Shortstop Willy Adames and the Giants have agreed to a seven-year, $182 million contract, a source told MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand. The club has not confirmed the deal, which includes a signing bonus of about $22 million and is still pending.

Adames, who turned 29 on September 2, entered free agency after perhaps his best season. His 4.7 Wins Above Replacement (WAR) according to FanGraphs was a career high and placed him among the majors’ top 20 position players and fifth among shortstops, behind only Bobby Witt Jr., Gunnar Henderson, Francisco Lindor and Elly De La Cruz.

Durability was a key advantage for Adames, who started an MLB-high 161 games as a shortstop for the Brewers. He did this while hitting .251/.331/.462, good for a well above average 118 OPS+. Adames’ 32 home runs and 112 RBIs were career highs, with the latter number ranking him fourth in the majors. He also stole 21 bases – more than he had in the previous four seasons combined – for an 84% success rate.

While that part of Adames’ game was new in 2024, the above-average bat was not new. He bounced back from a subpar 2023 season (94 OPS+), but since arriving in the majors with the Rays in 2018, he owns a .248/.322/.444 slash line (109 OPS+). Never one to hit high averages, Adames made up for it by hitting more than 20 home runs in each of his five full MLB seasons. In 2019, his 140 big flies as a shortstop trailed only Lindor’s 145.

Adames has also more than held his own defensively, recording over 20 outs above his career average, according to Statcast. That includes a plus-16 mark in 2023, which ranks second among major league shortstops, behind only Dansby Swanson. However, Adames took a step back in 2024 (plus-1 OAA), with the biggest difference in plays shifting to his left (plus-4 in 2023; minus-6 last season).

Adames, who was born in Santiago, Dominican Republic, originally signed with the Tigers in 2012. The Rays acquired him at the 2014 trade deadline as part of the three-team deal that sent David Price to Detroit, and Adames developed into a top player. 25-year-old prospect in the Tampa Bay organization. After more than three seasons with the Rays, he was traded to the Brewers in May 2021 for pitchers JP Feyereisen and Drew Rasmussen.

Adames has flown somewhat under the radar, never making an All-Star team, leading the league in a major statistical category, or winning a major award. (Prior to 2024, he had only received MVP votes in 2021, finishing 16th in the NL.) However, Adames’ 18.1 fWAR since 2019 ranks seventh among all shortstops.