The St. Louis Cardinals are not a postseason contender in 2025, as they moved on from multiple veteran pitchers at the trade deadline. While the three relievers took the headlines, the Cardinals also dealt one of their pitchers.
After initially designating him for assignment, the Cardinals eventually found a trade partner for starting pitcher Erick Fedde. He was shipped off to the Atlanta Braves, where he continued to struggle.
Finally, he was designated for assignment for a second time in 2025 before the Milwaukee Brewers picked him up to play a long-relief role for the team. He got his first chance in a Brewers uniform on Wednesday night, and it didn’t go to plan.
Erick Fedde Struggles in Brewers Debut
The Brewers signed Fedde to a one-year contract ahead of their series finale against the Arizona Diamondbacks. With a chance to sweep the Diamondbacks over four games, the Brewers dropped the fourth and final game of the series. Fedde went down as the losing pitcher.
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Taking over as the long reliever, Fedde went 4.1 innings in relief of Aaron Ashby, allowing two runs on eight hits and no walks with two strikeouts. The damage was done in the sixth inning on a two-run home run, which put the Brewers in a 2-1 hole.
They couldn’t overcome that deficit and eventually lost 3-2. While Fedde was on the hook for the loss, it was his best outing in some time.
Between his time with the Braves and Cardinals, he allowed at least three earned runs in 10 straight outings. This season, across his outings with all three teams, he has a 5.71 ERA and a 4-13 record with 78 strikeouts, 60 walks, and 144 hits allowed.
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The former Cardinals pitcher was DFA’d, then traded, before once again getting DFA’d by the Braves, before landing with the Brewers. His Brewers debut didn’t go as well as he’d hoped, though it was a much better outing than most of his outings lately.
He’ll continue in his new long-relief role as he looks to help the Brewers stay atop the baseball world during the final month of the regular season.
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