Eugenio Suarez, who has hit 325 home runs over 12 MLB seasons, is back with the Cincinnati Reds.
Suarez, who hit 189 home runs over seven seasons with the Reds from 2015 to 2021, agreed to a one-year, $15 million contract that includes a mutual option for the 2027 season, The Enquirer’s Gordon Wittenmyer confirmed.
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Suarez, who many considered the best free-agent bat still available this MLB offseason, is expected to get most of his at-bats with the Reds as a designated hitter, with Ke’Bryan Hayes remaining Cincinnati’s everyday third baseman.
Suarez hit a career-best 49 homers for the Reds in 2019. He matched that season total by hitting 36 home runs last season for the Arizona Diamondbacks, in addition to 13 homers for Seattle after the Mariners traded for him at the deadline for three players.
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