Willy Adames
Dominican baseball infielder
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| 2024 | By the end of the 2024 season, Adames had a 4.7 wins above replacement, ranking him among the 20 most valuable players in the league, and he started all but one of the Brewers' regular season games. |
| December 10 2024 | Signed a seven-year, $182 million contract with the San Francisco Giants, which includes a $22 million signing bonus, a full no-trade clause, and no deferred money. This contract is noted as the largest in Giants franchise history. |
| December 10 2024 | Willy Adames signed a seven year, $182 million contract with the San Francisco Giants, which included a $22 million signing bonus, a full no-trade clause, and no deferred money. This contract marked the largest contract ever awarded by the Giants. |
| September 2 2024 | Willy Adames tied the major league shortstop record for hitting a home run in five consecutive games, sharing the record with several other players. |
| January 13 2023 | Willy Adames agreed to a one-year, $8.7 million contract with the Brewers, avoiding salary arbitration. |
| 2022 | In the 2022 season, Adames achieved a career high in plate appearances (617), home runs (31), and RBIs (98), breaking Robin Yount's franchise record for home runs by a shortstop in a season. |
| March 2022 | Willy Adames signed a $4.6 million contract with the Brewers, avoiding salary arbitration. |
| 2021 | In his first season with the Brewers, Adames played 99 games, had 617 plate appearances, batted .285 with 20 home runs and 58 RBIs, contributing to the Brewers' victory in the 2021 NL Central Division. |
| 2021 | Willy Adames batted .197/.254/.371 with 5 home runs and 15 RBI in 41 games for the Tampa Bay Rays. |
| July 18 2021 | Willy Adames won the NL Player of the Week award. |
| July 16 2021 | Willy Adames had 4 RBI on 3 hits in an 11–6 win over the Cincinnati Reds. |
| May 21 2021 | The Rays traded Willy Adames alongside Trevor Richards to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for relievers Drew Rasmussen and J. P. Feyereisen. |
| 2020 | Willy Adames participated in the World Series, where he batted .143 with one RBI in six games against the Los Angeles Dodgers. |
| 2020 | In the shortened season, Willy Adames played 54 games for the first place Tampa Bay Rays, contributing to the team's victory of the American League pennant. |
| 2019 | In the American League Division Series, Adames posted a .385/.500/.983 slash line, hitting two home runs and a double. |
| 2019 | In game 4 of the American League Division Series, Adames recorded an assist on a throw dubbed 'The Relay' by local media. |
| 2019 | Adames solidified himself as the everyday shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays, playing 152 games at the position. |
| September 29 2019 | Adames hit another walk-off single, this time against the Boston Red Sox, marking his third career walk-off. |
| May 29 2019 | Willy Adames hit a walk-off single to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays. |
| 2018 | Willy Adames finished the season with a batting line of .278/.348/.406, including 10 home runs in 85 games, and recorded a 2.0 wins above replacement. |
| 2018 | In the final game of the season, Adames capped off a strong performance, ending with three straight multi-hit games, helping the Rays reach 90 wins for the first time since 2013. |
| 2018 | In 2018, Adames hit .286 with 4 home runs while playing for the Durham Bulls. |
| August 2018 | Adames was awarded a spot on MLB.com's 'team of the month' after achieving a batting line of .318/.384/.523 with 5 home runs and 14 RBIs. |
| August 7 2018 | Adames hit a walk-off solo home run against Miguel Castro of the Baltimore Orioles. |
| July 22 2018 | Adames was recalled to the Tampa Bay Rays for a third time. |
| July 12 2018 | Willy Adames was sent back down to Durham to receive more consistent playing time due to a jam at middle infield. |
| June 11 2018 | Adames was recalled back to the Tampa Bay Rays after being optioned to Durham for a brief period. |
| May 22 2018 | Willy Adames was promoted to the Tampa Bay Rays and made his major league debut the same day, where he recorded his first hit, a solo home run against Chris Sale. |
| 2017 | Adames played with the Durham Bulls, finishing the season with a batting average of .277 and 10 home runs. |
| 2016 | Adames was selected to the World Team in the All-Star Futures Game. |
| 2014 | Willy Adames started the season with the West Michigan Whitecaps. |
| July 31 2014 | Willy Adames was involved in a three-team trade that sent him, Drew Smyly, and Nick Franklin to the Tampa Bay Rays, while Austin Jackson went to the Seattle Mariners and David Price to the Detroit Tigers. |
| 2013 | Adames made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Tigers. |
| July 2012 | Willy Adames signed with the Detroit Tigers as an international free agent. |
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