ... Held Pacific Coast League opponents to a .182 batting average as he struck out 28 batters in just 16.0 innings ... Allowed all of his runs with Nashville on 5/9 at Albuquerque (0.2ip, 8er) ... went unscored upon in his other 10 outings with the Sounds (15.1ip) ... Contract was selected by Milwaukee on 5/23 ... Went 1-2 with a 2.94 ERA in 46 relief appearances with the Brewers ... His 46 appearances were the most by a Brewers lefthander in 2010 ... went unscored upon in 40 of his 46 appearances ... Held opponents to a .228 batting average while striking out 41 batters in just 33.2 innings ... Retired 31 of 46 first batters faced (67.4%) ... Stranded 24 of 37 inherited runners (64.9%) ... Made his Major League debut on 5/23 at Minnesota (2ip, 1h, 1bb, 2k) ... his first career strikeout victim was Michael Cuddyer ... Earned his first Major League victory in the 4-3, 10-inning win on 6/6 at St. Louis ... On 10/1 at Cincinnati suffered a fractured pinky finger on his left hand after being hit by a batted ball during batting practice.

2009

Has held opponents to a .202 batting average (145-for-717) during his career, including .124 (18-for-145) last season...Following the 2009 season pitched for the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League...Enters the 2010 season as the seventh-best prospect in the Brewers organization according to Baseball America.

2008

Was rated as having the best slider in the Brewers organization according to Baseball America in 2008.

2007

Was a South Atlantic League All-Star in 2007.

2006

In his first professional season went 2-2 with a 5.49 ERA in 14 games (8 starts) at Rookie Helena ... Made his professional debut on 6/22 vs. Missoula, tossing 5.0 shutout innings (1h, 0bb, 3k) ... His first career win came in relief on 7/4 at Great Falls (2ip, 2h, 2bb, 1k)

2005

Selected by Milwaukee in the 18th round of the First-Year Player Draft.....signed by Tony Blengino