The 28-year-old Hader avoided arbitration by agreeing to a $14.1 million, one-year contract last month. He is eligible for free agency after this year’s World Series.
PEORIA, Ariz. — Josh Hader looks around San Diego's clubhouse and sees a team on the rise. He also sees a bunch of familiar faces.The All-Star closer is more comfortable these days than he was when he first joined the Padres in a blockbuster trade in August. That deal was completed during one of the most difficult stretches of his career, right in the middle of a pennant race, and it took a while for him to regain his form.
“Whether it's he, whether it's Juan, whether it's anybody that came in last year, they're going to be able to take a deep breath and relax a little bit and be able to go through a full spring and so forth with the team,” Melvin said. Hader had an 8.82 ERA in his last 18 games for Milwaukee, allowing seven homers in 16 1/3 innings. He surrendered a total of six homers in 81 games over the previous two years.
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