MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers have declined closer Devin Williams’ $10.5 million club option for 2025, though the two-time NL MVP remains with the team while being arbitration-eligible for another season.
In other moves announced Sunday, the Brewers picked up the $8 million club option on right-hander Freddy Peralta and declined the club option on catcher Eric Haas. Haase also remains with the organization and is arbitration eligible.
The Brewers’ decision to decline the club option on Williams means the 30-year-old will take whatever the arbitrator decides, unless the pitcher and team reach an agreement before going to the hearing.
After missing the first half of this season recovering from stress fractures in his back, Williams went 1-0 with a 1.25 ERA, 14 saves and 38 strikeouts in 21⅔ innings this season. Williams was unable to protect a 2-0 lead in the ninth inning of the deciding third game of the NL Wild Card Series with New York, as Pete Alonso hit a three-run homer as part of a four-run rally.
Peralta, 28, went 11-9 with a 3.68 ERA and 200 strikeouts in 173⅔ innings this season.
Haas, who turns 32 on Dec. 18, hit .273 with a .304 on-base percentage, five homers and 14 RBIs in 30 games.
