{"id":786398,"date":"2026-07-07T16:22:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786398\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T16:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:22:28","slug":"brewers-call-up-outfield-prospect-lara-for-mlb-debut-vs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786398\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewers call up outfield prospect Lara for MLB debut vs."},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. LOUIS (AP) \u2014 Milwaukee Brewers outfield prospect Luis Lara has been called up to the major leagues nearly a month after signing a seven-year, $31 million contract.<\/a><\/p>\n

The NL Central-leading Brewers announced before their doubleheader Tuesday with the St. Louis Cardinals that they had promoted Lara and optioned outfielder Blake Perkins to Triple-A Nashville.<\/p>\n

Lara, 21, was still playing for Nashville when the Brewers signed him last month to a deal that runs through 2032 and includes club options for 2033, 2034 and 2035.<\/p>\n

The 5-foot-7 outfielder from Venezuela has long been regarded as an outstanding fielder, but he\u2019s having a breakthrough season at the plate.<\/p>\n

Lara hit .321 with a .432 on-base percentage, .470 slugging percentage, nine homers, 42 RBIs and 24 steals in 78 games with Nashville. He batted .257 with a .369 on-base percentage and .343 slugging percentage in 136 games for Double-A Biloxi last season.<\/p>\n

This marks the second time this year that a Brewers prospect has been called up to the majors after signing a long-term deal.<\/p>\n

Shortstop Cooper Pratt made his MLB debut<\/a> on June 16, 2 1\/2 months after he signed an eight-year, $50.75 million<\/a> contract. Pratt, who turns 22 on Aug. 18, entered Tuesday\u2019s doubleheader with a .204 batting average, .313 on-base percentage, no homers, two RBIs and six steals in 18 games with Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

Perkins, 29, was hitting .157 with a .250 on-base percentage, one homer, 11 RBIs and three steals in 53 games with the Brewers.<\/p>\n

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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LOUIS (AP) \u2014 Milwaukee Brewers outfield prospect Luis Lara has been called up to the major leagues…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-786398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}