The Brewers and right-hander Deivi García have agreed to a minor league deal, per Jeff Passan of ESPN on X. The Rep 1 Baseball shopper will obtain an invitation to spring coaching, per Adam McCalvy of MLB.com on X.
García, 26 in Might, will probably be a reclamation undertaking for the Brewers as he’s a former prime prospect who hasn’t lived as much as the hype but. Thus far in his profession, he has thrown 71 2/3 innings within the majors, permitting 5.02 earned runs per 9. His 20.4% strikeout fee, 10.3% stroll fee and 34.1% floor ball are all a bit worse than common. The White Sox handed him by means of waivers unclaimed in Might, which allowed him to elect free company earlier this month.
The current minor league outcomes haven’t been good both. He has thrown 260 2/3 innings on the farm over the previous 4 years with a 6.35 ERA. His 24.4% strikeout fee in that stretch hasn’t been dangerous however his 13.6% stroll fee is kind of tough. That timeframe contains 51 Triple-A innings in 2024 with a 6.18 ERA. He did strike out 27.4% of hitters at that degree this 12 months but in addition walked 11.9%.
The Brewers will probably be tasked with getting the proverbial prepare again on the tracks. From 2016 to 2019, as García was a prospect with the Yankees, he threw 293 2/3 minor league innings whereas climbing the ladder in the direction of the majors. In that point, he had a 3.37 ERA, 34.5% strikeout fee and 10.4% stroll fee. Baseball America thought of him one of many prime 100 prospects within the league in each 2020 and 2021, earlier than his poor outcomes on the main league degree lowered his inventory. He burned his last choice 12 months in 2023 and went to the White Sox through waivers in the direction of the top of that season.
Milwaukee has had some good outcomes currently by way of serving to wayward pitchers. Tobias Myers went into 2024 as a light prospect with no main league expertise however went on to toss 138 innings this previous 12 months with an ERA of three.00. Colin Rea simply had a few stable seasons with the Crew after spending a number of years overseas. Frankie Montas had a 19% strikeout fee with the Reds earlier than being traded to the Brewers after which went on to punch out 28.7% of opponents after the deal.
Garcia has undoubtedly struggled in recent times however he’s nonetheless pretty younger and was a hyped-up prospect a number of years again. If the Brewers can discover a method to get him proper, he’s out of choices however has lower than a 12 months of service time, which means he will be cheaply retained effectively into the longer term.
