{"id":16906,"date":"2019-02-07T19:09:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T00:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=16906"},"modified":"2019-02-07T19:09:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T00:09:45","slug":"brewers-sign-josh-tomlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2019\/02\/07\/brewers-sign-josh-tomlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewers Sign RHP Josh Tomlin to Minor League Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Milwaukee Brewers have signed righty Josh Tomlin<\/a><\/strong> to a minor-league contract with an invitation to major-league spring training.<\/p>\n

Rosenthal notes that if Tomlin makes the majors he will receive a base salary of 1.25M base in majors with $2.25M in incentives based on innings pitched. If he pitches 150 or more innings, the deal can max out at $3.5M.<\/p>\n

A Look Back at His 2018 Season<\/h3>\n

Tomlin, 34, missed significant time during the 2018 season after suffering a hamstring injury in July. He was able to return to the club towards the end of August and finish out the year.<\/p>\n

Overall he made 32 appearances for the Indians, mostly out of the bullpen,\u00a0and put up a 6.14 ERA while striking out 46 and walking 12 batters.\u00a0He also posted a career-high 1.479 WHIP, allowed a whopping 3.2 HR\/9 innings, and his 7.16 FIP was the worst amongst all pitchers last season.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the offseason, there was word of a potential return to Cleveland for Tomlin. He was also tied to the\u00a0New York Mets due to his familiarity with Mets manager Mickey Callaway<\/a><\/strong>, who served as Tomlin\u2019s pitching coach in Cleveland.<\/p>\n

What He Brings to Milwaukee<\/h3>\n

Over his nine year career in Cleveland, Tomlin posted a record of 61-53 with a 4.77 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 4.69 FIP, 612 strikeouts, and just 133 walks over 898 innings.\u00a0The righty has looked dominant at times in his career, but is coming off a dreadful 2018 season. He\u00a0throws a ton of strikes, but Tomlin’s main problem has always been keeping the ball in the park.<\/p>\n

He likely won\u2019t be able to find a spot in a solid Brewers rotation that already contains Jhoulys Chacin<\/a><\/strong>, Chase Anderson<\/a><\/strong>, Zach Davies, Jimmy Nelson<\/a><\/strong>, Brandon Woodruff<\/a><\/strong>, and Freddy Peralta<\/a><\/strong> amongst other. However, if he performs to his capabilities in camp, Tomlin may be able to win himself a spot in the bullpen as a long reliever.<\/p>\n

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