The Rockies announced that right-hander John Brebbia has been released from his minor league deal. It’s unclear if he triggered an opt-out or was simply let go. In either case, he’ll head to free agency in search of his next opportunity.
Brebbia has some good seasons on his track record but is coming off a couple of rough campaigns, which is why he had to settle for a minor league deal with Colorado, no pitcher’s first choice for a landing spot. He was looking to bounce back but his results in camp were mixed. On the one hand, he struck out 11 of the 37 batters he faced, a strong 29.7% clip. He hit one batter but did not issue a walk. On the other hand, he allowed three home runs. That led to seven earned runs crossing the plate in nine innings.
That evidently wasn’t enough for him to earn a spot with the Rockies, so he’ll be looking for opportunities elsewhere. The interest he receives will mostly be based on his past results. As mentioned, his recent work hasn’t been great. Since the start of 2024, he has a 6.41 earned run average. From 2017 to 2023, he logged 299 2/3 innings with a 3.42 ERA, 25.5% strikeout rate and 7.2% walk rate.
Since his past two seasons have been such a challenge, he’ll surely be limited to minor league offers in the coming days. He may even circle back to the Rockies on a new deal. Those kinds of reunions are fairly common when guys get cut just before Opening Day.
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Damn. Gave up 3 hr in 9 spring innings. Wonder what happened as he seemed to perform well 5 out of the first 7 years of his career.
He was practicing for playing at Coors Field…
And you seem to be practicing jokes from 1999.
Don’t knock the 90’s son
Unless you are in your mid 70s, I am not even close to being your son.
Seems like a AA Minor league deal!
Ben Lindbergh is sad today.
Maybe the White Sox should re sign him.
We need more relivers to give up runs, when brought into the game.
Last year Detroit released him after it became quite apparent he couldn’t pitch anymore at a major league level. Teams should note when the Tigers let you go there is a real reason for it. I can’t name even one pitcher that left Detroit that did better elsewhere?