PHOENIX -- Last March, MLB.com took note when Brewers pitching prospect Nathan Kirby made an exhibition start against the Korea Baseball Organization's LG Twins. Kirby, the 40th overall pick in the 2015 Draft, was coming off Tommy John surgery then, hopeful of a healthy year ahead and eager to face hitters wearing a different uniform for the first time in a year and a half.
At 24 years old and coming off a second straight lost season, Kirby did it all over again. This time, a Class A Advanced game against Rockies Minor Leaguers on a back field in Scottsdale, Ariz.