After the Winter Meetings, the Milwaukee Brewers made their first major-league signing of the offseason, unexpectedly adding outfielder Akil Baddoo and temporarily filling their 40-man roster to capacity. The move comes as a bit of a surprise given his struggles at the big-league level and the club’s already deep outfield mix, but there are still plenty of reasons to be excited about the addition.
Two reasons to be excited about the Milwaukee Brewers signing outfielder Akil Baddoo
1) Akil Baddoo could follow a familiar Brewers blueprint: humbled, then rebuilt
A season ago, Milwaukee's two best trade additions came early in the season, as Matt Arnold and company acquired Quinn Priester in early April and Andrew Vaughn in mid-June.