Mariners acquire 2B Wong from Brewers in exchange for OF Winker, Canadian INF Toro
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners acquired second baseman Kolten Wong from the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday in a commerce for outfielder Jesse Winker and infielder Abraham Toro.
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Seattle additionally receives money as a part of the deal. ESPN reported the Brewers could be sending the Mariners about $1.75 million.
Milwaukee has been shedding payroll this offseason after going 86-76 and lacking the playoffs for the primary time since 2017. The Brewers picked up the $10 million crew possibility on Wong’s contract for 2023 final month, then traded him away.
Wong, 32, batted .251 this season and had a career-best 15 homers to go along with 47 RBIs and 17 steals in 134 video games. He had a .339 on-base proportion and .430 slugging proportion.
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But the two-time Gold Glove winner had an uncharacteristically powerful season within the area with 17 errors to match his profession excessive.
After ending a 21-year playoff drought, including a second baseman had been one of many Mariners’ chief offseason goals. Wong was Milwaukee’s beginning second baseman for the final two years after spending his first eight seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Winker provides the Brewers a power-hitting outfielder to assist substitute Hunter Renfroe, traded to the Los Angeles Angels final week.
The 29-year-old Winker hit .219 with 14 homers and 53 RBIs in 136 video games for Seattle in 2022 after enjoying 5 seasons within the NL Central with the Cincinnati Reds. He batted .305 with a .394 on-base proportion, .556 slugging proportion, 24 homers and 71 RBIs in 110 video games with Cincinnati in 2021, when he was a National League All-Star.
Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto stated after the season Winker had surgical procedure on his left knee and was anticipated to bear one other operation to restore a problem together with his neck.
Toro, who turns 26 on Dec. 20, hit .185 with a .239 on-base proportion, 10 homers and 35 RBIs in 109 video games this previous season.
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