{"id":139589,"date":"2022-11-26T04:41:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T04:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pirates-to-sign-carlos-santana\/"},"modified":"2022-11-26T04:41:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T04:41:04","slug":"pirates-to-sign-carlos-santana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pirates-to-sign-carlos-santana\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates To Sign Carlos Santana"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Pirates have agreed to a one-year deal with veteran first-baseman Carlos Santana <\/strong>pending a physical, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN. It’ll pay the Octagon client $6.725MM, per Jon Heyman of the New York Post<\/a>. It’s the largest guarantee the Pirates have given to a free agent since inking Daniel Hudson<\/strong> to a two-year, $11MM deal before the 2017 season.<\/p>\n It’s an intriguing move for the Pirates as they look to slowly work their way back to contention after a lengthy rebuild. Santana is the third first-base\/DH option they’ve acquired this off-season, following their trade for Ji-Man Choi<\/strong> and claim of Lewin Diaz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Santana, 36, spent last year with the Royals and Mariners, slashing a joint .202\/.316\/.376 with 19 home runs over 506 plate appearances for a wRC+ of 102, a couple of ticks above league average. While the numbers certainly don’t leap off the page, Santana did post the lowest BABIP of his career and hasn’t seen much shift in his walk or strikeout rates. Santana could also be one of the biggest benefactors of the shift restrictions that’ll come into play next season, as no one faced a shift more often than he did (98.3% of the time).<\/p>\n It’ll be the fifth major league team Santana has suited up for. He debuted for Cleveland back in 2010, the first of eight seasons he’d initially spend with the franchise. Santana regularly posted 20+ home run totals, combining power with strong on-base skills. His best year was 2013, when Santana finished 15th in AL MVP voting on the back of .268 \/ .377 \/ .455 line.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n