Coming off a 94-loss season and needing to build their team from the bottom up, the Milwaukee Brewers could make Adam Lind available to teams in need of an offensive upgrade at first base or designated hitter.
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Heavy Interest in Lind
Friday, Nov. 20
According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, citing a source, there is “lots of activity” on Lind right now with American League teams showing interest as a possible DH.
Lind is coming off back-to-back solid seasons with Toronto in 2014 and Milwaukee in 2015, posting a .293/.367/.467 slash line with 26 home runs in 245 games. The 32-year-old is entering the final year of his contract, making a reasonable $8 million salary, per Spotrac.
The main concern with Lind is he’s best used in a platoon situation. He’s been terrific against right-handers, both last year and throughout his career, but struggles mightily against southpaws.
The Brewers have every incentive to trade Lind at this point. He’s still a productive player who can net a decent return given his limited skill set, and the front office has already thrown up the “For Sale” sign after dealing Francisco Rodriguez to Detroit earlier in the week.
Given Lind’s contract and the number of teams looking for offense this winter, the Brewers have a strong secondary trade option who will appeal to every team because his salary is so low and any interested team only has to pay him for one more year.
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