The Brewers are in agreement with left-hander Josh Maciejewski on a minor league contract, reports Ari Alexander of KPRC 2. He’d elected minor league free agency after being outrighted by the Yankees last September.
Maciejewski, 29, was a 10th-round pick by New York in 2018. Despite the modest draft position, he pitched his way to the majors after six seasons in the Yankees farm system. Maciejewski made four appearances in pinstripes last year, working seven innings of two-run ball. He struck out seven while issuing a pair of walks. While he pitched well in his small big league sample, he had less interesting numbers in the upper minors.
The 6’3″ southpaw divided his time between Double-A Somerset and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Maciejewski started 13 of 26 appearances between the two levels. He tossed 73 innings with a 5.67 earned run average. He had a decent 22.7% strikeout percentage with a tolerable 8.9% walk rate.
Opponents fared well when they put the ball in play, though, running a lofty .327 average on balls in play. That predictably had an impact on his bottom line results. Maciejewski had found better results in the minors in 2023. He combined for a 2.96 ERA over 45 2/3 frames between three levels that season. He’s capable of working multiple innings and has an even 4.00 earned run average over his minor league career.
Maciejewski doesn’t throw hard. He averaged 90.1 MPH on his sinker during his limited big league work; that checked in at 89.6 MPH during his Triple-A time. He has a low-80s changeup and mid-70s breaking ball to round out his arsenal. Maciejewski could vie for a long relief role in Pat Murphy’s bullpen at some point next season.
ALL THESE TEAMS SIGNING EVERYONE! THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN!
How many minor league deals with invitations to camp did the Dodgers have this offseason again? I’m still waiting for them to somehow dole out top money for Flaherty, Bregman, Alonso, and JD Martinez since those players expect to be paid like every team is a top market team, nevermind playing time they’ll get paid to sit on the bench
OMG THE DODGERS ARE SIGNING FREE AGENTS! THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN IF THEY DON’T SIGN WITH ANOTHER TEAM!
When are they signing Flaherty again? Team can’t afford a punk like him? Bregman should fit in? They can’t afford all the top free agents? What’s wrong with em? See I think baseball is broken, the rules intentionally inhibit the Dodgers from employing every star player. That isn’t fair for LA! Or the competitive balance capitalism breeds, how un-American! We need to get Donald Trump on this and make all the other teams pay tariffs for not having as much money as the Dodgers in 2035
The uniform guy for the Brewers has already started to put the “MACIEJEWSKI” on the back of some uniforms.
HOWEVER
He is not happy about it and is cursing under his breath !!
I get the only benefit is that he could spell it wrong and only one person would know…
It is good practice for Jacob Misiorowski!
Elon Musk probably wouldn’t like this guy
Mister Mxyzptlk has a new team.
Where on the scarable board did you find a xy and z? It’s clearly a polish name I see ski
Mac-ie-jew-ski not a song by rush
It’s actually pronounced ma-chee-ess-skee
He actually pitched well last yr in the Minors…2 bad games after they sent him back down because he hadnt pitched in 2 weeks…and one game where he did blow up…otherwise he got outs…and his fastball is 94-95
It’s amazing the yankees aren’t signing any of these AAAA lefty relievers.. it can’t just be about the $ because they still signed a ton of minor league guys that will not make the team why not sign 3 minor league lefties they are going to need a left hand reliever at some point. These guys are even cheaper than hill