We’re persevering with our rankings of the Brewers’ 10 most useful gamers in 2024 with shortstop Willy Adames. Adames completed the season with 3.1 bWAR and 4.8 fWAR, good for fourth and second on the staff, respectively.
Adames, who came visiting from the Rays in the course of 2021, loved a powerful partial season for Milwaukee in 2021, accumulating 3.6 bWAR throughout 99 video games with a .285/.366/.521 (137 OPS+) line, slugging 20 homers, driving in 58 runs, and scoring 61 runs.
He loved one other sturdy season in 2022, accumulating a career-high 4.3 bWAR with a .238/.298/.458 (110 OPS+) line whereas breaking Milwaukee’s shortstop file with 31 homers. He had a barely down 2023 season (.217/.310/.407 (94 OPS+) with 24 homers, 80 RBIs, and 73 runs) earlier than bouncing again with one other huge season in 2024.
In a career-high 161 video games, Adames hit .251/.331/.462 (118 OPS+) with 32 homers, 112 RBIs, 93 runs, and 21 steals, all of which additionally set new career-highs. Whereas his normally spectacular protection took a slight step again this 12 months, he nonetheless graded out as a median defender thanks principally to his arm energy.
his Baseball Savant web page, there’s a complete lot of crimson for Adames. He ranked within the seventy fifth percentile or higher in xwOBA (76th percentile at .339), xSLG (82nd percentile at .461), barrel fee (81st percentile at 12%), launch angle sweet-spot fee (84th percentile at 38.2%), bat velocity (77th percentile at 73.6 mph), and stroll fee (eightieth percentile at 10.8%).
Whereas he nonetheless struck out at a 25.1% fee, Adames got here up within the clutch numerous occasions this season, tying Ken Griffey Jr. with 13 three-run homers this 12 months. As talked about above, his protection additionally added some worth, as he ranked within the seventy fifth percentile in arm energy with a median throw velocity of 88.2 mph.
General, it was a profitable stroll 12 months for Adames, who’s now a free agent and more likely to web a deal in extra of $100 million this offseason as quite a few groups have expressed curiosity, together with the Astros, Blue Jays, Braves, Pink Sox, Dodgers, Giants, and Yankees. Wherever he goes, I feel it’s secure to say he’ll all the time be a fan-favorite right here in Milwaukee.
We’ll conclude our rankings of the ten most useful Brewers this Wednesday, together with a brief checklist of honorable mentions.
Willy Adames (3.1 bWAR, 4.8 fWAR)
Jackson Chourio (3.8 bWAR, 3.9 fWAR)
Tobias Myers (2.7 bWAR, 2.2 fWAR)
Brice Turang (4.7 bWAR, 2.5 fWAR)
Freddy Peralta (2.6 bWAR, 2.3 fWAR)
Christian Yelich (2.2 bWAR, 3.0 fWAR)
Joey Ortiz (2.7 bWAR, 3.1 fWAR)
Trevor Megill (1.3 bWAR, 1.0 fWAR)
Sal Frelick (2.1 bWAR, 1.5 fWAR)
