Brewers acquire reliever Grant Anderson from Rangers

The Milwaukee Brewers and Texas Rangers have made a deal that sends reliever Grant Anderson, who was designated for project within the wake of Texas’ signing of Joc Pederson on Monday, to Milwaukee. The Brewers will ship Texas 2024 seventh-round choose Mason Molina, and so they have designated pitcher Tyler Jay to make room on the 40-man roster.

Anderson, who will flip 28 in June, is a reduction pitcher notable for his very low arm slot (see right here), which in 2024 got here at -3 levels (with 0 as parallel to the bottom). He pitched within the majors with Texas in every of the final two seasons, although his outcomes had been lower than fascinating; in 49 video games over the previous two seasons, he holds a 6.35 ERA and 5.91 FIP. The tough numbers are largely attributable to a house run drawback: he struggled notably in 2024 when he allowed 11 residence runs in simply 26 2⁄3 innings.

Anderson’s minor league numbers recommend that the massive residence run totals are a bit fluky: his 0.8 HR/9 as a minor leaguer is much beneath the two.3/9 mark he holds within the majors. As a serious leaguer, Anderson’s strikeout and stroll numbers are high quality, not distinctive however not unhealthy, and the Brewers are certainly banking on that residence run fee falling attributable to a mix of tweaks and higher luck.

With a minor league possibility remaining, Anderson is probably going thought-about organizational depth. He may very well be within the combine for one of many back-end reduction spots on opening day, nevertheless it appears extra probably that if everyone seems to be wholesome, he’ll begin the yr in Nashville.

Molina, 21, was a seventh-round pick of the College of Arkansas within the 2024 beginner draft. The extent of his skilled file consists of 5 scoreless innings throughout two outings for the Carolina Mudcats; he had a 4.47 ERA in 2024 for Arkansas however struck out 12.5 batters per 9. Jay, 30, appeared in two video games for the Brewers in 2024 and allowed no runs in three innings.