Pitcher With 7.71 ERA Enters Free Agent Market After 2 DFAs

After being designated for assignment for the second time this season, eight-year major league veteran right-handed reliever John Brebbia has decided to refuse an outright assignment from the Atlanta Braves, and has chosen to become a free agent.

If there's one thing we can say about Brebbia this season, it's that he's consistent. He spent only a week with the Braves and made just three appearances. But his 7.71 ERA in that short time equaled—exactly—the 7.71 ERA he posted in 19 games with the Detroit Tigers earlier this season. He's also surrendered a .289 batting average and a .901 OPS.

He had signed a one-year, $2.75M deal with Detroit before the season.

Brebbia, 35, actually had put together a decent seven year career in the major leagues coming into the 2025 season with a 3.80 ERA, along with a nice 9.8 to 2.9 strikeout to walk ratio.

After the Tigers released him, he landed a minor league deal with the Braves, and performed quite well for their Triple-A team in Gwinnett over 19 innings, posting a 1.89 ERA and a 21:3 strikeout to walk ratio. It was enough to earn him the call-up to Atlanta. But after surrendering six hits and four earned runs in 5.2 innings, he was DFA'd again.

Brebbia spent three seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals to start his career, posting an impressive 3.14 ERA out of the bullpen with 10.2 K/9. He then moved on to San Francisco, where he spent another three years with the Giants, posting a 3.83 ERA.

Maybe there's a team out there looking for another bullpen arm for a couple of weeks to help with some depth down the stretch, hoping he can recapture his earlier form.