ESPN reported the deal is worth $12 million.<\/p>\n
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Luis Arraez celebrates after hitting a RBI single in the seventh inning of the Padres\u2019 win over the Brewers at Petco Park on Sept. 22, 2025 in San Diego. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Arraez, with the Padres last season, led the National League with 180 hits, finishing the year with a .292\/.327\/.392 slash line across 154 games. <\/p>\n
The 28-year-old is an anomaly in modern baseball, a game that now rewards power and slugging over contact hitters. <\/p>\n
But Arraez has consistently been the latter in his career, and he won three straight batting titles from 2022-24, leading all of MLB in \u201923 with a .354 average.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s an incredibly difficult hitter to strike out, as he\u2019s whiffed just 215 times total over seven seasons. <\/p>\n
His strikeout (3.5 percent) and swing-and-miss rate (5.3 percent) both ranked in the 100th percentile in MLB in 2025, according to Baseball Savant. <\/p>\n
On the flip side, though, his hard hit rate ranks in the 1st percentile.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s spent the most of the last two seasons with the Padres, and he\u2019ll now travel north to the Bay Area as the Giants look to make a run in the NL West. <\/p>\n
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Luis Arraez throws to first base during the ninth inning of the Padres\u2019 win over the White Sox at Rate Field on Sept. 21, 2025 in Chicago. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Arraez has the ability to play both corner infield positions and second base, though he spent most of the time \u2014 117 games \u2014 at first base in 2025.<\/p>\n
The Arraez pickup comes on the heels of outfielder Harrison Bader signing a two-year, $20.5 million contract<\/a> with the Giants.<\/p>\n