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So long, Spangenberg

In news you probably missed late Friday, Cory Spangenberg is headed to Milwaukee on a 1 year 1.2 million “show-me” contract.

The writing was long on the wall for the 28-year-old superutility player after a disappointing 2018 campaign in which a crowded outfield, Jose Pirela, the emergence of Christian Villanueva, Wil Myers landing at 3rd, and Luis Urias sapped a fair amount of available playing time away from the lefty. A resurgent second half in 2017 after a lost 2016 didn’t translate to 2018 success either, seeing Cory hit only .