Brewers Sign Matt Garza

Matt Garza

Matt Garza and the Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to a 4 year $52 Million deal. The Brewers already have a steady rotation with Yovani Gallardo and Kyle Lohse who pitched to a 4.18 ERA and 3.35 ERA respectively. Garza will slot in nicely to the number two spot in the rotation for the Brewers with his 3.82 ERA in 155 innings pitched between the Cubs and the Rangers. The fact that this deal is coming almost immediately after the Masahiro Tanaka signing is not coincidental. Almost all of the starting pitchers on the market waited for Tanaka to set the bar so they can feed of the desperation of teams who missed out on the Japanese ace.  Garza found much more success with the Cubs than the Rangers on basic statistics but his ERA+ which is weighted for home ballpark differed by 30 points, so perhaps returning to a big ballpark will be beneficial for Garza.