A New Weapon: Brewers' Jeffress adds two-seamer

Jeffress is challenging himself to evolve from thrower to full-fledged pitcher, with plans to scrap at times the ole No. 1 and instead dust off a two-seamer that he employed occasionally last season.

"I'm probably going to work on that as my out-pitch this year," Jeffress was saying in spring training. "I started throwing it last year at Brevard County and then at Huntsville. I think it's pretty good. If you throw it right, it has a tendency to run. I'm just going to let it do its own thing."

"If you throw the ball hard, it's going to have some movement anyway. It just great to add to my repertoire, and I'm excited with how it's been coming since last year.

"There's not much I have to do with it. Just throw it for strikes. It is a hard pitch to throw. You've got to command it well. But I'm just excited with how nice it's coming along."