Santana, Cleveland Sign a One-Year Contract This Year's 'GG Award'Return after 5 years

Santana, Cleveland Sign a One-Year Contract This Year's 'GG Award'Return after 5 years

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Carlos Santana (38), a veteran hitter who won the American League's first baseman's gold glove in the Major League this year, will head to his big league debut team, the Cleveland Guardians.

Local media, including MLB.COM, reported on the 22nd (local time) that Santana signed a one-year contract with Cleveland for $12 million (about 17.39 billion won).

Santana is a veteran who joined Cleveland in 2010 and played in MLB for 15 seasons until this year.안전놀이터

Having played in Cleveland until 2020, he alternated between first baseman and designated hitter with Choi Ji-man at Pittsburgh in the 2023 season.

Santana, who played 150 games for the Minnesota Twins in the 2024 season with a batting average of 0.238, 23 home runs and 71 RBIs, won the Gold Glove Award, which is given to the highest defender. She also received the Silver Slugger in 2019.

He has a career batting average of 0.242 324 home runs and 1082 RBIs in MLB.

Cleveland, which previously traded former first baseman Josh Naylor to the Arizona Diamondbacks, seeks to increase its power by recruiting Santana, who has good defense and experience.