MIL - LAA Trade

[Milwaukee Brewers]

Brewers and Angels have agreed to a trade.

Brewers trade to Angels:

• Mike Clevinger, SP, SD - 22/$14.4 (orig $24) 23/$18 (orig $24) 24/UFA

Angels trade to Brewers:

• Garrett Crochet, P, CHW - 22/$0.75 TC2

This is a move to cut salary coupled with an eye to the future.  Clevinger is expected to be healthy for 2022 but is coming off his 2nd TJ which there's not a lot of success stories after that.  Crochet is a lights-out arm that is cutting his teeth in the bullpen with thoughts of having a similar career path to Chris Sale.  He won't be starting this year, but next year?  Maybe.  We think he'll be a starter eventually and has a lot of upside.

Hate to lose an SP for 2022 but we have a long-term outlook here.  We don't wish poor health on Clevinger, but we'll let someone else take the risk.

Thanks to the Angels for the deal.  Best of luck.  

[Los Angeles Angels]

The Angels are pleased to add Clevinger to the team. Our rotation is fairly deep but missing those top end aces that could outright win a game and felt he was worth the gamble. While Crochet is certainly a promising potential SP, it's unlikely he would've helped significantly this next year.

[Milwaukee Brewers]

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