Eric Lauer was part of one of the bigger Brewers trades of the last few years. Lauer came over from San Diego with Luis Urias for Trent Grisham and Zach Davies. The deal is much maligned now considering how good Grisham has been and how both Brewers players are scuffling their feet. That said, Lauer was shown a little promise this season where there might be something there. Take out one bad inning in Philadelphia, and he’s been pretty good. Lauer faced his old team for the first time, and in his first at-bat against them, he went yard.

LAUER 💣

Eric hits the first homer of his career to tie things up against his old team.#PitchersWhoRake #ThisIsMyCrew pic.twitter.com/hOd1PyEk32

— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) May 27, 2021

For a batter going deep against your former team is the top feeling, but for Lauer, a pitcher, it hits another level of achievement. When you’re a pitcher facing your former team, the goal is to pitch well and not lose the game. Lauer did just that. After shaking off some first inning nerves, he went six innings, allowed one walk, struck out six, and only gave up four hits. If he could be a two or three-inning reliever going forward for Milwaukee, that might solve some of the issues they have in the bullpen currently. We’ll see what Milwaukee does officially with Lauer moving forward.

Charlie.