Murphy Pulls Brandon Sproat Mid At‑Bat After Back‑to‑Back Wild Pitches

A rare in-game removal signals the Brewers may soon replace Sproat after acquiring Dustin May with Kyle Harrison set to return.

Overview

Sproat's Monday outing ended in the middle of an at-bat after he threw two wild pitches to the backstop, and manager Pat Murphy ran out from the dugout to remove him.
The right-hander finished with three wild pitches, four strikeouts and just over three innings, and he entered the night with a 5.05 ERA and 1.392 WHIP for the season.
Reliever Garrett Stallings was summoned mid at-bat, struck out Jacob Gonzalez, but later allowed a bunt single that produced the Pirates’ fourth run in a 4-3 loss.
The Brewers completed a trade for Cardinals starter Dustin May the same day and expect Kyle Harrison to be activated soon, moves that increase the likelihood Sproat will lose a rotation spot or even a roster place.
Sproat’s season has been marked by late-inning velocity drops and control lapses since being acquired in the Freddy Peralta deal, and the team will now decide whether to keep him in the rotation when May debuts and Harrison returns.