Yovani Gallardo

Yovani Gallardo, born in Michoacan, Mexico was selected in the second round of the 2004 amateur draft. He is a right handed pitcher with the Milwaukee Brewers organization. He currently is assigned to the Huntsville Stars, a AA affiliate. Gallardo has good size for a pitcher 6'3" 215 lbs. He reguarly throws his fastball and curveball but has a good slider and changeup with lots of movement. An above average arm with the fastball that touches the mid 90's but he usually throws in the 93 MPH range with a hard breaking 77 MPH curve. In 2006, while in AA Nashville, he led all minor league pitchers with 188 strikeouts in 155 innings of work, the most punch-outs ever by a Brewers prospect. He finished with 14 starts and an incredible 1.63 ERA. In spring training 2007 he recorded 5 strikeouts in 2 innings including Barry Bonds.