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Jhoulys Chacin Agrees to Two-Year Deal with the Milwaukee Brewers

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It’s a Brew-tiful week for Jhoulys Chacin…

The 29-year-old Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher has agreed to a two-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Jhoulys Chacin

The contract is valued at nearly $8 million per year, according to ESPN.

“I have been really working hard to get to the point where I can pitch and don’t think about anything (except) making outs, making my pitches,” Chacin said. “I was able to do that — just go out and have fun pitching.”

Chacin joins Yovani Gallardo as the second free-agent pitcher to sign with Milwaukee over the past week. Gallardo’s deal also was announced Thursday.

“We all know that the last couple years haven’t gone (well) for me,” Gallardo said. “I think it’s just a matter of minor adjustments.”

Chacin and Gallardo are expected to give the Brewers innings to help compensate for the loss of Jimmy Nelson, who underwent shoulder surgery in September and could miss a significant portion of the 2018 season.

Chase Anderson and Zach Davies are Milwaukee’s top returning starters, while Brandon Woodruff and Brent Suter could be in the competition for starting spots in spring training.

In 32 starts last season for the San Diego Padres, Chacin was 13-10 with a 3.89 ERA and a career-high 153 strikeouts. His 1.79 home ERA was the fourth lowest in Petco Park‘s history.

Chacin has pitched for five teams over eight Major League Baseball seasons, including six seasons with the Colorado Rockies (2009-2014). He has a career record of 59-67 with a 3.93 ERA in 195 games (167 starts).

He has won 10 or more games and pitched more than 180 innings three times. His best season came in 2013, when he went 14-10 with a 3.47 ERA in 197⅓ innings over 31 starts for the Rockies.

Yovani Gallardo Agrees to Deal with Milwaukee Brewers

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Big things are brewing for Yovani Gallardo…

The 31-year-old Mexican professional baseball and right-handed pitcher has agreed to a deal with the Milwaukee Brewers, according to multiple reports.

Yovani Gallardo

Gallardo was 5-10 with a 5.72 ERA in 28 games (22 starts) with the Seattle Mariners last season.

Seattle declined an option on Gallardo in November, making him a free agent.

Gallardo spent the first eight seasons of his career with the Brewers before one-year stays with the Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles and Mariners.

He has a career record of 113-93 with a 3.93 ERA.

Garza Signs Four-Year, $50 Million Contract with the Milwaukee Brewers

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Matt Garza has a $50 million arm…

The 30-year-old Mexican American professional baseball pitcher has signed a four-year, $50 million contract with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Matt Garza

The deal, which includes a fifth-year vesting option for 2018, could be worth up to $67 million based on performance bonuses.

Garza will get $12.5 million a season, with $2 million annually deferred without interest. The deferred money is payable in four installments each Dec. 15 starting in 2018. He can earn an additional $1 million annually in performance bonuses: $500,000 each for 30 starts and 190 innings.

The deal includes a $13 million option for 2018 that would become guaranteed if he makes 110 starts during the next four years, pitches 155 innings in 2017 and is not on the disabled list at the end of that season. Milwaukee also would get an extra year at a relatively low salary if he has a significant arm injury.

The Brewers, who are looking to rebound from a disappointing 74-88 season in 2013, also announced the deal on the team’s official Twitter account.

 

General manager Doug Melvin called Garza an “established, top-of-the-rotation pitcher.”

“The thing about signing Matt now, it gives us a lot more depth and, as you know, during a baseball season, you never use five starters,” Melvin said. “So, just kind of wait and see how spring training unfolds, and always having the available depth is important to stay in a 162-game season.”

Garza went 10-6 with a 3.82 ERA last season for the Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers. The right-hander missed most of the first two months while recovering from an injury that affected his side and back.

Garza will join Yovani Gallardo and Kyle Lohse at the top of Milwaukee’s rotation. He is 67-67 with a 3.84 ERA in eight seasons with Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Rays, the Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers.

Garza is looking forward to pitching — and hitting — back in the NL Central.

“It’s fun. I like the Central, I like pitching in the Central,” Garza said in a conference call. “I like swinging the bat in the big parks.”

Garza In Talks to Join the Milwaukee Brewers

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Matt Garza’s career prospects are brewing…

The 30-year-old Mexican American professional baseball pitcher is reportedly in serious talks with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Matt Garza

Despite media reports, Garza, currently a free-agent, and the team haven’t made an official deal yet.

The Brewers issued a statement Thursday evening following reports of a $52 million, four-year agreement between the Brewers and the right-hander, pending a physical.

The statement says “despite media reports, negotiations between the Brewers and Matt Garza are ongoing, but there is no deal yet.”

Garza pitched for the Chicago Cubs most of the past three seasons before Chicago dealt him to the Texas Rangers at last July’s trade deadline.

Garza will step into a Milwaukee rotation that includes holdovers Kyle Lohse, Yovani Gallardo, Wily Peralta and Marco Estrada.

Gallardo Logs a Career-High 14 Strikeouts…

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It’s a new career high for Yovani Gallardo…

The 26-year-old Mexican baseball star, a pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, struck out a career-high 14 in seven innings to help lead his team to a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.

Yovani Gallardo

“It’s really like win or go home every game,” said Gallardo. “We all know the nine games we have here, the next series with the [St. Louis] Cardinals, then the [Cincinnati] Reds. They’re very important.”

Gallardo (8-6) gave up four hits, including Andrew McCutchen‘s homer in the fourth.

He struck out two in every inning except the sixth when he fanned just one and the side in the seventh.

“Command was probably the best I’ve had all year,” he said. “That really helped.”

Pirates manager Clint Hurdle felt that the team took itself out of the game against Gallardo.

“We got in a bad rut here, swinging the bat as far as striking out,” Hurdle said. “Gallardo was very good today. We were susceptible to a lot of things he was doing. He had a very sharp breaking ball.”

Gallardo won consecutive starts for the second time this season.