Adam Lind Reportedly Traded to Seattle Mariners

Coming off a 94-loss season and needing to build their team from the bottom up, the Milwaukee Brewers have reportedly traded first baseman Adam Lind to the Seattle Mariners. 

Continue for updates. 

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Mariners Reportedly Land Lind

Wednesday, Dec. 9

Lind has been traded to the Mariners in exchange for players believed to be low-level prospects, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.

Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal reported the Mariners were "close to acquiring Lind" earlier in the day.

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Heavy Interest in Lind

Friday, Nov. 20

Rosenthal, citing a source, there is "lots of activity" on Lind right now with American League teams showing interest as a possible DH. 

Lind is coming off back-to-back solid seasons with Toronto in 2014 and Milwaukee in 2015, posting a .293/.367/.467 slash line with 26 home runs in 245 games. The 32-year-old is entering the final year of his contract, making a reasonable $8 million salary, per Spotrac. 

The main concern with Lind is he's best used in a platoon situation. He's been terrific against right-handers, both last year and throughout his career, but struggles mightily against southpaws. 

Split	AVG	OBP	SLG	XBH
vs. RHP (2,976 AB)	.293	.354	.509	346
vs. LHP (933 AB)	.213	.259	.327	60

The Brewers have every incentive to trade Lind at this point. He's still a productive player who can net a decent return given his limited skill set, and the front office has already thrown up the "For Sale" sign after dealing Francisco Rodriguez to Detroit earlier in the week. 

Given Lind's contract and the number of teams looking for offense this winter, the Brewers have a strong secondary trade option who will appeal to every team because his salary is so low and any interested team only has to pay him for one more year.