Milwaukee Brewers have elected to become sellers during this year’s MLB trade deadline. The Brewers have dealt a star outfielder in Carlos Gomez to the AL West division leaders in the Houston Astros after almost sending Gomez to the New York Mets.
Now the Brewers are sending another outfielder to a contender in the American League. They’ve decided to ship Gerardo Parra to the Baltimore Orioles.
Following from Brittany Ghiroli of MLB.com.
The Orioles acquired outfielder Gerardo Parra from the Brewers for right-handed pitching prospect Zach Davies hours before today’s 4 p.m. ET non-waiver Trade Deadline.
The swap represents a departure from Milwaukee general manager Doug Melvin’s high asking price as the Brewers were said to be looking for multiple prospects for Parra in the days leading up to the Deadline.
Davies record stands at 5-6 with a 2.84 ERA in 19 games, including 18 starts, with Triple-A Norfolk. He was ranked as the Orioles’ No. 3 prospect by MLBPipeline.com and pitched at this year’s Futures Game during MLB All-Star weekend in Cincinnati.
Parra has been hot in the month of July. In 24 games this month, he is batting .435 with four home runs and a 1.212 OPS and On the season, the 28-year-old is hitting .328/.369/.517 in 100 games. Parra can be a free agent this winter because he’s been traded during the season preceding free agency, the Orioles cannot make a qualifying offer to him and thus will not receive draft-pick compensation if he signs with another team during the offseason.
