Lorenzo Cain

Before their game against the Reds in Cincinnati, veteran outfielder Lorenzo Cain, 36, was designated for assignment on Saturday by the struggling Milwaukee ...

It's been a fun ride for sure." "At the end of the day, it's been fun. It's been a really fun ride for me for sure." "At the end, it was time for this. I don't think I was contributing the way I would've liked. Cain broke in with the Brewers in 2010, then spent the next seven seasons in Kansas City before returning to Milwaukee as a free agent in 2018.

"I've had a great career," outfielder Lorenzo Cain said after Milwaukee designated him for assignment on the day he reached 10 years of MLB service.

“That was a game that he had no business playing in and performing in,” Stearns said. "And we beat them with a brilliant baserunning play, which is always the best way to beat somebody.” Cain was an instant hit upon joining the Brewers for a second time in 2018. The Brewers traded him to Kansas City before the 2011 season in a deal that brought Zack Greinke to Milwaukee. See where we’re at at the time. He hit .179 with a .465 OPS, ultimately being relegated to a role on the bench. “It’s a wait and see approach,” he said. “It just got to a point where it’s probably time,” he said. "I don't know if it gets statistically ranked as that, but just what he did (was incredible)." “Craig (Counsell, Brewers manager) and I sat down with Lo this morning,” Stearns, the Brewers president of baseball operations, said Saturday. “It’s a milestone day for Lo, to get 10 years of service in the major leagues is an incredible accomplishment. And I think his contributions to our organization have really been beyond what we could have expected when we signed him.” “I haven’t been performing like I would’ve liked but the situation is what it is.

The veteran center fielder was in the last year of the five-year contract he signed with the Brewers when he left Kansas City as a free agent. It's not clear at ...

The veteran center fielder was in the last year of the five-year contract he signed with the Brewers when he left Kansas City as a free agent. For his big league career, Davis owns a .171/.272/.248 slash line in 259 plate appearances spread out from 2018 to 2021 in Toronto and New York. He is a two-time All-Star and a Gold Glove award winner. Davis, 30, joins the club for this first look this season. The move comes on the same day that he reached 10 years of MLB service time. Cain and the club came to a “mutual decision” about today’s roster move, per Adam McCalvy of MLB.com ( via Twitter). Jonathan Davis was selected from Triple-A to take his roster spot, per the team.

The veteran Brewers outfielder was designated for assignment Saturday — the same day he reached 10 years of major league service. The move will allow Cain, who ...

Cain returned to the Brewers on a five-year, $80 million deal. Cain started his career with the Brewers in 2010, was traded to the Royals and returned to Milwaukee as a free agent following the 2017 season. The veteran Brewers outfielder was designated for assignment Saturday — the same day he reached 10 years of major league service.

The Milwaukee Brewers have designated outfielder Lorenzo Cain for assignment shortly after the veteran Cain reached his 10 years of MLB service.

If they don’t, the Brewers are on the hook for it and the team that signs him only has to pay him league minimum. The Brewers certainly could’ve tolerated keeping him around the roster if his bat was performing up to 2019 and 2021 levels, however. Hopefully he’ll be able to catch on somewhere else and extend his career a little longer. He set the table for Yelich and they were quite the dynamic duo. If a team does, they are on the hook for the rest of his entire $18MM salary this season. After signing a five year, $80MM contract with the Brewers on January 25th, 2018, Lorenzo Cain returned to the organization that drafted him out of high school in the 17th round in 2004.

CINCINNATI -- Lorenzo Cain said goodbyes in the Brewers clubhouse on Saturday after being designated for assignment, prompting many of his admirers to ...

“You don’t make it 10 years because you’re a really good guy or a good teammate, you make it because you’re a really good player, a winning player,” Yelich said. “Him taking 45 seconds to get to and from center field and then making a sprinting catch at the wall. That’s the play in a Brewer uniform that I will always remember him for.” “He was one of the most entertaining baseball players of his generation, in my opinion,” said Brewers manager Craig Counsell, who knew Cain both as a teammate in 2010 and manager when Cain returned in 2018. “He did things on the field that made you go 'Wow,' that made you smile and left your jaw wide open. “I was actually thinking about that this morning, and there are a couple of plays that jump out,” Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns said.

OAKLAND -- If this is it for Lorenzo Cain, what a career it was -- and what a ride he took Royals fans on during those championship-winning years.

He loved the stage and he loved to perform in big games.” There was never a moment that was too big for him, he loved the big stage, he performed there. Third-base coach Mike Jirschele waved Cain home, and that run propelled the Royals to the World Series. "It’s a wait and see approach," Cain said. 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Cain, an undeniable leader with an outgoing personality, was a vital contributor for the Royals. He made jaw-dropping catches in center field, stole 120 bases, hit 56 home runs. He learned to manage his body really well, because he played hard, and that was a key part of this. \n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550,"__typename":"ExternalEmbedContent"},"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"lorenzo-cain-leaves-lasting-legacy-with-royals\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.2":{"data":{"type":"id","generated":true,"id":"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"lorenzo-cain-leaves-lasting-legacy-with-royals\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.2.data","typename":"ExternalEmbedContent"},"type":"oembed","__typename":"ExternalEmbed"},"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"lorenzo-cain-leaves-lasting-legacy-with-royals\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.3":{"content":"That ride included seven seasons in Kansas City, helping the Royals reach the World Series in 2014 and win it all in ‘15. The trade that brought Cain to Kansas City might go down as one of the best in franchise history. On Dec. 19, 2010, the Royals traded ace Zack Greinke and Yuniesky Betancourt to Milwaukee in exchange for Cain, Alcides Escobar, Jeremy Jeffress and Jake Odorizzi. He loved the stage and he loved to perform in big games.”","type":"markdown","__typename":"Markdown"},"$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({\"locale\":\"en-us\",\"slug\":\"lorenzo-cain-leaves-lasting-legacy-with-royals\",\"type\":\"story\"}).parts.6.data":{"html":" Lorenzo Cain showed up to his first baseball practice in 10th grade wearing a collared shirt, jean shorts and basketball shoes.

The Milwaukee Brewers designated the outfielder for assignment. Here is a look back at his best highlights with the Royals, including a World Series title.

“That’s once-in-a-lifetime type stuff there,” Cain said of the Royals fans. Cain hit a home run for the Brewers, and again heard cheers from Royals fans. I put my body through a lot over the years, so at the same time I think the body is definitely ready to rest.” - Cain had a three-run double in the 12th inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series - His dash home from first in the eighth inning of Game 6 of the 2015 ALCS was the stuff of legends Royals fans gave outfielder Lorenzo Cain a standing ovation as he left the field in his final game with the Royals on the last day of the 2017 season.

Given the Brewers centerfielder didn't start playing baseball until 10th grade, Lorenzo Cain's 10 years of service time in MLB is a remarkable feat.

“I kind of tried to split the difference,” Cain said with a laugh. "Ten years in the big leagues is a long time. The tangible benefits for reaching 10 years in the majors are significant, even for someone such as Cain who signed a lucrative free-agent deal. “You know me, I’m a low-key guy and I don’t want a lot of attention. “Still kind of a wait-and-see approach, but it’s probably a good chance this might be my last year,” Cain said. “I tell people all the time, if you had told me I was gonna play 10 years in the show, I wouldn’t have believed you,” Cain said. And if you’ve made it through 10 years, you’ve done a pretty darn good job.” When he became a free agent following 2017, the Brewers lined up at his door, offering a five-year, $80 million deal. He was a 17th-round selection in the draft by the Brewers in 2004. He was named the ALCS MVP in 2014 and hit .271 across 12 Fall Classic games. In a sport in which kids are often pushed to play on select travel teams at a very young age, the Milwaukee Brewers centerfielder didn’t start playing baseball until he was a sophomore in high school. Cain, 36 and on perhaps his final tour in the league, took the road less traveled.