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Brewers acquire 2B Jonathan Schoop from Orioles at trade deadline
The Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday traded second baseman Jonathan Schoop to the Milwaukee Brewers, who added another option to a crowded infield as they make a push for the playoffs.
In return, Baltimore acquired veteran second baseman Jonathan Villar, as well as right-hander Luis Ortiz and shortstop Jean Carmona, both minor leaguers.
Schoop, 26, was hitting .244 with 17 home runs and 40 RBIs for the Orioles this season.
An All-Star in 2017, Schoop missed some of the first half of this season with an oblique strain, but he's heated up since the All-Star break. His nine home runs in July are tied for the second-most in the majors behind Matt Carpenter of the St. Louis Cardinals (10) entering Tuesday.
Schoop is still under contract for 2019. He has a guaranteed $9 million salary for next year.
Signed by Baltimore at just 16 years old, Schoop played parts of six seasons with the club and was an All-Star last year, when he hit .293 with a career-high 32 home runs and 105 RBIs.
Villar is in his sixth season in the majors and had an NL-best 62 steals in 2016. He's hitting .261 with 26 runs scored and six home runs in 87 games this season.
Ortiz, a first-round draft pick by Texas in 2014, has a 3.71 ERA with 65 strikeouts in 68 innings for Double-A Biloxi this season. He is the seventh-rated prospect in the Brewers system, per MLB Pipeline.
Carmona, 18 and from the Dominican Republic, is hitting .239 with 28 runs scored for Helena of the Rookie League. He was Milwaukee's 14th-rated prospect.
In return, Baltimore acquired veteran second baseman Jonathan Villar, as well as right-hander Luis Ortiz and shortstop Jean Carmona, both minor leaguers.
Schoop, 26, was hitting .244 with 17 home runs and 40 RBIs for the Orioles this season.
An All-Star in 2017, Schoop missed some of the first half of this season with an oblique strain, but he's heated up since the All-Star break. His nine home runs in July are tied for the second-most in the majors behind Matt Carpenter of the St. Louis Cardinals (10) entering Tuesday.
Schoop is still under contract for 2019. He has a guaranteed $9 million salary for next year.
Signed by Baltimore at just 16 years old, Schoop played parts of six seasons with the club and was an All-Star last year, when he hit .293 with a career-high 32 home runs and 105 RBIs.
Villar is in his sixth season in the majors and had an NL-best 62 steals in 2016. He's hitting .261 with 26 runs scored and six home runs in 87 games this season.
Ortiz, a first-round draft pick by Texas in 2014, has a 3.71 ERA with 65 strikeouts in 68 innings for Double-A Biloxi this season. He is the seventh-rated prospect in the Brewers system, per MLB Pipeline.
Carmona, 18 and from the Dominican Republic, is hitting .239 with 28 runs scored for Helena of the Rookie League. He was Milwaukee's 14th-rated prospect.