According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Milwaukee Brewers are on the verge of signing right-hander Jhoulys Chacin.
Chacin, 29, went 13-10 with a 3.89 ERA, 4.26 FIP, 2.3 fWAR, 1.27 WHIP and a career-high 32 starts for the San Diego Padres in 2017. He allowed only 157 hits (7.8 H/9) and 19 home runs (0.9 HR/9) while striking out 153 (7.6 K/9) and walking 72 (3.6 BB/9) in 180.1 innings.
There are certainly concerns with Chacin given his high walk rate, led the league with 14 HBP and his numbers were far better at home (1.79 ERA) than on the road (6.53).
Chacin is a good get for the Brew Crew and put up nice numbers in 2017. His groundball rate of 49.1 percent was fourth among available starters, soft contact rate of 20.2 percent (same as Michael Wacha) and he had had limiting hard contact 28.5 percent of the time tied for 27th among starters with Luis Severino.
The details of the contract will be updated when they are announced.
