The Brewers will place right-hander Chase Anderson on the 10-day disabled list because of a stomach illness, according to a team announcement. His roster spot will go to righty Freddy Peralta, who’s coming up from Triple-A to make his major league debut Sunday.
Anderson was scheduled to take the ball Saturday in Colorado, but he was physically unable to pitch, leaving the Brewers to plug in lefty Brent Suter for a spot start. Suter struggled over five innings, and the Brewers dropped a 4-0 decision to fall to a still-solid 23-17 on the season. Some of Milwaukee’s success in 2018 has come thanks to Anderson, who leads the team in innings pitched (45.1) and ranks second among its starters in ERA (3.97).
While Anderson has prevented runs at a palatable clip, his other numbers aren’t particularly encouraging. Anderson’s strikeout (5.96 K/9) and walk (3.18 BB/9) rates have gone in the wrong direction since a breakout 2017, when he managed 8.47 and 2.61 in those categories, and he has only induced ground balls at a 36.4 percent clip. Thanks partially to his fly ball tendencies, Anderson has allowed 1.99 home runs per nine – up from .89 last season.
Anderson may well regress toward his subpar 6.02 FIP when he returns from the DL, but this is still an unfortunate development for the Brewers. They now have four established starters on the DL, with Jimmy Nelson, Zach Davies and Wade Miley being the others. Their injuries have opened the door for the 21-year-old Peralta, acquired as part of a 2015 trade with the Mariners centering on first baseman Adam Lind.
Peralta, who began his Brewers tenure at the Single-A level, now ranks as the club’s ninth-best prospect at MLB.com. He opened the year at Triple-A Colorado Springs, a difficult environment for pitchers, and posted a 3.63 ERA/3.12 FIP with 11.94 K/9, 4.41 BB/9 and a 53.6 percent grounder rate over 34 2/3 innings (seven starts).
I’m the new GM of Boston….ill take all your DL folks for David Price and his contract.
Wish you well
Nah, Anderson will only be out for less than a fortnight
Ohh nice. Peralta will be fun to see and chase is already on day 6 of 10 and can start next time
You can only backdate the 10 day DL 3 days, I believe.
This is correct.
it might be a good time to take a look at Derby, Peralta,Corbin, and Houser
Almost surprised they’re not bringing up yet another utility/middle infielder..not named Nate Orf of course.
Well was surprised that they felt they needed to go with Asher over Houser. I mean all he has done is be successful when he is up. Thought maybe Perrin or even Griep might get a look. You know a couple years ago I understood going with Drake, Torres, Hughes and other stop gap players but think it’s time to stick with the young guys that are obviously ready, and with the guys proving themselves like Orf it’s not like I’m thinking that guys like Gatewood, and Lara have earned chances
Excited to see peralta get his chance. Could be our next ace.
our NEXT ace? Who was our first???
Teddy Higuera
Pete V….probably before your time. Harvey’s wallbangers
Ben Sheets! duh
Consensus among most Brewer observers is Peralta is no worse than the 6th best prospect in their system and nobody is rising faster than he is.
Consensus among MLB observers is that Peralta will eventually slot in as a reliever.
Lol….no
Peralta has only 2 pitches to go to and both are fastballs!
Apparently the Rockies couldn’t hit either of them.
All winter it was said the Brewers needed to add starters and other than Chacin, who was a bargain type FA,and a non roster invite to veterans Miley and Gallardo, they resisted. Well we’re sitting here on May 14 and they are in first place, even with their top 3 starters from last year all on the DL., How are they doing it? With dollar for dollar, the best bullpen in baseball and contributions from guys like Junior Guerra and Brent Suter and now Freddy Perelta, maybe the most underrated pitching prospect in the game. Oh yeah, they haven’t yet called upon their number on pitching prospect Corbin Burnes.