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Brewers Option Eric Lauer To Triple-A

By Mark Polishuk | June 14, 2023 at 12:44pm CDT

The Brewers activated Eric Lauer from the 15-day injured list yesterday, but optioned the left-hander to Triple-A Nashville rather than return him to the Major League roster.  Between injury and inconsistency, Lauer’s 2023 season has been a rough ride, and Brewers GM Matt Arnold told reporters (including Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) the team felt the Triple-A move was necessary since “we want to get him right, to be healthy and be a contributor.”

Lauer has been out of action since May 22 due to an impingement in his right shoulder.  Though his throwing arm remained fine, Lauer told MLB.com and other reporters that his right shoulder problem still impacted his delivery, which could explain his shaky results this season.  Over 42 2/3 innings, Lauer had only a 5.48 ERA, 21.9% strikeout rate, and 10.7% walk rate, as well as high hard-contact rates.  The southpaw’s 13.5% barrel rate ranks near the bottom of the league, and all of these barrels have resulted in Lauer’s career-worst 20.6% home run rate.

Not a particularly hard thrower to begin with, Lauer had a big velocity drop, going from a 93.4mph average fastball in 2022 to a 90.9mph heater this season.  However, he said that recent bullpen sessions have brought some velo back, adding roughly 3-5mph to his fastball.  The results haven’t been there for Lauer over a pair of minor league rehab starts, but he’ll now get a fuller stretch in Nashville to get himself more fully back on track.

Lauer pitched well for Milwaukee over the last two seasons, moving into the rotation on a full-time basis in 2021 and delivering a 3.47 ERA over 277 1/3 innings in 2021-22.  His quality results and flexibility to work as a swingman if needed has been a valuable part of the Brew Crew’s pitching depth, yet that depth has been pretty severely tested this season by a number of injuries.  Fortunately for the Brewers, Wade Miley is projected to return from the IL this weekend, perhaps giving the team a bit of breathing room to send Lauer to Triple-A.

Heading into the 2023 season, Lauer has four full seasons and 33 days (or, 4.033) of Major League service time.  That total has now increased to 4.110 since Opening Day, so unless Lauer’s stint in Triple-A lasts quite a bit longer than expected, he shouldn’t be in jeopardy of not amassing the six full years of MLB service time required for free agency.  Lauer is currently slated to hit the open market following the 2024 season.

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5 Comments

  1. BucksPackersBrewersWow!

    2 years ago

    Might be time to think about moving your better players for prospects. The ship is starting to sink.

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    • Jesse Chavez enthusiast

      2 years ago

      They could get a decent haul for Wally Adams. Freddy Peralta also, his numbers aren’t fantastic at the moment but he’s been great the past two seasons and IMO his cheap contract makes the Brandon Lowe and Ozzie Albies deals look like an overpay!

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  2. Manfred’s playing with the balls

    2 years ago

    Probably could’ve gotten more talent for Adames or Burnes during the offseason but I understand why the would go for this season. With this being his first year as a boss, I would think Arnold will look to stock up on talent. To make sure the team is competitive in the years to come after 2024.

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    • HiAndTight

      2 years ago

      I think it’s 50/50 they trade either given the rise of their farm system(which…I understand has changed substantially the last 2 months).

      But now a #2 overall farm system per BA, #3 per Pipeline.

      Misiorowski, Gasser, Peralta, Ashby and Carlos Rodriguez.
      That’s the #34 prospect(a real boom or bust, but literally deGrom like stuff…but also deGrom like injury concerns) a top 100 in Gasser before the draft picks were slotted in, two guys with extremely team favorable deals and then Rodriguez who’s in that 100-150 group with Gasser).

      I’d look at a team like the Phillies and try and trade Burnes for Painter or one of their 3 top pitching prospects and include Williams in the deal if necessary, but with so many prospects coming up, they may just roll with it and take the QOs for Burnes, Woody and Adames following ’24.

      Reply
  3. Whopper Head

    2 years ago

    I’ve always followed the axiom “the BAT plays.”

    But we need a bat!

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