Brewers Trade for Matos, Boost Outfield

0:00It's March 30th. You're listening to Milwaukee Brewers News today, AI, powered coverage of your squad. The Milwaukee Brewers just pulled off a smart trade to fix their outfield woes, snagging San Francisco Giants' outfielder Luis Matos for stray cash. Considerations. This comes right after a rough patch with injuries hitting their line-up hard. Earlier this week, first-paceman Andrew Vaughn went down with a broken Hamate bone in his hand, sidelineing him for at least a month or more. And top prospect Jackson Churrio has been out all season with a fractured hand from the World Baseball Classic, still nowhere near ready to return. Fans and insiders are calling this a perfect low-risk move for Milwaukee, especially since they desperately needed a right-handed bat without breaking. The bank. Reporter Adam McCalvie pointed straight to those injuries as the driving force behind it. Rose has shown steady improvement over his first three big league seasons, posting a career hide.691 OPS and 95 OPS Plus last year.

1:02He makes solid contact with low swing and miss rates and some exit velocities topping 110 miles per hour, even if his chase rate outside. The zone holds him back a bit. In a related roster shuffle, the Brewers designated reliever Sammy Peralta for assignment to clear space. This keeps their squad flexible as they grind through the early season setbacks and I a stronger lineup soon.