Wade Miley says he’s feeling healthy again and eager to match the success he had during his last stint with Milwaukee.

The 36-year-old left-hander went 5-2 with a 2.57 ERA in 16 starts with Milwaukee in 2018 as the Brewers won the NL Central title and reached Game 7 of the NL Championship Series before falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers. He had a 1.23 ERA in four postseason starts that year.

Now he’s back with the Brewers and attempting to fill a spot in a rotation anchored by 2021 Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes and Brandon Woodruff.

“I don’t know if it feels like 2018 all over again, but hopefully we can maybe spark some of that magic up and get on a good run again,” Miley said Monday in a videoconference meeting with reporters. “I know there’s definitely a pitching staff to do it with. You’ve got two of the best guys in baseball leading that group.”
Miley’s signing was officially announced Monday.

The Brewers didn’t reveal terms of the deal, but a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that Miley agreed to a $4.5 million, one-year contract with an opportunity to make an additional $1.5 million in incentives. The contract also has a $10 million mutual option for 2024, according to the person, who spoke condition of anonymity because the contract had not been announced.

By picking up Miley and Bryse Wilson, acquired last week from the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Brewers have added the rotation depth they were seeking to build this offseason.

Milwaukee finished a game behind the Philadelphia Phillies in the race for the NL’s final wild-card spot in part because the Brewers struggled to replace injured starting pitchers. The Brewers went 13-22 last season in games that weren’t started by Burnes, Woodruff, Freddy Peralta, Adrian Houser or Eric Lauer.

Miley missed the start of the 2022 season with left elbow inflammation and also was sidelined by a strained throwing shoulder. He ended up going 2-2 with a 3.16 ERA in nine appearances with the Chicago Cubs.

GIANTS: The San Francisco Giants agreed to terms on an $11.5 million, two-year contract with right-hander Luke Jackson.

The 31-year-old Jackson missed the entire 2022 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery on April 13.

Jackson had a strong season in 2021 when he helped Atlanta win the World Series. He went 2-2 with a career-low 1.98 ERA in a career-high 71 games. He had 70 strikeouts and 29 walks in 63 2/3 innings and ranked second in the majors with 31 holds.

ANGELS: Veteran outfielder Brett Phillips agreed to a one-year, $1.2 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels.

Phillips is likely to compete with Jo Adell and Mickey Moniak for the job as the fourth outfielder.

Phillips is joining his fifth big league team after previous stints with Milwaukee, Kansas City, Tampa Bay and Baltimore. He is a career .188 hitter who contributes largely with defense and speed.

FORMER BRAVES general manager John Coppolella has been reinstated by Major League Baseball after serving more than five years of a suspension originally announced as permanent.

Now 44, Coppolella began with the Braves in 2006 when he oversaw quantitative analysis and baseball information initiatives. He became general manager following the 2015 season and was suspended on Nov. 21, 2017, after MLB concluded that the team circumvented international signing rules from 2015-17.

Commissioner Rob Manfred said MLB determined that the Braves funneled extra signing bonus money to five players in 2015-16 by giving the funds first to another player considered a foreign professional under baseball’s rules and having the money redistributed to the other five.

Atlanta was stripped of 13 prospects and was unable to bargain at full strength for a top Latin American prospect until 2021. Under new GM Alex Anthopoulos, the Braves won the 2021 World Series.

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