{"id":139461,"date":"2022-11-26T01:45:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T01:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pittsburgh-pirates-1b-carlos-santana-agree-on-1-year-6-7m-deal\/"},"modified":"2022-11-26T01:45:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T01:45:05","slug":"pittsburgh-pirates-1b-carlos-santana-agree-on-1-year-6-7m-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pittsburgh-pirates-1b-carlos-santana-agree-on-1-year-6-7m-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Pirates, 1B Carlos Santana agree on 1-year, $6.7M deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ESPN MLB insider Author of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports”<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
First baseman Carlos Santana and the Pittsburgh Pirates are in agreement on a one-year, $6.7 million contract, pending the results of a physical, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN.<\/p>\n
Santana, 36, finished with a league-average OPS last year, hitting .202\/.316\/.376 between stints with the Seattle Mariners and Kansas City Royals. But his expected numbers, based on how hard he hit the ball (an 81st-percentile exit velocity) and his elite walk rate (97th percentile), projected far better results, something that drove his market.<\/p>\n
Further, nobody was shifted a higher percentage last year than Santana, who saw altered defense in 356 of his 362 left-handed batting appearances. With the ban of the shift coming in 2023, the switch-hitting Santana could see a significant benefit.<\/p>\n