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The Milwaukee Brewers’ infield certainly could look different by the time the 2025 season rolls around.

Milwaukee won 93 games in 2024 but that won’t stop changes from coming. Star shortstop Willy Adames is a free agent and is going to land a massive deal. He’s one of the best offensive shortstops in baseball and slammed 32 home runs and drove in 112 runs.

The Brewers probably would love to have him back, but there are a handful of big-market clubs looking for an upgrade at shortstop or third base with large checkbooks. Bleacher Report’s Kerry Miller put together a list of predictions for each player that rejected the qualifying offer and predicted that Adames will end up signing a $189 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

“Contract Prediction: seven years, $189 million to the Los Angeles Dodgers,” Miller said. “LA’s interest level is indirectly proportional to how serious it is about reconverting Mookie Betts to the middle infield. If the Dodgers are legitimately all-in on making the 32-year-old, six-time Gold Glove-winning right fielder their primary shortstop in 2025, then, no, they won’t be bidding much on Adames.

“However, bringing in the former Brewer would allow them to keep Betts in the outfield, where they are already trying to figure out how to replace/re-sign Teoscar Hernández and where they would need multiple solutions if they move Betts…My gut says the Dodgers make it happen, but the Giants wouldn’t be surprising in the least.”

Los Angeles has been linked to Adames on numerous occasions. This is a logical fit.

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MILWAUKEE – A new U.S. Navy warship from a once-troubled fleet is set to be commissioned this week in Milwaukee.

The USS Beloit is the newest warship of the U.S. Navy, and it’s sitting in Milwaukee, at 378-feet long in Veterans Park.

“It’s great, it’s beautiful, it’s history,” said Linda Gilbert of Beloit.

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Retired U.S. Navy Reserve Vice Admiral Dirk Debbink is leading the committee for the USS Beloit. The littoral combat warship made in Wisconsin is one of the most advanced ships in the world with an expensive past. 

“This is the last time we will likely ever see this ship in the Great Lakes after she’s commissioned,” Debbink said.

He believes it’ll have a different fate than the $750 million USS Milwaukee. The ship was decommissioned in 2023 after only eight years. It was the ninth littoral warship to be pulled from active service.

“I think this ship is a fully capable ship and I don’t think it will have the problems the Milwaukee had,” Debbink said. “A lot of those were engineering plant issues, and they definitely resolved those.”

Debbink said there have been significant upgrades to weapons and combat systems. 

“Marinette Marine and the Navy learned from these earlier ships and included a lot of ship alterations and improvements in these later ships,” Debbink said.

While littoral combat ships have a history of failure, people touring on Tuesday said they have hope that this ship will have a more lasting impact.

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“With what their mission is and what they described to us, I believe it serves a vital purpose, so, I hope that we would get our money’s worth out of it,” said Navy veteran David Morrow.

“I would think that the ship will serve its time,” said Navy veteran Greg Stamatelakys. “And if it is going to mothballs it will be ready and able to go back out.”

The USS Beloit will be commissioned on Saturday, Nov. 23.

Thousands are expected to attend the ceremony as the ship leaves Veterans Park, heading to its home port at Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Fla.