Brewers close to signing Chacin

[KeithStone53151]

 

Thoughts? I'm not familiar with this guy.

[TooLiveBrew]

#Brewers close to agreement with free-agent RHP Jhoulys Chacin, sources tell The Athletic.

Quick links for Chacin... can't say I'm too familiar with him either.

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chacijh01.shtml

http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=2608&position=P

 

Looks like a back of rotation type. At least per FanGraphs, his slider grades out as a very effective pitch. Sinker/Slider combo guy, looks like he started throwing the sinker a lot more last season, same for the slider. Does Stearns see a guy who's reinvented himself a bit? PetCo was very kind to him last year, though, his road #s were brutal.

 

Maybe a 2 or 3-yr deal for ages 30-31/32?