Hoffman to Brewers
The Brewers signed Trevor Hoffman. As a Cub fan I am not losing much sleep over this. I think it was a decent move by the Brewers. There are few players left in baseball that are older then me but Hoffman is one of them. While, I can not argue with his closing abilities in 1995 nowadays Hoffman is at the end of the line.
Last season saw Hoffman post his worst ERA since he was a rookie in 1993. Still he did notch 30 saves for a brutal Padre team. On top of that, Hoffman doesn’t rely on his fastball to get hitters out so, so what if his fastball tops out in the 80’s? Hoffman is 41 but he can still get hitters out.
In reality, the Brewers really had no other 9th inning option in their bullpen. One year for 6 million with a club option for 2010 is not much of a gamble for the all times save leader. The question of course is with the Brewers rotation issues will there be many leads for Hoffman to save?
