MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers avoided arbitration with second baseman Scooter Gennett and outfielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis with one-year deals, tendered contracts to five other arbitration-eligible players and cut loose first baseman Chris Carter on Friday.
Gennett signed for $2.525 million in his first year of arbitration eligibility and Nieuwenhuis will earn $900,000 in the Major Leagues, according to reports from MLB Network's Jon Heyman. The Brewers also tendered contracts to pitchers Chase Anderson, Wily Peralta, Tyler Thornburg and Carlos Torres and catcher Martin Maldonado, all of whom are essentially signed for 2017, at a salary to be determined in arbitration if both parties can't reach an agreement.