Video: Craig Yoho, Brewers Minor League Relief Pitcher of the Month

[Seth Stohs]

In May, 24-year-old Craig Yoho was incredible for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. For the month, he made four starts and went 0-0 with a 0.73 ERA. In 12 1/3 innings, he gave up one run on 5 hits, 4 walks and he struck out 21 batters. Opponents hit just .122 off of him. He was promoted to AA Biloxi before the end of the month and made his first Shuckers appearance in June (2 IP, 5 K). Overall this season, in 17 games, he is 1-0 with a 0.40 ERA and a 0.63 WHIP. In 22 1/3 innings, he's give up on earned run on eight hits, six walks and he's got 42 strikeouts. He grew up in Fishers, Indiana, a northeast suburb of Indianapolis. He spent two seasons as a hitter at the University of Houston. Then he transferred to Indiana and missed the 2021 and 2022 seasons due to Tommy John and knee surgeries. He was the Brewers 8th round pick in 2023 out of Indiana University. Find out what has made him so successful as a pro pitcher when it's still something so new to him. He has certainly overcome a lot to get to this point and looks forward to continue to move up. Find out much more about Craig Yoho the pitcher and the person in this conversation with Seth Stohs.

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[Joseph Zarr]

Can we just take ONE moment to acknowledge what Yoho says in this interview?!? Last year was his first year pitching. Uh huh. He developed his change-up - an elite ELITE ELITE pitch - over a single 2022 summer with his dad throwing to a towel on a fence.

My. Baseball. Gods.