{"id":536591,"date":"2026-01-24T19:52:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T19:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/536591\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T19:52:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T19:52:19","slug":"milwaukee-brewers-matt-arnold-discusses-tobias-myers-addition-of-brandon-sproat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/536591\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee Brewers’ Matt Arnold Discusses Tobias Myers, Addition of Brandon Sproat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Freddy Peralta\u2019s decade-long tenure inside the Milwaukee Brewers\u2019<\/a> organization reached its conclusion on Wednesday when he was traded<\/a> to the New York Mets<\/a> for top prospects, Jett Williams and Brandon Sproat.<\/p>\n

For obvious reasons, Peralta \u2014 a two-time All-Star coming off his best season \u2014 dominated the headlines <\/a>of the trade and has continued to do so. But perhaps a lesser known, yet important, player who was also included in the deal is not being discussed nearly as much: Tobias Myers.<\/p>\n

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For those outside of Brewers fandom that may not have the same level of familiarity, Myers is a 27-year-old right-hander who Milwaukee signed to a minor league contract in November 2022 after he bounced around the minor league systems of various organizations after being drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in 2016.<\/p>\n

He made his MLB debut on April 23, 2024, and looked very promising in his rookie season. That year, he appeared in 27 games (25 starts) and notched a 9-6 record with a 3.00 ERA and 127 strikeouts.<\/p>\n

However, last season was not as kind. After suffering a left-oblique strain in Spring Training that delayed his season debut to late April, Myers struggled. He appeared in 22 games, five less than the season before, and saw his ERA jump to 3.55. He made just six starts.<\/p>\n

Despite all of this, Myers still has a lot of upside and may end being an arm the Brewers will miss in the long run. After the blockbuster deal, Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold spoke with Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel <\/a>and other reporters about the decision to move on from Myers.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTobias, from where he started in his career, he\u2019s overcome a lot,\u201d Arnold said. \u201cAnother emotional call that we had together. I\u2019m really proud of what he was able to accomplish.<\/p>\n

Again, with the number and type of starters we had and the numbers we had and arms we have, we felt like adding him was something that made some sense to access the two players we were able to acquire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, the Brewers will usher in a new pitcher<\/a> in Brandon Sproat who is working to show his worth on Major League Baseball\u2019s stage. Sproat, 25, was selected by the Mets with the 56th pick in the second round of the 2023 MLB Draft after playing collegiately at the University of Florida.<\/p>\n

He made his MLB debut in a start for the Mets on Sept. 7, 2025, just 10 days before his 25th birthday. Afterward, he would go on to make three more starts for the Mets; logging an 0-2 record and a 4.79 ERA with a 1.21 WHIP.<\/p>\n

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The addition of Sproat provides the Brewers with a rotation-ready arm who comes in at a low cost. He displays solid metrics and a deep pitching arsenal that features a sinker as his primary pitch (34 percent usage rate) according to Baseball Savant.<\/p>\n

Arnold also touched on the addition of Sproat and expressed his excitement to see him in a Brewers uniform.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s going to compete for a spot in our rotation,\u201d Arnold said. \u201cThis guy has incredible stuff. Very high-octane. Really good movement on his four-seamer and two-seamer, really good secondary weapons and a really good changeup.<\/p>\n

To bring in a guy with this kind of arm and add him to our rotation for now and the future is something that\u2019s really, really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

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