{"id":661536,"date":"2026-04-03T21:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/661536\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T21:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T21:22:11","slug":"brewers-designate-steward-berroa-for-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/661536\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewers Designate Steward Berroa For Assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brewers have designated outfielder Steward Berroa<\/a> for assignment, per a team announcement. His spot on the 40-man roster goes to top infield prospect Cooper Pratt<\/a>, whose contract has been selected to the 40-man roster now that his previously reported eight-year extension<\/a> has been finalized. Pratt will remain in Triple-A Nashville for the time being, according to the Brewers.<\/p>\n

Berroa, 26, came to the Brewers in a cash swap with the Dodgers back in July. He appeared in two games with Milwaukee last summer, going hitless in six plate appearances but contributing a stolen base after he drew a walk. He\u2019s totaled only 51 major league plate appearances between the Brew Crew and Blue Jays \u2014 the team that originally signed him. In that fleeting cup of coffee, Berroa is 6-for-42 (.167\/.314\/.190) with a double, eight walks and six steals.<\/p>\n

In parts of four Triple-A seasons, the switch-hitting Berroa is a .255\/.353\/.373. That production has come in a sample of 673 plate appearances, during which he\u2019s popped a dozen homers, tallied 25 doubles and three triples, and gone 69-for-86 (80.2%) in stolen base attempts. Statcast credits the 5\u20199\u2033, 193-pound burner with 89th percentile sprint speed. Berroa has primarily been a center fielder in the minors but has more than 1000 innings in each corner outfield spot over the course of nine professional seasons. He\u2019s drawn above-average grades for his range and arm during his limited MLB run in the outfield (5 Defensive Runs Saved, 3 Outs Above Average in only 120 innings).<\/p>\n

This is Berroa\u2019s final minor league option year. A team looking for some speed and\/or outfield depth could be drawn to Berroa\u2019s wheels, defensive versatility and knack for drawing walks. Anyone who picks him up would be able to send him to Triple-A without exposing him to waivers. Milwaukee can trade Berroa or place him on waivers at any point within the next five days. Since waivers are a 48-hour process, we\u2019ll know the result of his DFA by this time next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brewers have designated outfielder Steward Berroa for assignment, per a team announcement. His spot on the 40-man…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,25711,5902],"class_list":{"0":"post-661536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cooper-pratt","10":"tag-steward-berroa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116342879142615530","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}