Milwaukee Brewers Sign Intriguing Former Seattle Mariners Pitcher to Two-Year Pact

Former Seattle Mariners pitcher Easton McGee has signed a two-year minor league deal with the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Milwaukee Brewers have signed former Seattle Mariners pitcher Easton McGee to a two-year minor league deal.

Per Brewers' reporter Adam McCalvey of MLB.com:

The Brewers signed two more players to Minor League contracts with invitations to Major League camp, and the names are both 10/10: 

RHP Easton McGee 

OF Brewer Hicklen

The Brewers signed two more players to Minor League contracts with invitations to Major League camp, and the names are both 10/10:

RHP Easton McGee
OF Brewer Hicklen

— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) November 28, 2023

It's an intriguing pickup by the Brewers in getting McGee. He gets a two-year deal because he's going to be out for the entirety of the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in May of 2023.

McGee threw one game for the Mariners in 2023, registering 6.2 shutout innings against the Toronto Blue Jays. He had a no-hitter into the seventh of that game.

He appeared in one game for Tampa Bay in 2022, tossing 3.0 scoreless innings.

Here's more on McGee from MLBTradeRumors:

He’s a soft-tosser by today’s standards, averaging 91.5 mph in ’22 and seeing that number drop to 90.1 mph prior to this past season’s surgery.

McGee was Tampa Bay’s fourth-round pick back in 2016, and though he doesn’t have power stuff or a history of elite run prevention in the upper minors (4.78 ERA in 141 Triple-A frames), he does boast outstanding command. He’s faced just shy of 2100 hitters since being drafted and walked only 4.6% of them. At 6’6″, his lanky frame likely helps his pedestrian fastball velocity play up a bit, and that standout command is difficult to develop in players

Here's wishing McGee the best in his recovery and to hoping he can make an impact on the Brewers in 2025.

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