The Brewers and left-hander Hoby Milner have avoided arbitration, reports Robert Murray of FanSided. The southpaw will make a salary of $2.05MM in the upcoming campaign.
Friday is the deadline for clubs and arbitration-eligible players to submit salary figures, with hearings set to take place in late January. Many cases will be resolved as that deadline approaches, such as this one.
Milner, 33 in January, first qualified for arbitration last year and made a salary of $1.025MM. MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz projected him for a bump to $1.7MM in 2024, but he will beat that by a bit. He will be eligible for one more arbitration raise in 2025 before he’s slated for free agency.
He is coming off an excellent season in terms of run prevention, finishing with a 1.82 earned run average over 73 appearances out of the Milwaukee bullpen. He was likely helped by a .254 batting average on balls in play and 84.2% strand rate, both of which are on the lucky side of average. But he still had strong peripherals, with a 23.4% strikeout rate, 5.2% walk rate and 50.9% ground ball rate. ERA estimators like his 3.13 FIP and 3.43 SIERA suggest he wasn’t quite as dominant as the ERA makes it look, but they still suggest it was a good performance nonetheless.
He projects to be the top lefty in the Milwaukee bullpen in 2024, with depth options like Ethan Small, Clayton Andrews and Bryan Hudson also on the 40-man roster.
Am I the only one who hasn’t heard of this guy? Just checked out his stats; every team could use a guy like this in their bullpen. Looks like Brewers are getting a good deal.
If you are a fan of a NL Central Team he is hard to miss because he is a situational lefty that has been in about every other game the last couple of years for the Brewers.. Can see why AL fans would have never heard of him.
If you paid attention to the Brewers last year at all youd know, but otherwise he was a sixth inning first guy up in the pen type situation and crushed the role he was given. Doesnt make the headlines, but did his job well.
1 penny paid up front, 2,049,999.99 deferred until 2070.
The deferal comments are really getting tired.
Yeah should defer those comments until later
Another in the endless string of guys who got better after leaving here.
Good for him. Finally a payday that should ensure a good life.
Hoby Milner was key contributor to Brewers bullpen for last 2 seasons. He pitched in a lot of high leverage situations. He’s cool as a cucumber under pressure. Way undervalued for $2.05 million.
Hopefully he is buying beers for fans coming to the WinterWarm Up this weekend. That is if the snow doesn’t cancel it.