Brewers' Willy Adames Says He Waited for Mets' Jesse Winker in Parking Lot After Game

Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Willy Adames confirmed to reporters on Thursday that he not only told New York Mets designated hitter Jesse Winker to meet him in the parking lot after Winker was chirping at him during Game 1 of the Wild Card matchup between the teams, but that he actually waited for him after the game.

"I was there (in the lot)," Adames told Jon Heyman of the New York Post, adding that Winker didn't show up.

Here's the context from that situation.

Winker hit a two-run triple in the second inning during New York's 8-4 win in Game 1 of the series on Tuesday. At third base, he began barking at the Brewers, and Adames had words in return.

"He just started yelling to me straight-up," Adames told Heyman. "In the heat of the moment, I'm not going to back down. So we were just chirping. I don't know what he was mad about."

Winker—who was a member of the Brewers last season—reportedly was mad that Frankie Montas had hit him with a pitch during a matchup between the teams last Friday, per Heyman, though he declined to discuss the situation after Game 1.

"I don't know what was going through his head, but he just started saying some stuff and I said something back," Adames told reporters after Game 1. "I don't know. I think that's the kind of player he is. ... I guess that's part of his personality. It was just a little bit of a surprise to me, but we don't back off."

Winker wasn't in the lineup for Game 2, but was for Thursday's decisive Game 3 and was greeted with boos when he stepped to the plate for the first time in the top of the second.

Brewers fans and Winker already had a salty relationship. He struggled for the team in 2023, hitting just .199 in 61 games while missing the majority of the second half of the season with a back injury. He was nonetheless selected for the postseason roster over the more popular Garrett Mitchell—who hit what ended up being a game-winning, two-run homer for the Brewers in the eighth inning of Game 2 on Wednesday night—and was booed several times by Milwaukee fans during the 2023 postseason.

He received a similar reception on Thursday.