CyggyMarlin 324 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Brewers Sign Brad Boxberger To Minors Contract By Mark Polishuk | February 14, 2021 at 9:37pm CDT The Brewers have agreed to a minor league deal with right-hander Brad Boxberger, ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel reports (via Twitter). Boxberger will receive an invitation to the team’s Major League Spring Training camp. After signing a minors contract with the Marlins last winter, Boxberger posted a 3.00 ERA over 18 innings with Miami, plus 3 1/3 scoreless frames during the team’s playoff run. It was a nice bounce-back performance for Boxberger in terms of pure results after struggling in 2019 with the Royals, though there wasn’t much difference between the two seasons from an analytical perspective. Boxberger’s 22.8K% and 10.1BB% were both below average and there weren’t a lot of positives within his Statcast numbers, with the exception of a fastball spin rate in the 90th percentile. For added pluses, Boxberger posted a career-best 51% grounder rate, and his fastball averaged 92.5mph for his highest velocity since 2015. It was during that 2015 season that Boxberger achieved All-Star status for a 41-save season with the Rays, but he then battled some injuries and became something of a journeyman since Tampa traded him to the Diamondbacks in November 2017. Since Opening Day 2018, Boxberger has now been a member of six different organizations, counting Milwaukee. The right-hander will compete for a job in a Brewers bullpen that has plenty of talent but relatively little MLB experience, so Boxberger could add a veteran element to the mix. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marlinsmaniac 457 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 No skin off my bones lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taiwanmarlin 463 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Minor league deal, not surprised at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SonOfJack 2,590 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 I won't lose sleep over this, but I do wonder if the fish offered him a minor league deal too and he went with Brewers instead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bret Hart 47 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 (edited) No news is good news. I'm just waiting for the Cooper deal. Edited February 15 by Bret Hart Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SilverBullet 2,712 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Would have liked to have him back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marlinsmaniac 457 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 4 hours ago, SilverBullet said: Would have liked to have him back. Who would you drop from the bullpen for him? (Other than the rule 5 guys) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
el_gmac 365 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 On 2/15/2021 at 12:31 PM, SilverBullet said: Would have liked to have him back. to use the emojis for his name ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mystikol87 144 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Brewers sign Brad Boxberger? I give that deal a B! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SilverBullet 2,712 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 How many burgers could Brad Boxberger box if Brad Boxberger could box burgers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SonOfJack 2,590 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 3 minutes ago, SilverBullet said: How many burgers could Brad Boxberger box if Brad Boxberger could box burgers? 16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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