With the Mud Hens, Baddoo hit .281 with an .868 OPS in 457 plate appearances in 2025. He had 15 home runs and 25 stolen bases. Baddoo still has one option remaining, so the Brewers may view him as both an MLB option and potential Triple-A depth in 2026.

Longtime Tigers Quad-A outfielder Akil Baddoo elected free agency on Oct. 14 to leave the organization after five seasons with Detroit. Baddoo, a Rule 5 steal from the Twins in 2020, was electric on the day of and in the days following his major league debut in April 2021 — he hit a home run in his first ever at-bat,

Outfielder Akil Baddoo has agreed to a one-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. The 27-year-old Baddoo had spent his entire major league career with the Detroit Tigers. He has batted .224 with