Former Tennessee baseball ace Garrett Stallings is headed to The Show. The Milwaukee Brewers called Stallings up to the big league team on Tuesday in the midst of a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds.
Stallings was one of the first stars of the Tony Vitello era at Tennessee, serving as the ace on the 2019 Tennessee team that made the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance in 14 years.
During that 2019 season, Stallings posted an 8-5 record, 3.33 ERA and 123 WHIP in 102.2 innings pitched. He was incredibly important in Tennessee making it back to the NCAA Tournament, notably throwing complete-game shutouts in key SEC wins over Ole Miss and Georgia that season.
Stallings made 35 starts and posted a 3.76 ERA over the course of his three-year college career. It’s been a long time coming for Stallings to make it to the MLB. The Los Angeles Angels drafted him in the fifth round of the 2019 MLB Draft and he is set to make his MLB debit nearly eight years later.
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The Angels traded Stallings to Baltimore in 2020 before the Orioles eventually traded Stallings to Milwaukee in 2024.
Stallings has spent the last two years in the Volunteer State with the Nashville Sounds— Milwaukee’s AAA affiliate. This season, Stallings has a 3.45 ERA and 1.28 WHIP in 62.2 innings pitched with the Sounds.
Stallings is the 12th former Tennessee player to make his MLB debut since COVID-19, joining a Chad Dallas, Garrett Crochet, Chase Dollander, Andre Lipcius, Jordan Beck, Drew Gilbert, Blade Tidwell, Seth Halvorsen, Christian Moore, Trey Lipscomb and Ben Joyce.
The Milwaukee Brewers are the reigning NL Central champions, posting the best record in the MLB last season before the Los Angeles Dodgers swept them in the NLCS. Milwaukee is again one of the best teams in baseball this season, entering Tuesday with a 51-31 record that’s the second best in the MLB.
