{"id":2199512,"date":"2025-12-15T11:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2199512"},"modified":"2025-12-15T11:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:28:07","slug":"brewers-trade-collins-mears-to-royals-for-angel-zerpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/brewers-trade-collins-mears-to-royals-for-angel-zerpa\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewers trade Collins, Mears to Royals for Angel Zerpa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Milwaukee Brewers traded outfielder Isaac Collins and right-hander Nick Mears to the Kansas City Royals for left-handed reliever Angel Zerpa, the teams announced Sunday.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee had been looking to alleviate a glut of outfielders by trading either Collins or Blake Perkins, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon<\/a> reported Friday. Ultimately, it was Collins who got squeezed out after the Brewers signed Akil Baddoo to a one-year contract earlier this week. Perkins, Baddoo, Jake Bauers, Sal Frelick, and Jackson Chourio remain as corner outfield options.<\/p>\n

Collins, a 28-year-old switch-hitter, is coming off a breakout campaign that saw him finish fourth in NL Rookie of the Year voting. The Minnesota native hit .263\/.368\/.411 with nine homers, 54 RBIs, and 16 stolen bases as the MLB-best Brewers’ primary left fielder. He struggled defensively, though, accruing minus-3 defensive runs saved across both corner spots with just two outfield assists in 876 2\/3 defensive innings.<\/p>\n

Collins will be under the Royals’ control through the 2030 season and won’t reach arbitration until 2028. He can potentially platoon in left field with recent free-agent signing Lane Thomas.<\/p>\n

Mears was a stable presence in Milwaukee’s bullpen this past season and produced a career-best year working primarily in middle relief. The 28-year-old right-hander put up a 3.49 ERA, 3.86 FIP, and 0.97 FIP along with 46 strikeouts, 13 walks, and one save while allowing only seven home runs in 56 2\/3 innings. He primarily throws a fastball and slider, with the occasional curveball mixed in.<\/p>\n

Mears, who is projected by MLB Trade Rumors<\/a> to earn $1.6 million in 2026, adds another potential high-powered strikeout arm to a Royals relief corps that had the AL’s lowest K\/9 rate last season. He’s one year removed from striking out nearly 12 batters per nine.<\/p>\n

Zerpa, 26, made his big-league debut with the Royals in 2021. This past season, the sinkerballer put up a 4.18 ERA, 3.86 FIP, and 1.38 WHIP along with an 8.1 K\/9 rate and 3.1 BB\/9 rate over 69 appearances. He was particularly dominant against left-handed hitters, holding them to a .644 OPS with just six extra-base hits last year.<\/p>\n

Brewers general manager Matt Arnold said Sunday that the team is considering using Zerpa as a starter, according to Adam McCalvy of MLB.com<\/a>. Though he has experience working in the rotation, including eight stars in the majors, Zerpa hasn’t made a start that lasted longer than one inning since 2023.<\/p>\n

Arnold added that the Brewers have been trying to acquire Zerpa “for a long time.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.thescore.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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