The Milwaukee Brewers added another arm on Deadline Day, landing reliever Antonio Senzatela from the Colorado Rockies in a deal that sent two prospects back to Colorado: left-handed pitcher Mark Manfredi and shortstop Juan Martinez.
Senzatela, 31, has been with the Rockies since 2017 and spent part of his earlier career working as a starter. His best run in that role came in 2020, when he posted a 3.44 ERA across 12 starts.
But injuries wrecked much of what followed, as he missed nearly all of the 2023 and 2024 seasons before undergoing Tommy John surgery. His 2025 season was rough as well, with a 4-15 record and a 6.65 ERA in 30 appearances, 23 of them starts.
Colorado shifted Senzatela to the bullpen in 2026, and the move paid off early. Through June 1, he had given up only five earned runs in 34 2/3 innings for a 1.30 ERA.
The last stretch has been far less smooth, though. Over his previous 17 outings, he’s allowed 16 earned runs in 17 2/3 innings, pushing his season ERA above two.
Even so, his FIP has stayed in a similar range, sitting at 3.30 before June 5 and 3.49 after.
Senzatela is in the final year of the five-year, $50.5 million deal he signed in 2022. The Brewers will also hold a club option for 2027 at $14 million.
As for the return, neither Manfredi nor Martinez ranks among Milwaukee’s top 30 prospects at MLB Pipeline, and neither shows up on FanGraphs’ top 53 Brewers prospects list. Martinez, an amateur free-agent signing out of Venezuela, made his low-A debut for the Wilson Warbirds on the Fourth of July after turning in a strong showing in the Arizona Complex League. Manfredi, a ninth-round pick in 2023 out of Dayton, reached Triple-A Nashville earlier this season and has posted a 3.09 ERA in 18 outings spanning 23 1/3 innings.
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