David Goforth Archives - All Mississippi Baseball

hard at work

The postseason is on the boil in the Mexican Pacific League, and former Ole Miss standout David Goforth is rising to the occasion for Culiacan. Goforth, a Milwaukee farmhand, worked two scoreless innings on Thursday and got the win as the Tomateros beat Hermosillo 8-7 to go up 2-1 in the first-round series. (Joey Meneses, who played for the 2016 Mississippi Braves, had two hits and an RBI for Culiacan.) Goforth pitched 1 2/3 clean innings on Tuesday. He also got some work this off-season in the Venezuelan Winter League, producing a 4.70 ERA in nine games for Lara. After posting a 10.97 ERA in 10 big league games and a 4.91 in Triple-A in 2016, Goforth was designated for assignment by the Brewers in November. The 28-year-old right-hander from Meridian cleared waivers and was outrighted to the AAA Colorado Springs roster. He’ll likely begin his seventh pro season there.

going places

The Milwaukee Brewers’ decision to move David Goforth from starter to closer is working out well. Goforth, the former Neshoba Central High and Ole Miss standout, notched his fifth save (in six appearances) on Thursday night as Double-A Huntsville beat the Mississippi Braves 1-0 at Trustmark Park. The game ended on a fly out (by Seth Loman) to the warning track with the tying run at third base, but, hey, what closer doesn’t like to make things interesting once in a while. It was Goforth’s second save in the Southern League series, which is tied 2-2 going into tonight’s finale. He lowered his ERA to 1.23. The right-hander, a fourth-year pro who made the switch to the bullpen in the middle of last season, is rated among the Brewers’ top 10 prospects and was invited to their big league camp this spring. Yes, Goforth is going places. P.S. It will be interesting to see if Jackson native Donnie Veal, designated for assignment by the Chicago White Sox on Thursday, gets another big league opportunity. The left-hander has a 7.50 ERA in seven games this season and a 4.87 in 100 career appearances. But he is a lefty.