Kolten Wong, Brewers have been in business for 2 years

MILWAUKEE – Kolten Wong and Brewers have agreed to a multi-year deal, a source told MLB.com’s Jon Paul Morosi, a deal that, if finalized, could have significant implications for the young second. Keston Hiura. Brewers have not confirmed the agreement with Wong, which is pending

MILWAUKEE – om melted and Brewers agreed to the terms of a multi-year contract, a source told MLB.com’s Jon Paul Morosi, a deal that, if finalized, could have significant implications for the young second baseman Keston Hiura.

Brewers have not confirmed their agreement with Wong, who is awaiting a physical examination.

MLB Network insider Ken Rosenthal reported it was a two-year, $ 18 million deal with a club option that could bring the value to $ 26 million over three years.

Wong, 30, is well known to Brewers fans after eight seasons with St. Louis Cardinals. He dropped .261 / .333 / .384 in a Cardinals uniform, surpassed 108 weighted races created plus in 2017 and ’19, and won the Rawlings Gold Glove Award in each of the last two seasons.

Some of Wong’s best works were against the Brewers. His OPS .781 against Milwaukee was the highest against a National League opponent, and his WPS .855 OPS at American Family Field (formerly Miller Park) is his best figure in any Major League stadium. in which he recorded at least 50 appearances on the set.

Adding an offense has been a priority for President Brewers of baseball operations David Stearns since they sneaked into last year’s extended postseason, with a record in the regular season 29-31, despite setting records of dubious franchise for the team’s lowest average (.223) and highest rate (26.6 percent) while ranking 27th out of 30 teams in the Major League at 4.12 rounds per game. But finding the right match took time; Stearns is operating on a tight budget following a season without fans in the stands.

Stearns found a solution with some creative thinking. Assuming Wong remains at second base (700 of his 710 Major League starts have reached this position; the other 10 were off the field), then the Brewers could replace Hiura, who enters the squad. the third season of the Major League, on the first place. Hiura is a promising offensive player who managed to catch 19 times in 314 bat-bats after a call-up to the Majors in 2019, but he is a defender below average.

Last year, when the Brewers were struggling to find production at first base, they briefly thought of giving Hiura a few rehearsals there. But it never materialized in the games, in part because Jedd Gyorko and Daniel Vogelbach combined the human position at the end of the season.

With Wong, Brewers could line up a field with Hiura and Vogelbach getting bats at first base, Wong at second, Orlando Arcia or Luis Urías at shortstop and a question mark at third. Urías could play there, although he didn’t hit for much power. Brewers also signed Daniel Robertson, a former top potential who failed to make it to the Major League but is only 26 years old.