Relief pitcher Tyler Cravy went off on the Milwaukee Brewers Saturday after he was told he did not make the team’s Opening Day roster.
Cravy’s biggest complaint is that he was told how he performed in spring training would have a bearing on whether he would make the team. Yet he was cut despite posting a 2.03 ERA over 13.1 innings in the spring where he allowed just five hits.
Cravy was so disillusioned about being cut that he threatened to quit baseball. He also ripped the front office.
“It would just be nice to have the honesty straight up front instead of, ‘Hey, you’re competing for a job,’ then literally out-compete everyone and be told, ‘Sorry, we have other plans,'” Cravy said Saturday, via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
“It says a lot about the integrity, or lack thereof, of the guys running the show, but what are you going to do? All you can do is put up numbers and sometimes that’s still not enough. I don’t think they would release me. I think it would just be me deciding to quit if I chose that route. I’m just not sure I want to play for guys who treat you like this.”
Though Cravy threatened to quit at the time, he later said on Twitter that he was just caught up in the moment and he really wouldn’t be quitting. He was just upset about receiving the negative news.
FWIW pic.twitter.com/RtwSGJTs7u
— Tyler Cravy (@TylerJayCravy) April 2, 2017
Cravy was solid last season for the Brewers, serving mostly as a reliever. He posted a 2.86 ERA in 28.1 innings, striking out 22.
