Where are they now?

I've been noticing something interesting lately. Former Brewers pitchers are turning into good pitchers. Here's some names you may have forgotten that once were in the farm system or in Brewers blue.

Grant Balfour (TB): 32.1 IP, 1.39 ERA, 49 K, 14 BB
Mike Adams (SD): 40.2 IP, 2.21 ERA, 46 K, 12 BB
Dennis Sarfate (BAL): 57.0 IP, 4.58 ERA, 58 K, 45 BB
Will Inman (AA-SD): 118.1 IP, 3.12 ERA, 126 K, 61 BB
Joe Thatcher (AAA-SD): 27.2 IP, 1.63 ERA, 30 K, 8 BB
Joe Thatcher (SD): 25.2 IP, 8.42 ERA, 17 K, 13 BB
Robert Allen Dickey (SEA): 88.2 IP, 4.36 ERA, 48 K, 38 BB
Greg Aquino (AAA-BAL): 25.2 IP, 2.45 ERA, 29 K, 6 BB
Greg Aquino (BAL): 9.1 IP, 12.54 ERA, 9 K, 9 BB

I wanted to see this basically because of Mike Adams, who I remember from about three years ago. He had two solid years in 2004 and 2005 and was traded to the Mets for Geremi Gonzalez. That one almost worked out. Now look at the kid.

Then there's Grant Balfour, who the Brewers fans couldn't stand, but good lord did that guy have nasty stuff. Nothing has changed since Balfour has left except for the shell shock of the big leagues is gone. Now he's a future elite closer in TB. If Percival wasn't there, his save numbers would be ridiculous.

Inman has changed his entire delivery, and has had success. Thatcher had it going in 2007, but just can't put it together in the bigs again. He's a straight up LOOGY and needs to be treated as such. Aquino = AAAA and RA Dickey has been waiting to show off his knuckleball on a regular basis for years. He is a poor man's Tim Wakefield, but hey, Wakefield has a ton of wins over the year for being just above average his entire career. And Sarfate is just a filler right now for the Orioles. Far, far too many walks.

Any one have any others?