Sad news out of the Phillies camp today, folkers.

One of my personal favorite prospects (and a Beerleaguer fave, as well) with the finest 54mph curve you will ever witness, R.J. Swindle, is no longer with the team. The 25-year old junkballer has agreed to terms with the Milwaukee Brewers and is immediately added to their 40-man roster. Although the lefty wasn’t all that impressive when was called up to the bigs for a few innings in July, his minor league numbers are incredible. In the past four years (on three different teams), R.J. posted a better-than 10-to-1 K/BB ratio; with a minuscule 1.58 ERA.

But your beautiful, swooping curveball will always be immortalized in video form. At least until MLB lawyers get a whiff of it and send cease and desist letters to Viddler, causing me to find yet another video hosting website where I can upload my harmless clips.

Not that I’m bitter or anything.

Crew adds lefty Swindle to fold in ‘pen | Brewers.com
Brewers sign away Beerleaguer favorite R.J. Swindle | Beerleaguer
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