{"id":611162,"date":"2026-04-17T22:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T22:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/611162\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T22:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T22:56:14","slug":"brewers-acquire-junior-fernandez-mlb-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/611162\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewers Acquire Junior Fern\u00e1ndez – MLB Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Diamondbacks have traded right-hander Junior Fern\u00e1ndez<\/a> to the Brewers, according to his transactions tracker<\/a> at MLB.com. He has been assigned to Triple-A Nashville. It\u2019s unclear what Arizona gets in return, but since they signed Fern\u00e1ndez to a minor league deal in the offseason, it was probably just a nominal amount of cash.<\/p>\n

Fern\u00e1ndez, 29, has long had intriguing stuff. He tossed 54 big league innings from 2019 to 2022. His 5.17 earned run average in that time wasn\u2019t especially impressive but both his four-seamer and sinker averaged over 98 miles per hour in his most recent season. He also featured a slider and changeup in the upper 90s. Like a lot of power arms, control has been an issue. Fern\u00e1ndez has walked 13.9% of the batters he has faced in the majors so far.<\/p>\n

For the past few years, he\u2019s been stuck in the minors and also spent 2024 in Japan. He\u2019s still flashing the big velo but also the lack of control. He signed a minor league deal with the Diamondbacks this winter and was in camp with them last month. He faced 22 batters and walked three of them without striking anyone out. At the end of camp, the Triple-A Reno Aces put him on the development list, so he hasn\u2019t pitched in any official minor league games yet this year.<\/p>\n

The Brewers have a good reputation when it comes to getting good results out of pitchers, so perhaps they see some way to make it all work for Fern\u00e1ndez. The skills are there but he hasn\u2019t been able to fully utilize them yet. If he eventually gets up to the majors, he is out of options.<\/p>\n

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