Add one more to the pile of sluggers the New York Yankees are sifting through this winter to replace departed designated hitter Brian McCann in what Buster Olney of ESPN recently called a “flush buyers’ market.”
On Monday, the Milwaukee Brewers chose to non-tender first baseman Chris Carter rather than pay him the roughly $8.1 million MLB Trade Rumors projected him to earn via arbitration this winter.
The move comes as something of a surprise, as Carter is coming off a season where he led the National League in home runs with 41 and finished with a solid .