The Brewers are adding a familiar face in their push for October.
cutting bait on the aging third baseman after he slumped through two miserable seasons following a trade before the 2022 campaign. Milwaukee, which rosters the 26th-ranked offense in baseball by OPS , is 79-63, good for a three-game lead in the NL Central over the Cubs.
but the infielder has played just five games with the team after dealing with a lingering calf injury.The 2015 MVP, who has fought through various injuries all season, began to find his power stroke in Nashville as of late, hitting just .176 but reaching base at a .364 clip and smacking two homers in 22 at-bats with the minor-league Sounds. Perhaps the Brewers are searching for a veteran boost at the hot corner, as they have mostly handed playing time to rookie Andruw Monasterio, who has three homers and a .705 OPS in 74 games this year. Donaldson is coming off the two worst campaigns of his career with the Yankees, emerging as a colossal disappointment with a combined .207 batting average and a .678 OPS over two years in New York. “Basically just felt like it was the right thing to do,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said after the Yankees cut Donaldson. “Give him the option, or the possibility, of even catching on with someone. Just felt like it was the right thing to do that now as opposed to continuing to drag it out.”Donaldson was a massive failure with the Yankees.Milwaukee, traditionally strong on the pitching end , has maintained a small cushion ahead of the Cubs and Reds for most of the season, but Chicago has come on strong over the last two months. The Cubs were 18-9 in August, hold the National League’s second Wild Card spot, and have a .786 team OPS since the All-Star break, which is seventh in MLB.
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