Brewers: 3 Free Agents from MLBTR’s Top 50 List Predicted to the Crew

2. OF Michael Conforto

Now if the Brewers are going to spend big money on an outfielder, MLBTR’s Anthony Franco has the player for you. And he has more solid of a track record in the majors too.

Michael Conforto had an off season by his standards in 2021. A bit over a month on the injured list in May and June may have had something to do with it, but one way or another, it ended up with him slashing .232/.344/.384 with 14 homers in 125 games when all was said and done.

But it’s his previous history that will make Conforto a hot commodity this offseason. Going into last season, he had a career slash line of .259/.358/.484 with 118 homers and 341 RBIs in 632 games, all with the New York Mets. That came with a career OPS+ of 128, much better than the average 101 OPS+ he had last season.

He can hold his own in the field well enough too with a career -2 defensive runs saved across all three outfield positions. Safe to say that is much better than what Soler provides seeing as he has an awful -50 DRS for his career in the field.

Did I mention that Conforto has primarily been a right fielder, the exact position vacated by Garcia, for the last three years?

Of course the issue here again is the price tag. Conforto already rejected the $18.4MM qualifying offer given to him by the Mets, and is projected by MLBTR to sign a one-year deal for $20MM this offseason.

That combined with the fact that agent Scott Boras will likely find a way to earn his client a nice payday probably puts him out of Milwaukee’s range. Fans can dream though, right?