Posted by basebal5 on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 6:03 pm

Former Milwaukee Brewers closer Derrick Turnbow was designated for assignment today by the AL Central club.

This comes one day after he allowed 4 hits, 6 earned runs and 4 walks in 0.2 innings pitched yesterday against the Cubs in Wrigley Field.

His team was 1-7 this season when he made an appearance.  He had the following pitching line in 2008:  6.3 IP, 12 H, 11 ER, 1 HR, 13 BB, 5 K, 15.63 ERA and a 3.95 WHIP.

His 7.11 K/9 was well below his 9.26 rate he's posted so far in his career and the 4.61 BABIP is really not attractive.  He was still around his usual 45 GB% mark, but the line drives kept piling up, a sure sign that hitters were not fooled by his stuff: a 92 mph fastball that was 3 mph slower than the three previous seasons.  He was using it 83% of the time and was letting go of his change-up, which had been a good weapon in the past to go along with his slider.

He could still be effective with another club and be a nice project for a dedicated pitching coach….I'm looking at you Rick Peterson!