CINCINNATI (WKRC) – Reds President of Baseball Operations Nick Krall on Tuesday announced the signing of 2-time National League All-Star infielder Eugenio Suarez to a 1-year Major League contract through the 2026 season, with a mutual option for 2027.
In 2025, Suárez earned his second career All-Star selection after slashing .228/.298/.526 with a career-high-tying 49 homers and career-best 118 RBI across 159 games with the Arizona Diamondbacks and SeattleMariners. He opened the year with Arizona before being traded to Seattle for first baseman Tyler Locklear, pitcher Hunter Cranton and pitcher Juan Burgos on July 31.
This past season, Suárez produced the 17th 4-homer game in MLB history as a member of the Diamondbacks on April 26 vs Atlanta. He finished the year ranked among Major League leaders in several offensive categories, including RBI (4th), home runs (5th), extra-base hits (77, 7th), total bases (309, T8th), and OPS (.526, 10th).
This marks Suárez’ second career stint with the Reds, as he hit 189 home runs with an .811 OPS across 7 seasons with the club from 2015-21. In 2019, he set a new single-season Major League record for homers by both a National League third baseman and Venezuelan-born player with 49, which were also tied for second-most by a Reds player in a season in franchise history.
His 189 career homers with Cincinnati rank 13th in team history and were fourth-most by any National League batter from 2015-21. Suárez, who received the Ernie Lombardi Award as the Reds’ Most Valuable Player in both 2018 and ’19, is the only primary third baseman in franchise history to produce 3 seasons with at least 30 home runs (2018, ’19, ’21).
Originally signed by the Tigers as an international free agent on October 9, 2008, Suárez has played in parts of 12 Major League seasons with Detroit (2014), Cincinnati (2015-21), Seattle (2022-23, ’25) and Arizona (2024-25). Since the start of the 2019 season, he ranks among all Major League batters in games (990, 4th), home runs (227, 6th), and RBI (622, 9th).
In a corresponding move, the Reds designated for assignment catcher Ben Rortvedt, who was claimed off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers on November 12, 2025. Cincinnati’s 40-player roster is at capacity.