Lopez’s turnaround has Brewers’ attention

MILWAUKEE — A voluntary stint in the Brewers’ fall instructional league helped prospect Jorge Lopez carry his late-season momentum to Puerto Rico, where the right-hander could be pitching his way back into the picture for 2017.

Lopez, who reached the Majors as a 22-year-old at the end of 2015 only to struggle to a 6.81 ERA at the start of 2016 in his first 17 games at the Triple-A level, finished strong at Double-A Biloxi and has continued to pitch well since the end of the regular season. He scattered two hits and struck out five in five scoreless innings for Mayaguez in Puerto Rico’s Liga de Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente, lowering Lopez’s WHIP after nine starts to a league-best 0.87 and his ERA to 1.56, which ranks second in the circuit.

“Jorge started to turn the corner with Biloxi to end the season, and then to his credit, he took advantage of some time at our instructional league program,” Brewers farm director Tom Flanagan said. “He attended that program for two weeks and was committed to solidifying some issues with his delivery and working on some things that he had gotten away from.  But he is …

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