Brewers sign Manuel Margot

[TURBO]

Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports that the Brewers are signing Manuel Margot.

 

Margot hit .238/.289/.337 with four homers and five steals over 129 games with Minnesota in 2024. The former top prospect had his $12 million mutual option declined by the Twins, with Margot instead getting a $2 million buyout. He’ll battle for a backup outfield gig this spring.

 

Source: Dan Hayes

[TURBO]

Meh

Nothing but depth at this point.

[wiguy94]

3 minutes ago, TURBO said:

Meh

Nothing but depth at this point.

I'll easily take Margot over Hicklen or Collins to be a weakside platoon guy in the OF if that spot was ever needed.

[bigred]

26 minutes ago, TURBO said:

Meh

Nothing but depth at this point.

Thinking he's depth is a stretch, imo. Que The Wedding Singer scene where Sandler says "Well....WHOOPITY-DOO!!!!!" 🤣

[umphrey]

This only annoys me because we still haven’t made this kind of signing for SS/3B

[Scooterfletcher]

I like it especially if it enables us to deal Perkins at a somewhat high value note.   Do the Mets need defensive OF depth or help after Bader moved on?   Baty for Perkins?

[edfunderburk]

Now we know why Milwaukee signed Margot … Perkins fractured his shin bone a few days ago & is out until early May. 

Perkins is one of my favorite Brewers players - this is sad news for me & costly to the Brewers depth. 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

1 hour ago, edfunderburk said:

Now we know why Milwaukee signed Margot … Perkins fractured his shin bone a few days ago & is out until early May. 

Perkins is one of my favorite Brewers players - this is sad news for me & costly to the Brewers depth. 

Bummed to see this.

I always liked Margot. Fits the Brewers quite well. Hope he plays well, Perkins gets back, and then we have another good problem on our hands with a crowded OF.

[MNBrew]

Margot's bat these days.... yikes.  I saw plenty of Twins games last year, yet his play made it easy to forget he was on the team.

[Brock Beauchamp]

This is probably a fine minor-league signing but having just watched Margot with the Twins last season, I have absolutely zero interest in ever watching Manuel Margot play baseball again.

[CheezWizHed]

It was only a few years ago that we signed Blake Perkins in a similar manner. Not saying Margot will become that, but you churn the bottom of the roster looking for guys like this.  Minor league deal makes it that much easier. 

[Outlander]

Except that Margot is on the wrong side of 30 and doesn't really bring anything to the table anymore and the Brewers have three very good defensive outfielders. Hope he doesn't make the team.