The 37-year-old Granderson was acquired via trade from the Toronto Blue Jays for outfield prospect Demi Orimoloye. The young outfielder was drafted by Milwaukee in the fourth round of the 2015 draft. But after flying through rookie ball in Helena and Single-A ball in Wisconsin, Orimoloye was struggling through the 2018 season with the Carolina Mudcats.
Granderson has about $5 million left on his contract for the remainder of the year. Another clause in the trade is that Toronto will pay for some of it, so Milwaukee didn’t have to take on the burden of the full remaining contract.