Milwaukee Brewers Reportedly Make Star Available in Trade Talks
We’ve heard that the Brewers might be willing to move more pieces, and this development suggests that’s the case.
USA Today’s Bob Nightengale Pro: After acquiring defensive talent Joey Ortiz from the Orioles, the Milwaukee Brewers let teams know that shortstop Willie Adams is available.
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They also could trade Adames at the deadline or simply let him walk as a free agent next winter.
“It’s hard to say,” Brewers GM Matt Arnold said. “As we’ve discussed in the past, sometimes these deals come together very quickly and in other cases, they take a long time. I’m certainly open to more conversations. I certainly wouldn’t shut any conversations down at this point in the offseason.’’
Ortiz is a shortstop acquired by the Brewers in a trade with Baltimore.
As for Adames, the 28-year-old is in the final year of his contract and is set to become a free agent next offseason.
He is coming off a year in which he hit .
217 with 24 home runs.
His 2022 season was very productive, in which he hit his 31st home run and had 98 RBI.
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He is a six-year veteran with the Tampa Bay Rays and Brewers.
Adames has a career batting average of .
247 and 118 home runs.
He would be a good addition for a team in need of offensive power two weeks before spring training.
The Brewers won the National League Central Division title a season ago, but losses to Barnes, Brandon Woodruff, Adrian Houser, Mark Caña, and Carlos Santana this offseason certainly put them in a transition period.
It seems to be in They signed Reece Hoskins to a two-year contract.
