Joey Wiemer’s baseball journey has turned into one long tour of the league, and the latest stop sends the former Milwaukee Brewers outfielder to the Chicago White Sox.
Wiemer agreed to a minor league deal with Chicago yesterday afternoon and is headed to Triple-A Charlotte. That makes the White Sox his seventh team in the last three years, a stunning run for a player who once looked like part of Milwaukee’s next wave.
Back in 2023, the Brewers opened the season with a young group of rookies they called “The Freshmen.” Wiemer was in that mix alongside Jackson Chourio, Sal Frelick, Brice Turang, and Garrett Mitchell.
The other names have taken off in different ways. Chourio has developed into a perennial 20-20 player.
Frelick and Turang have both won Gold Gloves. Turang, in particular, has become a fan-favorite and is widely viewed as the best all-around second baseman in the game.
Mitchell, after dealing with health issues, finally put together a healthy season in 2026 and has flashed the ability Milwaukee always believed was there.
Wiemer’s path has gone in the opposite direction.
As a rookie in 2023, he hit .204/.283/.362 with 13 home runs, 42 RBI, and 11 stolen bases. The next season was rougher. In 21 Major League games for the Brewers in 2024, he hit just .154/.214/.154 before Milwaukee traded him to the Cincinnati Reds during the year.
The Reds moved him again after the season, sending him to the Kansas City Royals. Wiemer never got into a game for Kansas City, and the club didn’t add him to the Major League roster before releasing him in August of 2025.
He then landed with the Miami Marlins, where he posted .236/.279/.436 with three home runs and 12 RBI in 27 games. Miami later sold his contract to the San Francisco Giants after the season, but the Giants waived him a few months later.
The Washington Nationals gave him another shot and put him on their Opening Day roster this season. Wiemer started fast, reaching base in his first 10 consecutive at-bats. In 32 games, he hit .286/.398/.514 with three home runs and 12 RBI.
But the production didn’t hold. He was sent down to Triple-A, struggled there with a .196/.277/.257 line in 42 games, and the Nationals released him earlier this week.
Now the White Sox get the next crack at a once-promising outfielder whose career has become defined by constant movement.
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