In 2025, the Milwaukee Brewers' pitching department's brilliance was on full display as the teams' starting depth was tested early on in the season. With injuries to Nestor Cortes and Aaron Civale popping up in the first two weeks of the season, adding to the spring training injuries suffered by Aaron Ashby, DL Hall, and Tobias Myers keeping them off the mound for the early parts of the 2026 season, the Brewers' starting staff was in dire straits.
As a result, called upon after his early season assignment to the bullpen was eventual postseason hero Chad Patrick to help weather the storm, which he did admirably.