Bryse Wilson is back on the market after the Brewers outrighted the right-hander, prompting him to elect free agency, according to Adam McCalvy of MLB.com. Milwaukee had designated him for assignment on Saturday.
Wilson’s season has been a tour of short stops. He logged brief big league appearances with the Phillies and Cubs before landing with the Brewers shortly before the All-Star Break.
In Milwaukee, he got into six games and threw 13 2/3 innings, allowing four runs while striking out 10 and walking none. He also gave up just one home run.
The line was uneven only once, when he had a rough outing in San Francisco; otherwise, he was steady in low-leverage work for Pat Murphy.
The Brewers leaned on Wilson for three innings on Friday, which likely took him out of the mix for the weekend. For a mop-up arm who can’t be sent to Triple-A, that kind of usage often leads straight to a DFA.
Even with the roster churn, Milwaukee has been the place where Wilson has found the most success. Across 93 appearances with the Brewers between 2023 and 2024, he owns a 3.37 ERA. Everywhere else, his ERA sits above 5.00, with the lone exception of his one-off appearance for Philadelphia.
There’s a good chance the Brewers would still like to keep him around on a minor league deal, but free agency gives Wilson the opportunity to look elsewhere and see if another club wants him on the major league roster right away. This year, he has a 4.24 ERA over 23 1/3 MLB innings, though his strikeout rate sits below league average at 18%.
Earlier in the season, he punched out 23.5% of batters faced with Philadelphia’s Triple-A affiliate, but he also gave up more than six earned runs per nine. Wilson worked as a starter in the minors, but in the majors he has mostly been used in long relief.
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