5 teams that could use Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Lorenzo Cain

Oct 12, 2021; Cumberland, Georgia, USA; Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Lorenzo Cain (6) gestures after hitting an RBI single during the fourth inning against the Atlanta Braves in game four of the 2021 ALDS at Truist Park. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports /

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There’s no other way to describe it: Lorenzo Cain has been flat-out awful for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2022. He hasn’t been great through the duration of his five-year, $80 million contract but he has been really bad in 2022.

He has hit .175/.234/.230 with an OPS+ of 32. The Brewers told him that his playing time would be reduced (before Hunter Renfroe’s injury). The Brewers still could look to get rid of him, even though Cain has been performing at a “very high level,” in the words of GM David Stearns.

With that in mind, there are five MLB teams that could use Cain defensively and/or fix him offensively.

The Philadelphia Phillies could use Lorenzo Cain

If you’ve followed the Philadelphia Phillies at all this year or, really, at all in the last decade, you know that they are an atrocious defensive team.

They are in the bottom five in nearly every defensive statistic out there, especially in the outfield. The team’s primary outfielders Nick Castellanos, Kyle Schwarber, and Odubel Herrera have a combined has -14 Defensive Runs Saved (DRS) on the season already (-10 for Castellanos, -3 for Schwarber, and -1 for Herrera).

Cain has 3 DRS already on the season and he has had a positive DRS in every season in his career (even in the five games he played in 2020).

Citizens Bank Park is also a bandbox so maybe that could help fix his bat too.

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