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Brewers, Christian Arroyo Agree To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | January 25, 2024 at 8:23am CDT

8:23am: The two parties are in agreement on a minor league contract, reports Robert Murray of FanSided. The deal contains a $1.5MM salary at the big league level, and Arroyo would have the opportunity to unlock an additional $500K via incentives. Those incentives are tied to plate appearances, a source told MLBTR while also confirming the terms of the deal. Arroyo will be in camp as a non-roster invitee when spring training opens.

8:13am: The Brewers have agreed to a deal with free agent infielder Christian Arroyo, reports Adam McCalvy of MLB.com. Terms of the arrangement are not yet known. Arroyo is represented by O’Connell Sports Management.

Arroyo, 28, has spent the past four seasons with the Red Sox but was designated for assignment and outrighted off the 40-man roster not long after the 2023 trade deadline. He elected free agency at season’s end. He’s six days shy of five years of MLB service, meaning that he can be controlled through the 2025 season via arbitration, if the Brewers choose.

The 2023 season was a rough one for Arroyo, who had a pair of IL stints due to a hamstring strain and an ankle sprain. He appeared in 66 games when healthy but scuffled with a .241/.268/.369 batting line over the course of 206 trips to the plate. Coincidentally, Boston cut him loose in August after acquiring infielder Luis Urias in a trade with the same Brewers organization that Arroyo will now join.

Prior to his 2023 struggles, Arroyo had a solid run at the plate with the Red Sox. From 2020-22, the former first-round pick (No. 25 overall by the Giants in 2013) and top prospect slashed a combined .273/.320/.427. He walked at a well below-average 4.7% clip but also showed off above-average contact skills and a 19.4% strikeout rate that was a few percentage points lower than the league average.

While he’s played all over the infield and also logged 108 innings in right field in 2022, Arroyo has played primarily second base and third base in the big leagues. Defensive metrics generally agree that he’s a sound defender at second base, where he’s tallied 12 Defensive Runs Saved and an 8.5 Ultimate Zone Rating in 1332 innings there. Statcast’s Outs Above Average considers him to be essentially average there. His grades at third base aren’t as strong, but he’s also only logged 447 innings at the hot corner in the big leagues. Beyond his work at second, third and in right field, Arroyo has 195 career innings at shortstop and another 53 frames at first base.

Arroyo’s experience around the diamond should serve him well for a Brewers club that has question marks at each of his primary positions. Former first-rounder Brice Turang will likely get the first crack at second base in Milwaukee, but he hit just .218/.285/.300 in 448 trips to the plate as a rookie. Turang was optioned multiple times in 2023 and ripped through Triple-A pitching in Nashville (.298/.365/.561), but he’s yet to find his stride in the bigs.

It’s a similar story at the hot corner, where 26-year-old Andruw Monasterio hit .271/.343/.371 to begin his MLB career but saw his production crater in the season’s final few weeks. Monasterio finished out the season with a .259/.330/.348 slash that checked in 12% below league average, by measure of wRC+. He played strong defense at the hot corner, which surely helps his cause as well, but as a career .257/.365/.370 hitter in three Triple-A seasons, he’s hardly a lock to provide enough offense to carry the position at the MLB level.

Both Turang and Monasterio have minor league options remaining, so it’s feasible that Arroyo could challenge either for a larger role in the Milwaukee infield. He could also win a bench job over current right-handed-hitting utility infielder Owen Miller, who hit .261/.303/.371 with the Brew Crew in 2023 (81 wRC+). Like Turang and Monasterio, Miller has a minor league option remaining and could thus be sent down to Nashville (without needing to pass through waivers) in the event Arroyo outplays him this spring.

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38 Comments

  1. Troy Percival's iPad

    1 year ago

    MiLB deal with an invite? He’d opt out before Spring Training ends

    Reply
  2. Poolhalljunkies

    1 year ago

    Somewhere Chaim Bloom is smiling

    Reply
    • Cora the Destroya

      1 year ago

      Why?

      Reply
      • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

        1 year ago

        Because his purse is full?

        Reply
        • Cora the Destroya

          1 year ago

          I just don’t get why Chaim Bloom is smiling over a Christian Arroyo minor league signing

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  3. Fever Pitch Guy

    1 year ago

    Best of luck to Christian. He’s a good guy, but I’m glad my team can’t sign him now.

    4
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    • KingKen

      1 year ago

      I’m hoping he makes the MLB team and gets off to a good start. The number of Red Sox “fan” posts lamenting “Why can’t we ever get players like that?” will be hilarious.

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      • BabeRuthsPiano

        1 year ago

        Don’t hold you’re breathe little guy

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        • KnightOfNiii

          1 year ago

          Please, go back to school.

          Reply
  4. mad1

    1 year ago

    Was hoping to bring the moose back but ok as bench player

    1
    Reply
  5. Salzilla

    1 year ago

    Why am I mixing up Christian Arroyo and Christian Vasquez. We’re they one person and split into two? Is this a Mandela Effect situation? Is one from a different timeline??? AAAAAH!

    2
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    • Fever Pitch Guy

      1 year ago

      Sal – Maybe it’s because they both have the same first name?

      They both are loved by Alex Cora?

      They both can’t catch or play shortstop?

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      • Salzilla

        1 year ago

        Sorta similar lookingish too. I legit was like isn’t this guy a catcher??? Guess I was having an old man moment.

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  6. deGrom/Langford Texas Ranger

    1 year ago

    “In God We Trust.” They now need a guy named Jesus.

    2
    Reply
  7. FloridaSportsGuy

    1 year ago

    What an anticlimactic off-season.

    2
    Reply
  8. Bobby smac9

    1 year ago

    Feisty and hard nosed. I hope he’s able to carve out a spot on the crew.

    Reply
  9. Americanentropy

    1 year ago

    Anaheim needs to figure out what they want to do with Adell. Can he play or not? if not, dump him or trade him, but that will help formulate your roster. They lack of common sense in this organization is baffling.

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    • Rsox

      1 year ago

      While everything you say is absolutely true, what exactly does it have to do with Arroyo and the Brewers?

      1
      Reply
  10. Just a Bit Outside the Front Row

    1 year ago

    Not a bad pickup by the Brewers bench. Good to see their front office is starting to act. Hoskins was a pleasant surprise and now a versatile depth piece from the right side. Happy Yelich/Cain Day!

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  11. fenwayfrank

    1 year ago

    Always liked this guy, good player, decent bat, great attitude. Sorry it didn’t work out in Boston, good luck in Milwaukee.

    2
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    • Fever Pitch Guy

      1 year ago

      fenway – It didn’t work out in SF, Tampa or Cleveland either.

      5th time is the charm maybe?

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      Reply
  12. pmollan

    1 year ago

    So, as of today, the Crew is trying to fill 2B and 3B with some combo of Turang/Monasterio/Tyler Black/Arroyo/Miller. Here’s hoping Black can hit in the bigs.

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    • Booger Butt

      1 year ago

      Maybe some Oliver Dunn too

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      • kripes-brewers

        1 year ago

        Vinny Capra and Brock Wilken will get a chance to show what they can do at 3rd this spring as well. Wilken probably needs more time, but has a higher ceiling at 3rd than most of these guys as I understand it.

        Reply
  13. BadCo

    1 year ago

    All ways enjoyed him as a player, but always had injury issues. Good luck to him!

    Reply
  14. YanksTomator

    1 year ago

    Hey Chris, just ask Brock Holt how going to the brewers after the Red Sox was

    Reply
    • Fever Pitch Guy

      1 year ago

      Tomato – They could also ask JBJ !!!!

      Reply
      • minor league guy

        1 year ago

        travis shaw seemed to like the move… for a little while anyway

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        • brewsingblue82

          1 year ago

          I was just going to say, Holt did terrible but Shaw had some success. Great year the first year.

          Reply
  15. Rsox

    1 year ago

    Good for Arroyo. Good chance to win a roster spot as a backup to Turang at 2B or even possibly unseat Monasterio at 3B

    Reply
  16. NEsports

    1 year ago

    Hope he can stay healthy, couldn’t in Boston.

    Reply
  17. abc123baseball

    1 year ago

    The Brewers need to stop signing Christians. It’s getting out of hand.

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    • BabeRuthsPiano

      1 year ago

      Naw MLB needs way more of them

      1
      Reply
  18. Stan Papi

    1 year ago

    Sprained his wrist signing contract he is already on DL

    Reply
    • fenwayfrank

      1 year ago

      I’m old enough to remember Stan Papi. I believe they got him from Montreal.

      1
      Reply
  19. swanhenge

    1 year ago

    He’s a hit-first infielder which are a dime a dozen anymore. Thanks for the last 4 years. Enjoy being on a contending team.

    Reply
  20. Cora the Destroya

    1 year ago

    I actually liked this guy a lot. There were spans he would rake but he was never given the best chance in Boston to start regularly at one position, and injuries didn’t help.

    I think he will do fine for the Brewers.

    Reply
  21. Jason G

    1 year ago

    Thank you for writing “Coincidentally” rather than “Ironically”.

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