Adames went 2-for-3 with a double and a run in Tuesday's spring finale.
Adames recorded just seven hits over his first 12 appearances of the spring -- which were sandwiched around a WBC stint with the Dominican Republic -- but he picked up three over the final two games he appeared in before the Brewers broke camp. Adames hit second or third in each spring game he appeared in, which all but locks him into a spot in the upper third of the order to begin the season.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Reaches deal for 2023
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Adames agreed to a one-year, $8.7 million contract with the Brewers on Friday to avoid arbitration, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.
Adames made $4.6 million last season and will receive a sizable raise for 2023, which is his penultimate year before free agency. The 27-year-old had a .238/.298/.458 slash line with 31 home runs and 98 RBI last season.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Sitting after elimination
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Adames is not in Tuesday's lineup against the Pirates.
It's fitting that Adames, who leads Milwaukee's position players in fWAR (4.6) by a wide margin, will get the day off after they were eliminated from the postseason mix Monday. Luis Urias is starting at shortstop and batting cleanup.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Hot streak continues
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Adames went 1-for-2 with a solo home run, two walks and two runs scored Wednesday against the Mets.
Adames took Taijuan Walker yard in the sixth inning to record his 31st homer of the season. He's been very hot at the dish across his last 10 starts, maintaining a .457 average with five homers, 16 RBI and 11 runs scored. Adames is putting together a nice conclusion to his breakout season, as he has already established career-best marks in runs scored, RBI, home runs and stolen bases across 562 plate appearances.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Homers in four-RBI night
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Adames went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run and an RBI double in a 7-6 victory over the Yankees on Friday.
Adames helped power the Brewers to victory with his 29th home run of the season and a ground-rule double that netted him his 89th RBI. Adames' average has been down considerably from his .262 mark last season, but he has more than made up for it by hitting for power. The 27-year-old shortstop is on the precipice of achieving his first 30-homer season.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Gets aboard four times Tuesday
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Adames went 2-for-3 with a double, two walks, two RBI and a run scored in Tuesday's 8-4 win over the Cardinals.
Adames has multiple RBI in three straight games, and he's drawn at least one walk in each of those contests. It's the fourth time this year he's walked in three consecutive games. The shortstop's hot bat of late has lifted his season slash line to .234/.298/.463 with 28 home runs, 85 RBI, 75 runs scored, five stolen bases and 26 doubles through 120 contests overall.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Homers again Sunday
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Adames went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and an additional run scored in Sunday's 7-6 victory over the Reds.
The 27-year-old went yard for the second game in a row to help the Brewers defeat the Reds. The two-run shot in the second was Adames' 28th homer on the season, good for second among shortstops and just one shy of Corey Seager. Adames is heating up, as he is 8-for-26 over his last seven games, with five of those hits going for extra bases.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Opens scoring Saturday
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Adames went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in Saturday's 5-1 win over the Reds.
Adames' first-inning blast was ultimately all the offense the Brewers needed. The shortstop snapped a 14-game homer drought, which was his longest of the year. In that span, he hit .246 (15-for-61) with five doubles, four RBI and eight runs scored. He's up to a career-best 27 homers with 81 RBI, 72 runs scored, five stolen bases and a .229/.288/.453 slash line through 118 contests overall.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Knocks three hits
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Adames went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI in Monday's 7-5 win over the Pirates.
Adames singled three times Monday, including an RBI base knock in the third inning to open the game's scoring. The 26-year-old shortstop is now 22-for-74 (.297) with 21 RBI in 17 games against the Pirates. Adames has posted seven multi-hit games this month, resulting in a .274 average and 14 runs scored through 25 contests.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Hits two-run homer
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Adames went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 7-0 win over the Cubs.
Adames knocked in Christian Yelich on a two-run blast in the eighth. It was Adames' 26th homer on the year, his sixth this month, and his second in his last three games. The shortstop has found some consistency lately, going 10-for-his-last-31 and improving his batting average from .218 to .226 during that span. With 122 strikeouts to 93 hits on the year, the batting average upside is limited for Adames, but the power is undeniable.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Slugs 25th homer
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Adames went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, a double, a walk, two total runs and three total RBI in a loss to the Dodgers on Wednesday.
Adames gave Milwaukee an early lead with his first-inning solo shot off Andrew Heaney, but the Dodgers dominated the rest of the way. The long ball was the shortstop's 25th of the campaign, tying the career-high mark he established last season. Adames' 73 RBI are also tied for his career-best mark, but his .226 batting average and .291 on-base percentage are each the worst across his five big-league campaigns.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Hits two-run homer
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Adames went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Saturday's loss to the Cubs.
Adames knocked in Christian Yelich on an eighth-inning homer. It was the second home run of the week for the shortstop and his 24th of the season. Adames has been very streaky this month, with two three-game hit streaks, a five-game hit streak and now a two-game hit streak. Despite stringing together multiple hitting streaks, Adames has a .233 August batting average partially thanks to 18 strikeouts this month. He is slashing .222/.287/.451 on the season.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Reaches three times
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Adames went 2-for-3 with a run scored, a stolen base and a walk in a 5-3 win Tuesday over Tampa Bay.
Adames reached base safely in his last three plate appearances. He singled, stole second and came around to score in Milwaukee's three-run fifth inning. The shortstop has hit better of late and has a .273/.294/.515 line with two homers and seven RBI in seven games in August. While his average and OBP are down from his breakout 2021 season, the 26-year-old continues to hit for power and his 22 homers are just three shy of last year's mark.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Launches 22nd home run
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Adames went 1-for-5 with one homer, one RBI and one run scored in Sunday's 4-2 loss to Cincinnati.
Adames took a 2-0 cutter from Graham Ashcraft deep to left-center in the third inning for his 22nd home run of the season. Sunday's effort was indicative of his season as a whole, as with the 1-for-5 effort, Adames is now hitting .220 but is second in home runs among shortstops only to Corey Seager. Despite the low average, Adames' power and position atop the Brewers lineup make him a top option at the position.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Cashes in four
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Adames went 2-for-4 with a double, four RBI and a run scored in an 8-7 loss to the Pirates on Wednesday.
Adames came up with two timely two-RBI hits to keep the Brewers in the back-and-forth contest. Adames now has 61 RBI on the season. The total marks a new career high despite him hitting only .225 and reaching base at a poor .292 clip.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Solo homer in loss
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Adames went 2-for-5 with a double and a solo home run in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to Pittsburgh.
Adames put the first run on the board for either team with a solo shot in the top of the sixth inning. It was his 21st home run of the year and his first since July 22. After a five-game hit streak ended July 25, the shortstop has struggled to get things going again, as he has six hits in his last 30 at-bats. Adames also has 10 strikeouts during that span. Even though he is batting .222 on the year, the penchant for hitting home runs is enough to keep him relevant in fantasy baseball.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Pelts 19th homer
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Adames went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 9-5 loss to the Giants.
Adames concluded the Brewers' first-half schedule with a pair of two-hit games to lift his batting average to .220. His first-inning home run was his 19th of the season, keeping him one ahead of Rowdy Tellez for the team lead.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Swipes bag in win
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Adames went 1-for-5 with an RBI and a stolen base in Thursday's 3-2 extra-inning win over the Giants.
Adames got aboard on a fielder's choice, advanced to second on a wild pitch and stole third in the first inning. The shortstop has hit safely in eight of 12 games in July, going 11-for-49 (.224) with three home runs and two steals in that span. For the season, he's slashing .214/.287/.470 with 18 homers, 50 RBI, 46 runs scored, three steals and 14 doubles. While his average is nothing special, he's on pace for a career year in the counting stats.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Belts 17th homer
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Adames went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 4-3 win over the Pirates on Friday.
Adames went deep for his 17th home run of the season to help power the Brewers to victory. The 26-year-old shortstop is slashing a meager .179/.281/.429 with only five hits in seven games in July. Despite struggling to make contact and get on base this year, Adames is on pace to set career highs in home runs and RBI.
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Brewers' Willy Adames: Drills grand slam
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Adames went 2-for-6 with a grand slam, three runs scored and a stolen base in Friday's 19-2 victory over the Pirates.
Adames reached base on a fielder's choice in the second inning before swiping a bag and scoring on a Rowdy Tellez homer. He singled and scored again in the fourth before capping off his day with a monster grand slam in the eighth. It's been a streaky season for Adames, who is now slashing .215/.283/.480 with 16 home runs, 45 RBI and 40 runs scored. Over his last 18 games, the 26-year-old shortstop has gone 20-for-77 (.260) with 11 extra-base hits and 19 strikeouts.
