
Rogers might be the most recognizable name in the deal - he is second in the National League with 28 saves - but he is far from the most important player to Milwaukee. Still, San Diego paid significantly for Hader. None of the players San Diego included in the deal for Hader were seen as central options in its pursuit of Washington Nationals outfielder Juan Soto, who could be moved before the 6 p.m. San Diego, with a win-now attitude, will replace Rogers with Hader - and is far from done. The people, the energy, the love! There will always be a special place in my heart for MKE." "Thank you for the support throughout my career,'' Hader said. He had spent his entire major league career with the Brewers, who acquired him along with Adrian Houser, Brett Phillips and Domingo Santana in a 2015 trade that sent Carlos Gomez and Mike Fiers to the Houston Astros. Hader issued an Instagram post thanking the city of Milwaukee for embracing him. "We felt this was the right time, and it was only a player of that caliber that could garner such a significant return to make such an impact on the future of the organization,'' Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns said. Hader, who is making $11 million this season, should see his salary jump into the $16 million range in his final year of arbitration next season. Milwaukee's willingness to deal Hader, after years of considering it - including in potential deals with the Padres - was surprising but not altogether shocking. Trade grades: Padres pull off deadline shocker by adding closer Josh Hader."He's been there, done that, pitched in big spots, big playoff games. "Josh Hader is one of the best closers in the league,'' Padres general manager A.J.
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In 34 innings this season, Hader has struck out 59 batters, walked 12 and allowed seven home runs. While the 28-year-old Hader has a career-worst 4.24 ERA, evaluators say his stuff remains elite and that if not for two poor outings on back-to-back days before the All-Star break, his ERA would be under 2.00. The deal, which will send left-handed reliever Taylor Rogers, left-handed pitching prospect Robert Gasser, right-hander Dinelson Lamet and outfielder Esteury Ruiz to the Brewers, came together after the Brewers fielded extensive interest this week on Hader, sources told ESPN. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.īleacher Nation is supported in part by affiliate advertising programs, which you can learn more about here.The Milwaukee Brewers traded All-Star closer Josh Hader to the San Diego Padres on Monday afternoon, sending the most dominant reliever in baseball in recent years to a team that has struggled in late-inning situations this season. It's just a media site that happens to cover MLB, the NFL, the NBA, the NHL, the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago Bears, the Chicago Bulls, and the Chicago Blackhawks.īleacher Nation is a participant in the Amazon Associates Program. None of MLB, the NFL, the NBA, the NHL, the Cubs, the Bears, the Bulls, the White Sox, or the Blackhawks have endorsed, supported, directed, or participated in the creation of the content at this site, or in the creation of the site itself. Bleacher Nation is a private media site, and it is not affiliated in any way with Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago Bears, the Chicago Bulls, the Chicago White Sox, or the Chicago Blackhawks. © 2022 Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and Obsessionīleacher Nation Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Any chance they’re even more eager right now to unload some salary, having added almost $5 million from Hader? Likely still hoping for Juan Soto, but if not, maybe they still look at the big trade with the Cubs. Meanwhile, the Padres still have all their top trade chips.

In other words, the Brewers got some nice pieces, but nowhere near what they could have gotten for Hader last year or the year before. Ruiz, 23, is a speedy outfielder who seemed to break out this year at Double-A and Triple-A (primarily on the basis of speed and contact), and Gasser, 23, is pitching well at High-A, and has back-of-the-rotation upside. Ruiz and Gasser are the main pieces of the return – at the back end of the Padres’ top ten, according to BA. Lamet is a nice wild card lottery ticket, but he’ll take some work. Rogers is the closer the Padres decided was busted out, forcing them to get Hader in the first place. UPDATE: OK, the quick thoughts here – I actually don’t think that return is all that significant.
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Hader will be a free agent after the 2023 season.- Jeff Passan August 1, 2022

The return on Josh Hader to Milwaukee is significant: left-handed closer Taylor Rogers, lefty pitching prospect Robert Gasser, outfielder Esteury Ruiz and right-hander Dinelson Lamet, sources tell ESPN.
