Quick scouting report on Milwaukee Brewers call-up Mauricio Dubon

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports On the day before the All-Star break, the Milwaukee Brewers were facing a short bench. Ryan Braun was hobbled with a sore knee and Orlando Arcia’s status was up in the air after an on-field collision with Keston Hiura the night before. Neither player would be out long enough to require an injured list stint, though, so instead David Stearns decided to jettison his 13th pitcher — in this case, Burch Smith, who had worked the night before — going with a seven-man bullpen in order to add another bat to the bench. That player wound up being shortstop prospect Mauricio Dubon, earning his first ever call-up to the game’s highest level. He made his big league debut as a pinch-hitter that afternoon, becoming the first player born and raised in Honduras to make it to The Show. He stayed on the roster over the break and made another pinch-hit appearance in last night’s game, so far going 0-for-2 against MLB pitching. That’s nowhere near large enough of a sample size to draw any conclusions from, of course, so what can we expect from the soon-to-be 25 year old infielder?

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