The Brewers have agreed to a small league deal with the right hand side Brad Boxberger, Reports ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel (via Twitter). Boxberger will receive an invitation to the team’s Major League Spring Training camp.
After signing a minor contract with the Marlins last year, Boxberger placed an ERA of 3.00 over 18 overs with Miami, plus 3 1/3 pointless frames during the team’s playoff game. It was a good bounce performance for Boxberger in terms of pure results after we struggled with the Royals in 2019, although there was no analytical difference between the two seasons.
Boxberger’s 22.8K% and 10.1BB% were both below average, and there were not many positive aspects to his Statcast numbers, with the exception of a rapid turnaround in the 90th percentile. For additional farms, Boxberger achieves a best career rate of 51% on his career, and his fast ball is averaging 92.5 km / h for his highest speed since 2015.
It was during the 2015 season that Boxberger achieved All-Star status for a 41-season season with the Rays, but he has since struggled with several injuries and become a travel companion since Tampa joined the Diamondbacks in November 2017 exchanged. Since the first day of 2018, Boxberger has now been a member of six different organizations, including Milwaukee. The right-hander will compete for a track in a Brewers bullpen with a lot of talent but relatively little MLB experience, so Boxberger can add a veteran element to the mix.