Sogard gets 2nd chance with Brewers, who also 追加する Smoak
MILWAUKEE (AP) - After hitting a career-low .134 for Milwaukee in 2018, Eric Sogard is getting a second chance with the Brewers.
"I'm not afraid to 収容する／認める that I had some 問題／発行するs going on off the field that 肉親，親類d of took my mind away from the field," Sogard said Friday after Milwaukee 完結するd his $4.5 million, one-year 契約 along with a $5 million, one-year 取引，協定 for first baseman Justin Smoak.
Sogard 分裂（する） last season between Toronto and Tampa Bay, which acquired him in late July. He was チーム仲間s on the Blue Jays with Smoak, who spent the past five seasons in Toronto.
He did not 詳細（に述べる） his off-field 問題／発行するs from last year but said they had （疑いを）晴らすd by the time he 報告（する）／憶測d to spring training with Blue Jays. He 攻撃する，衝突する .300 with a career-high 10 ホームランs and 30 打点s in 323 plate 外見s for Toronto, then batted .266 with three ホームランs and 10 打点s in 119 plate 外見s for Tampa Bay.
Sogard's 取引，協定 含むs a $4 million salary next season and gives Milwaukee a $4.5 million 選択 for 2021 with a $500,000 buyout. The buyout could 増加する by up to $1 million based on plate 外見s next year: $250,000 each for 400 and 450.
After 行方不明の the 2016 season with a shoulder 傷害, Sogard 調印するd a minor league を取り引きする Milwaukee in 2017, 軍隊d his way into the starting 顔触れ and batted .273 with three ホームランs and 18 打点s in 299 plate 外見s.
FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2019, とじ込み／提出する photo, Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Eric Sogard makes a catch during the first inning of the team's baseball game against the Cleveland Indians in St. Petersburg, Fla. Sogard is getting a second chance with the Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee 完結するd his $4.5 million, one-year 契約 Friday, Dec. 20, along with a $5 million, one-year 取引，協定 for first baseman Justin Smoak. (AP Photo/Scott Audette, とじ込み／提出する)
"I knew it was going to take a lot of work to get 支援する to where I was," Sogard said. "I worked hard mentally and 肉体的に, I was able to get an 適切な時期 早期に on in Toronto and just 肉親，親類d of ran away with it."
He plays second, shortstop and third, and 経営者／支配人 Craig Counsell 人物／姿／数字s to give Sogard his most 活動／戦闘 at third に引き続いて the 出発 of マイク Moustakas as a 解放する／自由な スパイ／執行官 to Cincinnati.
"His positional versatility 許すs Craig to mix and match," Brewers 大統領，／社長 of baseball 操作／手術s David Stearns said. "It's going to 許す us to put guys in different places to hopefully be successful over the course of the season depending on what our needs are."
Mil waukee has just 12 players left from the 25 on its NL wild card game roster against Washington. The Brewers have 追加するd six players this month, also agreeing to 契約s with left-hander Brett Anderson, 権利-hander Josh Lindblom, outfielder Avisa?l Garc?a and third baseman Ryon Healy.
Smoak, who also is 33, gets a $4 million salary next year, and the Brewers have a $5.5 million 選択 for 2021 with a $1 million buyout.
He had 22 ホームランs and 61 打点s last season but 攻撃する，衝突する just .202 and played in only 121 games because of a left 脚 傷害.
"I got the left quad and it was there for a while," he said. "But I'm in a place now to change that and, hopefully, I can continue that and stay healthy for a 十分な season."
Smoak 取って代わるs Eric Thames as Milwaukee's 最初の／主要な first baseman, though the Brewers also 計画（する） to use Ryan Braun there, too.
"We think between the two we're going to have a really good first-base 状況／情勢 with a lot of 生産／産物," Stearns said.
Smoak 攻撃する，衝突する .237 with 117 ホームランs and 321 打点s in five seasons with the Blue Jays, 収入 his only All-星／主役にする 選択 in 2017.
"There are hardly words to 述べる what a unique experience it has been to play for a country, this city and this team," he said in a 声明. "Canada will always feel like a second home."
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FILE - In this June 2, 2019, とじ込み／提出する photo, Toronto Blue Jays' Justin Smoak follows the flight of his 選び出す／独身 off Colorado Rockies starting 投手 Antonio Senzatela during the third inning of a baseball game in Denver. The Colorado Rockies 完結するd a one-year 取引，協定 Friday, Dec. 20, for Smoak. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, とじ込み／提出する)
