MIL - MIN Trade

[Milwaukee Brewers]

The Brewers and Twins have a greed to a big one!

Brewers trade to Twins:

• Ketel Marte, 2B/CF, AZ - 22/$6.75(orig $9) 23/$6.75(orig $9) 24/$13.5(TO) 25/UFA
• James Karinchak, RP, CLE - 22/$1 TC3
• Daniel Cabrera, OF, DET - 0.25 prospect

Twins trade to Brewers:

• Willy Adames, SS, MIL - 22/$4.5 ARB2
• Kike Hernandez, 2B/CF, BOS - 22/$8 23/$8 24/UFA
• Kenley Jansen, RP, FA - 22/$5 23/$5 24/UFA
• Hunter Harvey, RP, SFG - 22/$1 TC3

This deal gives us a long-term SS in Adames plus allows us the same roster flexibility as Marte in Kike.  Added a couple other arms to our pen to fortify our stable there.  Really, really hate to give up Marte as he's one of our favorite players but we're satisfied with the return.

Best of luck to the Twins and thanks for the deal.

[Minnesota Twins]

Minny accepts.

The Twins desperately needed to cut cap this year. We moved a few pieces where we felt their salary made them expendable (Kike/Kenley). It does suck to let Adames go as he flourished in Mil. Harvey also has a good chance to close in SF. In the end, we were able to bring in a cheaper upside arm in Karinchak and get a really strong contact hitter in Marte while saving over 10m this year. We also get Cabrera who is looking like a pretty good contact hitter that could end up in LF. All in all, solid deal for us.

Thanks Mil for the trade talks.

[Milwaukee Brewers]

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