The Brewers have finalized some off-season acquisitions. Starting pitcher Randy Wolf passed a physical today to complete his contract with the Crew. Because Wolf was rated a Type A free agent, in order to sign him the Brewers would have had to give up a draft pick. Since the Dodgers declined to extend him arbitration, the Brewers will not have to surrender a compensatory draft pick (it would have been a second-rounder) to sign Wolf. Wolf is 101-85 with a 4.13 ERA over his 11 seasons in the Majors. His new contract with the Brewers is valued at a guaranteed $29.75 million, one of the richest contracts in Brewer history. Wolf should help to steady the rocky starting pitching from last year's team.
The Brewers also locked down infielder Craig Counsell for another year. The 39 year-old handyman played in 130 games last year for the Crew. It will be nice to have Counsell to add expereince to an extremely young infield consisting of players such as Alcides Escobar, Mat Gamel, Casey McGehee, and Rickie Weeks.
The Brewers have also signed experienced reliever LaTroy Hawkins, pending a physical.
Good addition for the Brew Crew. Brewer fans can only hope that he can give us 6-7 innings every four days.
ReplyDeleteNow, let's hope the Brewers do something about their middle relief pitching.