The Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to trade Josh Hader to the San Diego Padres for more, CBS Sports HQ’s Jim Bowden confirmed Monday. Milwaukee will receive reliever Taylor Rogers, right-hander Dinelson Lamet and prospects Robert Gasser and Esteury Ruiz in the deal. Hader, 28, will be eligible for free agency after next season. Because of that, and his rising arbitration cost (saves are the only stat a reliever pays before free agency hits), the Brewers have been more open-minded about moving him than you might expect from a first-place team. . It’s possible the Brewers felt more empowered to make a deal given that Hader is in the midst of a disappointing run with his rules. In 37 appearances, he has compiled a 4.24 ERA (97 ERA+) and a 4.92 strikeout-to-walk ratio. (For the record, even with his struggles this year, he still has a 2.48 career ERA.) Hader has been particularly ineffective of late, with his season ERA rising from 1.09 at the start of July to 4.24 at the end of the month. Five of the seven home runs he’s allowed this season have come in a span of six plate appearances. Check the opt-in box to confirm you want to join.
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The Brewers didn’t necessarily have to have long-term concerns about Hader to justify moving him — they just had to feel like they could get similar production from Rogers, with the other players balancing out the fact that Rogers will be a free agent at the end of the season, a year earlier than Hunter. How realistic is this belief? Rogers also had a worse year than usual, compiling a 4.35 ERA (87 ERA+) and a 5.33 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 41 innings. For his career, he has a 3.29 ERA in more than 350 major league innings.
