Orlando Arcia, the one-time prospect of the Milwaukee Brewers, is on the move again.
Although the move this time is much bigger than he sliding from the shortstop to third base, the team Arcia traded to the Atlanta Braves for right-handers Chad Sobotka and Patrick Weigel.
“We are delighted to add two major power weapons to our organization,” said David Stearns, president of baseball operations. “Both have great league experience and give us additional quality options over the course of the season.”
Sobotka and Weigel will report to the Brewers’ alternative training site in Appleton.
Right-hander Brad Boxberger is called up ahead of tonight’s game against the Chicago Cubs, who will take Arcia’s place in the 26-man squad. Justin Topa is transferred to the 60-man list to make way for Arcia on the 40-man list.
Arcia (26) has beaten just .091 through four games this season, although he did play a big part in the team’s exceptional victory on the first day, and he drifted into the winning innings in the tenth innings. of a fielder.
It looks like the writing for Arcia was already on the wall in the off-season in 2019, when Milwaukee swung a four-player brand with the San Diego Padres, bringing Luis Urías to the Brewers.
Arcia was informed outdoors that he and 23-year-old Urías would share the short-lived track after Arcia had the team’s undisputed starter there since making his Premier League debut for the first time in August 2016.
Two of Arcia’s three starts this season are on third base.
Arcia was actually the Brewers’ most consistent hit in 2020, leading the team by an average of 0.260, but is a .244 hit with 293 percent on his base for his career.
Defensively, Arcia has a tremendous range – a major plus for all the moves the Brewers have made – and a strong throwing arm. But in 2019, in 2020, and in his first time at shortstop this season, he took into account minus-6 defensive runs saved on the position.
His best overall season came in 2017 when he hit .277 with 15 home runs and 53 runs while playing in a career high of 153.
Arcia avoided arbitration during the off-season by signing a $ 2 million one-year deal with the Brewers on Dec. 2. It is believed that he was already on the trading block last season.
“On behalf of the entire organization, I want to thank Orlando for his contribution to our team and community,” Stearns said. ‘Orlando has contributed to some of the greatest moments in Brewers history, including his memorable performance with four hits in Game 163 in 2018.
“We wish Orlando and his family well when they move on to their next baseball chapter.”
Arcia’s adaptation with the Braves seems to be more of an in – depth move, as they already have a game at the shortstop in Dansby Swanson.
Swanson suffered a calf injury and, like Arcia, had a difficult start with an average of 100.
Sobotka, who turns 28 on July 10, was a fourth-round pick of the Braves Series in 2014. He has played in 50 league games since 2018 and is 1-0 with a 5.36 earnings run average and 61 strikeouts in 47 overs. .
Weigel, who turns 27 on July 8, made his first league debut for the Braves last season, scoring 2/3 of the innings. As a seventh-round pick from Atlanta in 2015, he missed most of 2018 after undergoing a Tommy John surgery.
In an interesting twist, the Brewers took Weigel out of Oxnard College in the 22nd round in 2014, but could not sign him.
This story is evolving and will be updated.