Milwaukee Brewers bullpen is missing a few guys to start the year. Corey Knebel had his Tommy John surgery this week and will likely be back with the team at some point in the year as a cheerleader like Brent Suter. Jeremy Jeffress is trying to come back from shoulder weakness that bothered him all Spring Training. He was on with Bill Michaels yesterday and explained what happened with his shoulder along with some key insights from new Brewers player Yasmani Grandal.

Jeffress on how the shoulder issue came about: "Nothing caused it. Had a short off-season, man. I felt like I didn't have enough time to prepare….I did what I was supposed to do, but it just wasn't enough. My arm was like 'you're not quite ready yet'." #Brewers @Bill_Michaels

— Joe Zenzola (@RadioJoeSports) April 4, 2019

Jeffress on his postseason struggles says his body didn't get tired, but people began to pick up on little things.

After Yasmani Grandal signed, Jeffress asked him "How'd you figure me out?"

Grandal told him he got "repetitious". #Brewers @Bill_Michaels

— Joe Zenzola (@RadioJoeSports) April 4, 2019

First of all, it’s great for JJ to realize that he is not ready to pitch yet. I do not know if every pitcher would say that about themselves. He realized that offseason was unlike any he had as a professional. Could he have done things to get his shoulder ready for the season? Probably. But it is hard to blame a guy when he has no idea how to treat his body after long postseason that saw him playing an additional three weeks of high-pressure baseball. Christian Yelich said it as much on The Starting 9 podcast saying how short this offseason was for him and the Brewers. Most of these players were not used to it.

Grandal providing the insight of predictability to Jeffress is a great one. I feel that should serve as a lesson to many pitchers that they cannot get comfortable with what’s working day in and day out. At some point, teams are going to get the book on you and start attacking what you unlike they did in the past. We will see what kind of adjustments Jeffress makes in the latter part of the year.

When the Brewers closer comes back, it will be an added bonus to an already loaded team.

Charlie.