The Milwaukee Brewers are entering the 2025 season with a different lineup potentially. Shortstop Willy Adames has been one of the best players in the Brewers lineup for the last couple of seasons.
However, he left the Milwaukee Brewers this offseason and he signed with the San Francisco Giants in free agency. It is going to be interesting to see who will be the starting shortstop on Opening Day. It is quite possible that after winning the National League Central for the last two seasons, general manager Matt Arnold did not do enough to replace Adames this offseason.
Many are Wondering Who Will Be the Shortstop In 2025 For the Milwaukee Brewers
There are three burning questions about the Milwaukee Brewers entering the 2025 MLB season. Adam McCalvy of mlb.com wrote about it and one of the questions asked was:
“Who’s the shortstop?”
McCalvy followed up that question by saying:
“The Brewers lost 32 home runs from 2024 along with a popular team leader when Willy Adames signed with the Giants, leaving a big hole at shortstop. Fortunately, Milwaukee has two capable, young options for that position in Brice Turang and Joey Ortiz, but club officials haven’t offered any indications of who will get the job.
Turang not only won the NL Gold Glove at second base last season, he took home the Platinum Glove Award as the league’s top overall defender. On one hand, that sounds like the kind of defender a team would want at shortstop. On the other hand, why mess with something that’s working?
“I think it’s still to be determined,” Arnold said. “We have a number of good options there that we like. Obviously, Brice won the Platinum Glove last year, and he’s plenty capable. So is Joey Ortiz, and we have other guys that can compete for that spot as well. It’s something that Murph [manager Pat Murphy] and I have spent a lot of time on. We want to evaluate all these guys in camp.”
If Turang sticks at second base and Ortiz takes over at short, it creates a vacancy at third. Rookie Caleb Durbin, the infielder acquired with veteran left-hander Nestor Cortes from the Yankees in the Devin Williams deal, is one option. Another is Oliver Dunn, who made a splash for the Brewers early last season before being demoted to the Minors and seeing his season end in June due to a back injury. He’s healthy again after picking up at-bats in the Dominican Winter League, Arnold said.”
For now, Joey Ortiz is projected to be the starting shortstop for the Milwaukee Brewers and Brice Turang will be the starting second baseman. Caleb Duran is projected to be the starting third baseman for the Brewers in 2025. Oliver Dunn is projected to be one of the backups in the middle of the infield this season.
The Milwaukee Brewers will no doubt miss Willy Adames this season. The Brewers are going to feel his absence if they don’t make the playoffs this season.
