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Brewers Sign Josh Fields

By Steve Adams | March 19, 2019 at 7:46pm CDT

7:46pm: Fields’ contract comes with a $1MM base salary in the Majors, and it contains opt-out provisions on April 30 and June 25, per Robert Murray of The Athletic (Twitter link).

5:13pm: Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns, who is familiar with Fields from their days together in the Astros organization, tells Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that the plan is for Fields to open the season in Triple-A (Twitter link). He’ll be an option early in the season should the Brewers find themselves in need of bullpen reinforcements.

4:40pm: The Brewers announced that they’ve signed right-hander Josh Fields to a minor league contract. He’ll be invited to the remainder of Major League Spring Training and hope to earn a bullpen spot with the club — if not by Opening Day then early in the season. Fields, who was released by the Dodgers last week, is a client of the Boras Corporation.

Los Angeles’ decision to designate Fields for assignment and release him came as a surprise given Fields’ success in recent seasons and given the fact that he’d agreed to a $2.8MM salary in arbitration. Arbitration salaries are non-guaranteed, however, so the Dodgers only were required to pay Fields 30 days’ termination pay — a sum of about $451K.

In Fields, the Brewers are adding a 33-year-old righty who has tallied 117 1/3 innings of relief and pitched to a terrific 2.61 ERA with 8.8 K/9, 2.6 BB/9 and 1.22 HR/9 since being acquired by Los Angeles back in 2016. He’s an extreme fly-ball pitcher, which will be more problematic at Miller Park than at Dodger Stadium, but Fields averages nearly 95 mph on his heater with strong swinging-strike and opponents’ chase rates. With Jeremy Jeffress ailing, it’s not surprising to see the Brewers add some talented depth with recent big league experience to a bullpen that already features two of the game’s biggest strikeout arms (Josh Hader and Corey Knebel).

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  1. brewfan27

    7 years ago

    why?

    Reply
    • SargentDownvote

      7 years ago

      Because cheese and “meat” go so well together!!

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      • jorge78

        7 years ago

        Right?

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    • cardsfan006

      7 years ago

      why not

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      • thomps07

        7 years ago

        Minor league deal. Good depth.

        Reply
  2. southi

    7 years ago

    Potentially a good pick up, but his fly ball tendencies could end up being HORRIFIC in that band box.

    Reply
  3. octraveler

    7 years ago

    Would hope they give him a shot at the rotation.

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    • DarkSide830

      7 years ago

      i think they have solid enough rotation depth. Hader would probably start before him.

      Reply
      • dray16

        7 years ago

        their rotation is their weakness and Hader isn’t starting.

        Reply
        • bastros88

          7 years ago

          hader was a starter in the minor leagues so it’s not totally out of the question

          Reply
        • afsooner02

          7 years ago

          Hader will be the closer long before he’s a starter.

          Reply
        • Solar Flare

          7 years ago

          Yeah, but why would the Brewers ruin something that has worked out so well?

          Reply
  4. Juggy

    7 years ago

    This guy is done son

    Reply
  5. DockEllisDee

    7 years ago

    I’d think he’d be a better match for say, Seattle or SF, bigger parks and needy bullpens

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    • Xavier Blaine

      7 years ago

      Honestly, he was a good fit for LA too. Don’t know why we got rid of him in all honesty.

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      • LADreamin

        7 years ago

        If there is someone counting the inherited runners he lets score, take a look at that number. His ERA would be sky high if they included those.

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        • pdxbrewcrew

          7 years ago

          Josh Fields in 2018 inherited 9 baserunners. Zero scored.

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    • SFGiants74

      7 years ago

      San Francisco doesn’t have a needy bullpen. It should be rather impressive this year.

      Reply
      • aceofrainbows

        7 years ago

        The Giants have a good pitching staff. People overlook that frequently. I mean the offense is outright terrible

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        • SFGiants74

          7 years ago

          I don’t expect the Giants offense to be spectacular. Panik and Longoria have had great Springs. Duggar is young enough to develop a solid offense.

          Reply
  6. brewpackbuckbadg

    7 years ago

    AAA depth. Is San Antonio a spacious park?

    Get in good with Boras. (HAHAHA)

    Reply
  7. bobtillman

    7 years ago

    A no-brainer. Fields has pitched in meaningful games (that affects all those squiggly numbers), and hasn’t done too poorly; he’s at least acceptable. Depth if nothing else; possibly more.

    Reply
  8. GOP Lizards

    7 years ago

    Angels could have used him. Don’t understand Eppler going with injured pitchers or guys with no track record.

    Reply
  9. BlueSkyLA

    7 years ago

    Will be interesting to see what happens to Fields in the Brewers’ organization. Maybe time will explain the Dodgers’ strange handling of his contract.

    Reply
  10. Shawnpe

    7 years ago

    Kimbrel?

    Reply
  11. SabrinasDaddy

    7 years ago

    Perception is different than fact; I perceived him as a good pitcher here in LA and was surprised at his outright release. Wishing him well in Milwaukee…

    Reply
  12. pdxbrewcrew

    7 years ago

    Another body to be in the 13-18 pitching spot cycle.

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