9:41AM: Brebbia will earn $5.5MM in assured cash, as The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal (links to X) has the breakdown of phrases. Brebbia earns a $4MM base wage for 2024, and there’s a $6MM mutual possibility for 2025 that features a $1.5MM buyout. As much as $1MM in incentive bonuses are additionally accessible every season, and Brebbia can begin unlocking these bonuses if and when he hits the 45-appearance threshold.
8:58AM: The White Sox have signed right-hander John Brebbia, MLB Community’s Jon Morosi studies (via X). Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Solar-Instances adds that Brebbia inked a one-year deal. Brebbia is represented by Icon Sports activities Administration.
Newly-hired White Sox senior pitching advisor Brian Bannister undoubtedly had some affect within the signing, as Bannister spent the earlier 4 seasons because the Giants’ director of pitching and oversaw Brebbia’s utilization as a flexible bullpen weapon. Brebbia labored as an opener, center reliever, and setup man in San Francisco, posting a 3.83 ERA over 134 appearances and 124 2/3 innings whereas additionally delivering a stable 6.7% stroll price and 23% strikeout price.
That latter statistic is probably a bit deceptive, as Brebbia had solely a 18.8% strikeout price throughout his 68 innings in 2022, sandwiched between a lot larger Okay% charges within the smaller pattern sizes of his different two seasons. Brebbia tossed solely 18 1/3 innings in 2021 since he was recovering from a June 2020 Tommy John surgical procedure, and he additionally missed over 2.5 months of final season resulting from a lat pressure.
A Thirtieth-round choose for the Yankees within the 2011 draft, Brebbia was a little bit of a late bloomer who didn’t make his MLB debut till when he was simply shy of his twenty seventh birthday, as a member of the 2017 Cardinals. Brebbia pitched effectively out of the Playing cards’ bullpen in his first three large league seasons, however within the wake of his TJ surgical procedure, St. Louis opted to non-tender him following the 2020 season. For his profession, the 33-year-old Brebbia has a 3.42 ERA over 299 2/3 innings with St. Louis and San Francisco.
The White Sox had a number of holes to fill in each the rotation and their bullpen this winter, and GM Chris Getz has been busy on that entrance in buying the likes of Erick Fedde, Chris Flexen, Michael Soroka, and Tim Hill, along with a lot of different pitchers with MLB expertise on minor league offers. Since Aaron Bummer was traded to the Braves, Brebbia may step into the setup position that Bummer beforehand held in Chicago, even when it isn’t an ideal one-to-one match since Bummer is a southpaw.
It additionally stands to cause that Brebbia could possibly be deployed as he was in San Francisco, relatively than strictly in a setup capability. Since Gregory Santos is recovering from elbow irritation and won’t be prepared for the beginning of Spring Coaching, Brebbia may even nab just a few save alternatives if Santos hits any delays or if the White Sox merely resolve to take it straightforward with their potential nearer.
