Sources: Mariners acquire Wong from Brewers

The Seattle Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers are successful statement connected a commercialized that volition nonstop outfielder Jesse Winker and infielder Abraham Toro to the Brewers for 2nd baseman Kolten Wong and astir $1.75 cardinal successful cash, sources acquainted with the woody told ESPN.

Seattle entered the wintertime targeting bats to amended its lineup, and the 32-year-old Wong is its 2nd commercialized acquisition pursuing a woody for outfielder Teoscar Hernández. Wong, a two-time Gold Glove winner, had a career-best 15 location runs for the Brewers and deed .251/.339/.430 successful 2022. Milwaukee picked up a $10 cardinal enactment connected him successful November and had aggregate suitors.

In exchange, the Brewers volition person the 29-year-old Winker and 25-year-old Toro. Seattle had acquired Winker successful March arsenic the centerpiece of a six-player deal. He struggled to find the powerfulness changeable helium had displayed successful 2021, hitting .219/.344/.344 for the Mariners and undergoing near genu country pursuing the season. He volition marque $8.25 cardinal successful 2023.

Seattle dealt for Toro astatine the commercialized deadline successful 2021, sending relievers Kendall Graveman and Rafael Montero to Houston for Toro and reliever Joe Smith. Toro mislaid his third-base occupation to Eugenio Suarez, whom Seattle acquired successful the Winker deal, and played mostly astatine 2nd and 3rd successful 2022, hitting .185/.239/.324. He is successful his archetypal twelvemonth of arbitration.

The Brewers present person traded Wong and outfielder Hunter Renfroe, some of whom are a twelvemonth from escaped agency, this offseason. Earlier incarnations of the woody with Seattle included a 3rd team, sources said, leaving unfastened the anticipation that Winker could yet beryllium dealt again.

Seattle finished 90-72 this year, making the postseason for the archetypal clip successful 2 decades, portion Milwaukee went 86-76, ending up a crippled backmost of the last chaotic paper spot to Philadelphia, which won the National League pennant.