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Shane Drohan
- Milwaukee Brewers - MLB
- LHP
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- Bats: L / Throws: L
- Age: 27
- Rule 5 Eligible: On 40-Man Roster
- Acquisition Method: Trade
Scouting Report
Milwaukee acquired Drohan in the Caleb Durbin trade after spending most of his time in the Red Sox organization, as well as a spring with the White Sox. Injuries have impacted much of his professional career, including a 2024 Rule 5 stint with Chicago that resulted in his return to Boston. When healthy, however, he features a polished, deep pitch mix that seems scalable between the bullpen and the rotation.
In Nashville, Drohan was being stretched out as a starter, and he made his MLB debut against Boston as a starter as well. After being sent down, he made one more start in Nashville before injury forced Drohan back up to the big-league club. Since then, he's pitched exclusively out of the bullpen, both in single-inning and multi-inning roles.
His fastball typically sits 92-94 MPH as a starter and plays effectively enough to support the rest of the arsenal, though the secondary pitches are the foundation of the profile. Since moving into the bullpen role with the Brewers' big-league team, the fastball has averaged 95.3 MPH, and he has touched 97 at times. He also mixes in a cutter in the low-90s, and a sinker thrown about a tick slower than his four-seam. They both are best used against left-handed hitters, but the cutter can work as a bridge pitch for him against righties as well.
The slider is Drohan's best pitch and his primary swing-and-miss weapon. Since his move to the bullpen, the pitch has averaged 86 MPH, with a spin rate of nearly 2900, and a 33.3% whiff rate. He also mixes in a solid curveball in the 78-80 MPH range, also spinning around 2900 RPM as a reliever, and also with a 33.3% whiff rate against it.
His changeup has always been a reliable option against right-handed hitters with roughly 8-10 MPH of separation off the fastball. However, he seems to have switched to a splitter lately, as the spin rate has gone from ~1500 to ~990 on average.
Drohan's command showed improvement in 2025, and since his move to the bullpen, he's only walked 3.2% of batters he's faced.
There is still legitimate rotation upside if he can stay healthy enough, though the arsenal and bat-missing ability are showing that they can translate very well in the bullpen right now. Drohan appears firmly entrenched in the Brewers' future pitching plans right now, though the role beyond 2026 is still up for debate.
Monthly Splits
| Split | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | SVO | IP | H | R | ER | HR | HB | BB | IBB | SO | AVG | WHIP | GO/AO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Outs | -- | -- | -- | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11.1 | 9 | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | .220 | 0.97 | 0.60 | |
| Two Outs | -- | -- | -- | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9.1 | 7 | -- | -- | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15 | .189 | 1.29 | 1.50 | |
| Runners at 1st & 2nd | -- | -- | -- | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.1 | 1 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .111 | 1.71 | 4.00 | |
| One Out | -- | -- | -- | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9.2 | 12 | -- | -- | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | .300 | 1.86 | 0.67 | |
| Ahead in Count | -- | -- | -- | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 12.0 | 9 | -- | -- | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .209 | 0.75 | 1.80 | |
| Starter | 1 | 1 | 4.76 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16 | .250 | 1.85 | 0.50 | |
| Batting Seventh | -- | -- | -- | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.1 | 4 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .333 | 1.71 | 2.00 | |
| Runners at 1st & 3rd | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.1 | 2 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | 6.00 | 0.00 | |
| Batting Sixth | -- | -- | -- | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3.1 | 1 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .077 | 1.20 | 0.75 | |
| Batting Ninth | -- | -- | -- | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3.0 | 3 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | 1.33 | 0.33 | |
| Bases Loaded | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.2 | 2 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .333 | 2.40 | 0.00 | |
| Batting Eighth | -- | -- | -- | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.1 | 4 | -- | -- | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .400 | 2.14 | 1.00 | |
| On Grass | 2 | 2 | 3.26 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30.1 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 32 | .237 | 1.35 | 0.79 | |
| Day Games | 1 | 2 | 4.63 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | .304 | 1.63 | 1.18 | |
| Home Games | 2 | 1 | 2.39 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26.1 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 29 | .233 | 1.22 | 0.79 | |
| First Inning | -- | -- | 3.00 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .100 | 1.33 | 0.25 | |
| Second Inning | -- | -- | 0.00 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .083 | 0.25 | 0.60 | |
| Away Games | MIL | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .267 | 2.25 | 0.80 |
| Pre All-Star | MIL | 1 | 1 | 3.24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16.2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | .219 | 1.20 | 0.89 |
| Seventh Inning | MIL | -- | -- | 3.86 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .125 | 0.86 | 1.50 |
| Behind in Count | -- | -- | -- | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7.2 | 10 | -- | -- | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | .286 | 3.00 | 1.38 | |
| Runner at 3rd | NAS | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.1 | 0 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Eighth Inning | MIL | -- | -- | 0.00 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | 1.00 | 1.33 |
| Runner at 2nd | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.2 | 3 | -- | -- | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .375 | 2.40 | 1.00 | |
| May | MIL | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .118 | 0.60 | 0.50 |
| Leading Off Inning | -- | -- | -- | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7.2 | 7 | -- | -- | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .233 | 1.17 | 0.50 | |
| Ninth Inning | MIL | -- | -- | 0.00 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .143 | 1.00 | 0.33 |
| April | 2 | 2 | 3.27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 20 | .258 | 1.41 | 0.88 | |
| Runners at 2nd & 3rd | MIL | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.1 | 0 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | -.-- |
| Scoring Position | -- | -- | -- | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6.2 | 8 | -- | -- | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 | .286 | 2.25 | 1.00 | |
| Third Inning | -- | -- | 7.71 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4.2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .368 | 2.57 | 0.60 | |
| vs Right | -- | -- | -- | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 18.1 | 17 | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18 | .239 | 1.42 | 0.61 | |
| Fourth Inning | -- | -- | 5.40 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3.1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .389 | 2.40 | 1.50 | |
| Fifth Inning | -- | -- | 6.00 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .250 | 1.33 | 2.00 | |
| Runner at 1st | -- | -- | -- | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6.0 | 3 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .150 | 0.50 | 0.86 | |
| Reliever | 1 | 1 | 2.37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19.0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | .230 | 1.05 | 0.95 | |
| Sixth Inning | -- | -- | 1.50 | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .227 | 1.00 | 0.57 | |
| Bases Empty | -- | -- | -- | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 17.2 | 17 | -- | -- | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 17 | .243 | 1.30 | 0.71 | |
| Night Games | 1 | 0 | 2.41 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18.2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 23 | .194 | 1.18 | 0.59 | |
| March | NAS | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | .250 | 2.10 | 0.50 |
| vs Left | -- | -- | -- | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 12.0 | 11 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | .234 | 1.25 | 1.20 | |
| Batting Third | -- | -- | -- | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.2 | 4 | -- | -- | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .333 | 2.63 | 1.50 | |
| Batting Second | -- | -- | -- | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4.0 | 1 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .077 | 0.75 | 1.33 | |
| Batting Fifth | -- | -- | -- | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3.0 | 7 | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .467 | 2.67 | 0.25 | |
| Batting Fourth | -- | -- | -- | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5.1 | 2 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .118 | 0.56 | 0.57 | |
| Batting First | -- | -- | -- | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4.1 | 2 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .143 | 0.69 | 1.25 | |
| First Half | NAS | 1 | 1 | 3.29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 17 | .259 | 1.54 | 0.64 |
| Season | Team | LG | Level | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | HLD | SV | SVO | IP | H | R | ER | HR | NP | HB | BB | IBB | SO | AVG | WHIP | GO/AO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | SAL | A E | A | 7 | 4 | 3.96 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88.2 | 81 | 44 | 39 | 3 | 1465 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 86 | .245 | 1.42 | 0.64 |
| 2022 | 2 teams | - | Minors | 7 | 8 | 3.89 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129.2 | 112 | 69 | 56 | 20 | 2196 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 157 | .227 | 1.26 | 0.90 |
| 2022 | GVL | SAL | A+ | 6 | 7 | 4.00 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105.2 | 91 | 56 | 47 | 15 | 1773 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 136 | .226 | 1.24 | 0.82 |
| 2022 | POR | EAS | AA | 1 | 1 | 3.38 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 423 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 21 | .233 | 1.33 | 1.29 |
| 2023 | 2 teams | - | Minors | 10 | 7 | 5.05 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 123.0 | 122 | 73 | 69 | 20 | 2180 | 6 | 72 | 0 | 129 | .260 | 1.58 | 0.88 |
| 2023 | POR | EAS | AA | 5 | 0 | 1.32 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 505 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 36 | .161 | 0.82 | 0.91 |
| 2023 | WOR | INT | AAA | 5 | 7 | 6.47 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 89.0 | 103 | 68 | 64 | 19 | 1675 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 93 | .293 | 1.87 | 0.87 |
| 2024 | 4 teams | - | Minors | 2 | 0 | 7.71 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.1 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 367 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 23 | .273 | 2.08 | 0.47 |
| 2024 | A-WSX | ACL | ROK | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 76 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | .214 | 1.36 | 0.00 |
| 2024 | WS | SAL | A+ | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .333 | 2.40 | 2.00 |
| 2024 | CLT | INT | AAA | 2 | 0 | 9.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | .250 | 2.00 | 0.75 |
| 2024 | WOR | INT | AAA | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 158 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | .300 | 2.43 | 0.30 |
| 2024 | 2 teams | - | AAA | 2 | 0 | 7.36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 247 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 13 | .283 | 2.27 | 0.43 |
| 2025 | 2 teams | - | Minors | 5 | 2 | 3.00 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 40 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 894 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 77 | .202 | 1.13 | 0.80 |
| 2025 | GVL | SAL | A+ | 0 | 1 | 8.53 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 126 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | .320 | 2.05 | 2.00 |
| 2025 | WOR | INT | AAA | 5 | 1 | 2.27 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.2 | 32 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 768 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 67 | .185 | 1.01 | 0.72 |
| 2026 | NAS | INT | AAA | 1 | 1 | 3.29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 250 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 17 | .259 | 1.54 | 0.64 |
| Date | Team | OPP | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | SVO | IP | H | R | ER | HR | HB | BB | IBB | SO | AVG | WHIP | GO/AO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | NAS | vs CLT | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | .250 | 2.10 | 0.50 |
| 2026-04-08 | MIL | @ BOS | 0 | 1 | 10.13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .300 | 2.63 | 1.00 |
| 2026-04-14 | NAS | vs WOR | 1 | 0 | 3.12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | .235 | 1.62 | 0.33 |
| 2026-04-19 | NAS | vs WOR | 0 | 1 | 3.29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .259 | 1.54 | 0.64 |
| 2026-04-24 | MIL | vs PIT | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .250 | 1.80 | 0.80 |
| 2026-04-28 | MIL | vs AZ | 0 | 0 | 4.70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .226 | 1.57 | 1.00 |
| 2026-04-30 | MIL | vs AZ | 1 | 0 | 3.86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .255 | 1.46 | 1.08 |
| 2026-05-04 | MIL | @ STL | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | 1.46 | 1.00 |
| 2026-05-08 | MIL | vs NYY | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .226 | 1.25 | 0.89 |
| 2026-05-12 | MIL | vs SD | 0 | 0 | 3.24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .219 | 1.20 | 0.89 |
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