Josh Hader

Josh Hader's wife reflected on the couple's time in Milwaukee after the Brewers traded the All-Star pitcher to the Padres on Monday.

Hader paid tribute to the Brewers in a video post on Instagram, thanking the city of Milwaukee for supporting him. “Josh Hader is one of the best closers in the league,” Padres general manager A.J. Preller said. Thank you to everyone who has rooted for us & has taken care of us these last couple of years.

Josh Hader talks about the MLB trade deadline deal that brought him from the Milwaukee Brewers to the San Diego Padres and what is to come.

“The caliber of guys this team has, being on the other side, has never been easy to face. “Change is always hard and difficult, in the sense that being used to something because you’ve been there your whole career,” Hader said. “I got two calls from my agent and that kind of spun my head a little bit,” Hader said.

SAN DIEGO -- Before they opened a rare five-game series against the Rockies at Petco Park, the Padres had themselves a busy Monday.

well… the opposite of what they felt on Monday. “There’s been energy in here since we started the second half. But we’re in the position that we’re in, and we know that we’re getting additions that the team needs. “Look at the standings,” Clevinger said. The Padres didn’t have nearly enough pitching, and, offensively, the pieces didn’t quite fit. And with that move, the Padres suddenly feel like a relatively complete team. Preller himself noted earlier this month that the Padres need to score more runs. “It sparks the belief. It’s why they’re reportedly one of the finalists for Juan Soto. It’s why they’ve expressed interest in Willson Contreras. Preller, true to form, played coy when asked about what lies ahead. The Padres played like it. Monday’s trade was something of a Preller special. They traded for relief ace Josh Hader. Their front office remained busy in the search for help offensively.

The MLB trade deadline is a crazy time. On Monday, the Milwaukee Brewers made two separate trades. Both deals will have an immediate impact on the current ...

Also new to the staff in Charlotte will be Bob Beyer, Rex Walters, Bruce Kreutzer and Brian O’Connor. Beyer was an assistant to Clifford during his first stint with the Hornets and most recently worked for the Pelicans. Walters is a former college and G League head coach who spent time as an assistant with the Pistons and Pelicans. Kreutzer served on Clifford’s staffs in both Charlotte and Orlando and has been a shooting consultant with the Sixers. O’Connor spent the past five seasons as an assistant at Georgetown and served as an intern with the Hornets five years ago. "To add someone with his experience to the team room, who is also a peer and one of the top players in the game, will be a great addition to the week at Quail Hollow. I know he's excited to help lead the U.S. Team on his home course." For the struggling Marlins, they bought low on a prospect who was once considered one of the best in the game, hoping to find some value for the future. Instead, you should consider betting on the Yankees to win the AL and the Mets to win the NL as a parlay via Barstool. The line at Barstool is +980. So, instead of $100 winning you $800 with FanDuel, $100 wins you $980 with Barstool. That's a pretty big difference. "Steve has been a great friend to so many players on the PGA Tour throughout the years, and I know that camaraderie he brings to both the golf course and the team room will be incredibly valuable in September," Love said in a news release. It’s a short-term pickup for a club that’s certainly headed to the playoffs (and very likely to win the NL West). Gallo is slated to reach free agency at the end of the season. Now there's nothing wrong about parlaying the Yankees to win the American League pennant and the Mets to win the National League pennant, but that doesn't mean you should be baited by the "Name the Finalists Promotion" FanDuel is offering. FanDuel is offering a World Series exact matchup promotion with the line at 8/1 (+800) for the Yankees and Mets to meet in the World Series, but that doesn't mean you should bet on it. In 2019, Odorizzi earned All-Star honors during a stint with the Minnesota Twins and finished the year with a 15-7 record and 3.51 ERA. Atlanta is 3.5 games back in the NL East and currently leads the race for the first of three wild-card berths in the National League. The team is seventh in MLB in runs allowed but was on the hunt for an upgrade in its starting rotation with 24-year-old starter Ian Anderson struggling. It was a long shot that the Brewers would be able to sign Hader to a massive contract extension. "It would be the perfect game for our squad to meet another strong team after so many tough games in the Euros. It is good we enjoy the moment we are in after this wonderful summer, but we know we still have to work to do to take the next step forward. With bringing in MLB-ready relievers, the floor of the Brewers bullpen improved.

Moments after the acquisition was made public, David Stearns, the Brewers' President of Baseball Operations, issued a lengthy statement that elaborated on the ...

“The players we are receiving in this trade help ensure that the future of the Milwaukee Brewers remains bright while not compromising our desire and expectation to win today. The Brewers’ decision to trade Hader comes as a bit of a surprise, given the club is sitting atop the NL Central with a three-game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals. “Trading good players on good teams is difficult, and that certainly is the case with Josh. We also recognize that to give our organization the best chance for sustained competitiveness, to avoid the extended down periods that so many organizations experience, we must make decisions that are not easy,” the message concluded.

First-place Brewers opt to trade away arguably the best closer in baseball heading into the final stretch.

Then, they brought on Craig Kimbrel to replace him only for him to fall apart worse than the MCU after Avengers: Endgame. Bullpens become all the more important when the postseason rolls around and the Brewers just parted ways with one of the best southpaws in the game. The Brewers’ top competitor in their division was vying for a division title and I can’t help but think Milwaukee was playing for a wild-card berth with this move. Matt Bush, who’s having his first halfway decent season in five years, is not the game-changer Milwaukee needs to stay atop the NL Central. The Cardinals didn’t make the big move for Soto like many thought they would, but they did land a reliable left-handed arm in José Quintana. They got better in an area where they desperately needed help. At the very least, the Brewers could have retained Hader for the playoff run and re-signed him to a friendlier contract, thus drawing much more attention from teams looking for a reliable closer. His hard-hit percentage was the second-highest of his career, but despite all that, his expected ERA (xERA) was still 3.29, a more than serviceable figure, and definitely not something so horrendous that it warrants being traded away. Nobody expected the Brewers to trade Hader away during their hunt for their fifth straight playoff berth and third division title in the last five years.