Josh Hader was called up now because he’ll avoid becoming a ‘Super-Two’ player. Players who receive the ‘Super-Two’ designation are eligible for arbitration before reaching three years of service time. This is a situation that the Milwaukee Brewers are wise to avoid. It means that Hader will be on a minimum contract until 2020, and won’t be eligible for arbitration until 2023.
Hader Must Be Dominating Triple-A Right?
Not really, no. He posted a 5.37 ERA with 51 K’s, 31 walks, and 14 homers allowed in 52 innings. It’s clear that he was given very specific instructions on what he needed to work on, and treated his Triple-A games as a chance to practice and improve.