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The Brewers sidestepped arbitration with the two players before Friday’s deadline for the teams to swap salaries.Relief Hobie Milner and club reportedly settled for $1.025 million FanSided’s Robert Murray<\/a>Catcher Victor Caratini <\/span>Teams agree on $2.8 million salary, reports MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand<\/a>.<\/p>\n Milner signed a minor league contract with Milwaukee for the 2020-21 offseason. The Brewers elected him to their Big His league roster in May and have held the spot for the past year and a half. Last season, the southpaw appeared in his 67 games and posted a 3.76 ERA in 64 2\/3 innings. Milner consistently induced grounders with his 48.9% clip of quality, with his 23.5% strikeout rate and negligible his 5.5% walk rate.<\/p>\n A native of Texas, Milner has also pitched for the Phillies, Rays, and Angels. He owns his 4.31 ERA in his 142 career frames, and he holds a lead of 20 while working primarily as a situational lefty. He crossed the threshold of three years of service last season and reached arbitration for the first time, MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz said. <\/span>Give him a salary of $1.1 million. Milner, who turns 32 on Friday, will remain under the club’s management until 2025.<\/p>\n Caratini was acquired from the Padres in spring training. Caratini got off to a strong start but struggled in the second half, finishing the season with a .199\/.300\/.342 at-bat average. He hit his nine home runs and recorded decent strikeouts and walks, but suffered from a . 228 ball batting average. With Narv\u00e1ez now in Queens, Milwaukee acquired William Contreras to take on the major catching job.<\/p>\n A former second-round draft pick for the Cubs, Caratini has more than five years of MLB experience. He will be a free agent for the first time before his 30th season next winter. His $2.8 million salary in his final arbitration year is perfectly in line with Swartz’s projections.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n