The Milwaukee Brewers bolstered their rotation on Monday, acquiring right-hander Frankie Montas from the Cincinnati Reds, according to multiple media reports.
Milwaukee reportedly sent right-hander Jakob Junis and outfielder Joey Wiemer in the deal.
Montas, 31, is 4-8 with a 5.01 ERA through 19 starts this year. He has 78 strikeouts and 41 walks in 93 1/3 innings.
His numbers were more impressive before his three most recent starts, in which he went 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA.
Montas is heading to his fifth major league team, having debuted with the White Sox in 2015. He owns a 41-43 career record with a 4.05 ERA in 149 games (118 starts) with Chicago, the Oakland A’s, the New York Yankees and Cincinnati.
Junis, 31, made 10 appearance this year in his lone season with Milwaukee, nine of them out of the bullpen. He went 4-0 with one save and a 2.42 ERA.
In his career with the Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants and Milwaukee, he has a 42-45 record with two saves and a 4.56 ERA in 178 games (111 starts).
Wiemer, 25, has been in the minors since late May after going 4-for-26 (.154) and no RBIs in 19 games for the Brewers this year. He broke into the majors with Milwaukee last year, when he batted .204 with 13 homers and 42 RBIs in 132 games.
Wiemer is batting .242 with three homers and 21 RBIs in 53 games for Triple-A Nashville.
–Field Level Media
