3:55pm: In a corresponding move, the Brewers have designated right-hander Trevor Kelly for assignment, per Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Kelley, 30, was signed to a minor league deal prior to the 2022 season and was selected to the roster in May. He tossed 34 1/3 Triple-A innings with a 2.36 ERA but posted a 6.08 ERA in 23 2/3 big league innings.
3:10pm: The Brewers announced that they have acquired right-hander Bryse Wilson from the Pirates. Wilson had been designated for assignment last week by the Bucs, who will receive cash considerations from Milwaukee in this deal.
Wilson, 25, was selected by Atlanta in the fourth round of the 2016 draft. He shot up prospect rankings in 2018, as he went from High-A to Double-A to Triple-A and the majors at the age of 20. After that surge, he was ranked the #80 prospect in the league by Baseball America going into the 2019 season.
Unfortunately, Wilson hasn’t been able to deliver on that excitement in the subsequent seasons. Atlanta frequently optioned him to the minors over the 2019-2021 seasons, only allowing him to make 20 big league appearances in that time. They then flipped him to Pittsburgh at the deadline in 2021 as part of the Richard Rodríguez trade.
With the Bucs in 2022, he got his most extended stretch of MLB action thus far in his career, tossing 115 2/3 innings over 20 starts and six relief appearances. He posted a 5.52 ERA in that time with solid a 6.3% walk rate and 43.3% ground ball rate but a meager 15.5% strikeout rate.
Now out of options, it seems Wilson’s rotation opportunities dried up in Pittsburgh, but the Brewers are willing to take a shot. The front of the Milwaukee rotation is spoken for with Corbin Burnes, Brandon Woodruff, Freddy Peralta and Eric Lauer taking the first four spots. Wilson could be in competition for the final spot with the likes of Aaron Ashby and Adrian Houser. An injury to anyone in the rotation could open things up a bit, but it’s also possible that a couple of the guys in that trio end up in the bullpen as long relief options.
So is it a case of Miller Genuine Draft or Milwaukee’s Best?
Hopefully Pabst or Schlitz.
A sixer of Leinies, dontcha know!
half berry weiss, half honey lager, oh you betcha!
blatz beer.
where did richard rodriguez wind up?
Blatz.
Everyone knows Miller Lite tastes best.
Less filling! 🙂
Milwaukee’s Best isn’t made anymore so I’m not sure how valuable it is if Pittsburg (they don’t get the H back until they’re relevant) intends on drinking it.
yahoo.com/lifestyle/molson-coors-discontinues-11-b…
Mackey won’t get the “ S” back until he admits being an oron. ( m deliberately excluded )
There’s no “e” in it Hemingway. Also, you’ve obviously missed the point – this is an ongoing spelling joke.
That’s only one variety of Milwaukee’s Best being retired.
The Ice versions are all that’s left and they’re practically malt-liquor.
That’s hilarious. Other than Giannis leading the Bucks to a title, when was the last time Milwaukee was relevant?
Wilson top 5 worst SP last year in NL. At one time was a decent prospect so maybe they can turn him around.
Small chance he’ll start games in Milwaukee. Maybe if they’re ravaged with injuries. I suspect he’d be a prime candidate for the Suter role out of the pen.
You are spot on!! I have a friend that is friends with Brawn Strowman.
Especially since they signed Wade Miley 3 hours later.
The Daniel Vogelbach of pitchers!!!
I’m just happy this move got Kelley off the roster
Wilson wasn’t good, but after the Pirates recalled him in July, he was better. 4.39 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 4.9% walk rate. Both xFIP and SIERA were pretty much in agreement to his stats as he had a 4.47 and 4.46 mark, respectively. Not saying he was great or anything, but was semi-servicable as a back of the rotation arm.
An ERA / FIP in the lower 4’s is practically Cy Young material these days.
I’m kind of surprised they only got cash for him. I wasn’t expecting some sort of haul or anything, but I would have rather seen a low-level prospect than cash, unless they plan on using that cash toward something. Starting pitchers are pretty valuable and his numbers post-July weren’t any worse than Jordan Lyles.
They may have traded him because he’s the 10th pitcher on the depth chart.
MLB- It took a very long time for Garcia to get on the roster and it may have been because the Pirates were trying to trade Wilson.I think that they should have given him one more chance as the long man to start the season.I would not doubt that Milwaukee can do something with him.
Maybe the curse will be lifted off of him with the trade and he will be in Cy Young contention.
Hope this deal doesn’t bite us in the you know what
If Brewers pitching instructors can teach this guy to keep his fastball off of Main Street, he may be ok. Along with his Pirates colleagues, it’s doubtful there has ever been a pitching staff so in love with dead red
You haven’t met the Reds bullpen last year!
The Pirates weren’t that much of a fastball-heavy team last year. Their pitchers only used the FB about 47.7% of the time, which was the 10th lowest mark in baseball. After July, Wilson had pretty much set his fastball on the back-burner as he didn’t use it more than 30% of the time after his game on June 14th. Concidentially, this coinsided with a 4.39 ERA from July-October.
mlb, you are likely right and as such, one must wonder why they have such a difficult time spotting the fastball and either have no control of their spin pitches or again, like hanging them as they do
I mean, seeing is believing
Having watched these guys for the great majority of their games, I can only hope some progress was or will be made before the ‘23 season begins
Liked; “off of Main Street” and “in love with dead red” lingo.
That would be Wisconsin Avenue
If Houser is in the rotation I’m gonna lose my mind.
He absolutely should headline a deal to bring in a serviceable 3B.
Only during this crummy Brewers offseason could the thought of trading Adrian Houser be considered a “headline” in a deal lol
Ya know, I’m not a stat guy, but it always seemed like he’d give up 3 or 4 runs during a bad inning, last no more than 5 innings total, and we’d be down 4-1 or 4-0 due to poor run support. Then Counsell would yank him before the 6th and hand it to the pen. We could do a lot worse, ie Jordan Lyles.
I doubt Houser would be the headliner in any type of meaningful deal.
It might headline his former high school’s student newspaper. that’s about it
Tell Jon Blitzer that his website doesn’t work, then.
Houser for Paredes works for me!
Arnold calls up Tampa about offering them Houser and their GM is gonna tell em Paredes Nuts
you are a pinhead.
I appreciate your feedback, but that’s not what your mom said
She was dead before you were born, pinhead.
That’s it. Explains why she didn’t move much.
The Brewers, along with the Dodgers, are the best equipped franchises at getting the most out of pitchers. I wouldn’t be surprised at a post hype rebound.
Cleveland is better at developing pitching than both of those franchises combined.
I’m going to throw Houston in there too, Lars.
ooh ooh me next. I’ll say Braves and Cardinals are better at developing arms than the Brewers too
I thought they might.
Back to back WS winner; two different teams. I hope he catches on with another contender in 23. A shot at 3 consecutive WS rings on 3 different teams. Cool. Is that a rarity?
Oops, I think I need a nap. Above post was suppose to be on Will Smith story. LOL
no eric hinskie had a shot did a few other players.
from one playoff team to the next.
Brought in to cover innings after they trade Burnes and Woodruff at this year’s deadline,
“Will receive cash considerations from Milwaukee in this deal”
Free Gatorade for the year!
RED SOX EXTEND DEVERS!
DEVERS RIPS OFF RED SOX
Solid pitching depth signing. Can’t be any worse than Chi Chi was last year and actually has some untapped upside.
Test
No risk, nice move for the brew crew.
Bryce Wilson – super popular in the 60s with that song…. Surfin’ USA.
Bryce sounds way more like a Beach Boy name than Brian, Dennis or Carl. I Mike just Love what you did with that one.
Yeah, but even now his daughters are forming a supergroup with Brett Phillips’ kid
Brewers will try him as a bullpen arm.
I’m guessing the Pirates were running low on laundry detergent, so it was time to sell one of the pitchers.
Brewers will probably just try and pass him through waivers with Miley being signed.