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Milwaukee Brewers has seen a focus on adding depth pieces at the minor league
level. Earlier today, the team announced that they had added a new hurler down
on the lower end of the farm system, rolling the dice on former Cubs’ draftee
Zach Mort.Player moves:RHP Zachary Mort has been signed to a minor league
contract.RHP Daniel Acosta has been released.— Brewers Player Dev January 14
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2021An eighth-round pick by the North Siders back in 2018, Mort has put up solid
run prevention numbers across two full minor league seasons. In 37 games (22
starts) and 134.1 innings between the short-season and Low-A levels, Mort owns a
3.89 ERA with 7.17 K/9 versus 2.95 BB/9. Though he posted a strong 3.13 ERA in
60.1 innings in the Midwest League in 2019
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his strikeout (5.37 K/9) and walk (4.03 BB/9) numbers both backed up and a 4.51
FIP suggests that he was the beneficiary of some good fortune. With no minor
league season during the shortened COVID campaign
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Mort was cut loose by Chicago on May 28th, 2020.Baseball America wrote that
Mort, who turns 24 in May, had “average stuff across the board and gets his
fastball up to 93” in their pre-draft report in 2018, but Mort stated on his
personal Twitter account that his velocity was down in 2019 prior to being let
go by the Cubs. He has since posted videos of him hitting 95-96 MPH with his
fastball, including this video showcasing his fastball and breaking stuff:It’s
been a long windy road to get to this point and I couldn’t be more grateful for
the help from @dhayes422 @TreadAthletics @RISE_Baseball #moretocome ✊
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