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Brewers To Add Wade Miley To Roster

By Connor Byrne | April 29, 2018 at 11:21am CDT

The Brewers will add left-hander Wade Miley to their roster, according to a team announcement. He’ll start Wednesday’s game in Cincinnati, thus sending fellow southpaw Brent Suter to the bullpen. Milwaukee will have to make corresponding 40- and 25-man moves by then.

The Brewers had been facing a weekend deadline to either promote Miley to their roster or release him back into free agency. The decision was supposed to come back in late March, but the team was able to put it off after Miley went to the disabled list with a slight groin tear. The 31-year-old, who inked a minors pact in the offseason and will now earn a $2.5MM salary in the majors, looked like a decent bet to earn a rotation spot before his injury. He’ll now do so at the expense of Suter, who made six starts prior to Sunday and registered a 5.34 ERA/3.81 FIP, 6.53 K/9 against 2.08 BB/9, and a 32 percent groundball rate during that 30 1/3-inning span.

Like Suter this year, Miley has struggled to prevent runs recently. He posted ERAs in the fives over the previous two seasons – one divided between Seattle and Baltimore, the other solely with the Orioles – leading to an inability to secure a major league contract over the winter. At his best, Miley was a capable workhorse with the Diamondbacks and Red Sox from 2012-16, a period in which he ranked 14th in the majors in innings (958 1/3) and logged a 4.17 ERA/3.86 FIP with 7.12 K/9, 2.73 BB/9 and a 48.5 percent grounder mark.

Miley will now join a Brewers rotation that has managed the game’s eighth-best ERA (3.64), though the unit ranks a far less encouraging 18th in fWAR. Regardless, the hopeful playoff contenders have fared nicely in the early going (16-12) despite not having their 2017 ace, Jimmy Nelson, who’s working back from September shoulder surgery.

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  1. Solaris601

    7 years ago

    I’m trying to decide if Miley will get 5 or 6 starts before MIL relegates him to the pen or DFAs him.

    Reply
    • Ironman_4life

      7 years ago

      And in those five or six starts he will make more money than you and I will make in the next five years

      Reply
      • Solaris601

        7 years ago

        Makes me wanna puke.

        Reply
  2. terrymesmer

    7 years ago

    “Brewers To Add Wade Miley To Roster” just needs added “in time for Franchise Demolition Day” to be an Onion headline.

    Reply
    • terrymesmer

      7 years ago

      Why wait for the Onion? I just tweeted that.
      twitter.com/TerryMesmer/status/990632379315208198

      Reply
  3. holecamels35

    7 years ago

    Yep, sure was a fantastic idea to add two shiny new outfielders and neglect a bad rotation. General manager of the year.

    Reply
    • Yekatman

      7 years ago

      Says a guy who gas paid no attention to a team with more than solid pitching in the early going, but an anemic offense. Do you ever do any research before posting?

      Reply
      • Casey Rottier

        7 years ago

        Yelich and Cain are nice, but we needed started pitching more. It was supposed to be David Stearns’ number one priority this winter.

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        • Yekatman

          7 years ago

          Says who? The Crew has already been shut out more in the month of April in 2018 than during the entire 2017 season. Pitching could turn into a problem, but to date it has kept the team afloat.

          Reply
  4. dunham

    7 years ago

    The brewers offense is the number one problem with the team. They cannot get on base, and when they do, can ONLY advance runner with a HR.

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    • twentyforty

      7 years ago

      Just wait….the pitching will fade as if plays better offenses and in better weather and at Miller Park. That’s easy to see.

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