{"id":549727,"date":"2026-02-02T00:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T00:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/549727\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T00:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T00:47:13","slug":"pirates-free-agent-fit-eugenio-suarez-lands-in-nl-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/549727\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Free Agent Fit Eugenio Su\u00e1rez Lands in NL Central"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Suarez-1120x630.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Eugenio Suarez, MLB offseason, Pittsburgh Pirates\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Seattle Mariners&#8217; Eugenio Su\u00e1rez reacts after hitting a home run in a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo\/Lindsey Wasson)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Two-time All-Star Eugenio Su\u00e1rez will be playing in the National League Central next season but it won\u2019t be for the Pittsburgh Pirates.<\/p>\n<p>Su\u00e1rez and the Cincinnati Reds have reached agreement on a one-year $15 million deal for 2026, according to ESPN\u2019s Jeff Passan. The deal also includes a mutual option for 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Su\u00e1rez had been linked to the Pittsburgh Pirates at various points this offseason as a potential fit at third base and a powerful lineup addition. Su\u00e1rez totaled 159 games between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Seattle Mariners last season and slashed .228\/.298\/.526 with 49 home runs and 118 RBI and was named an All-Star.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the 34-year-old\u2019s second stint in Cincinnati. Su\u00e1rez totaled 916 games for the Reds across seven seasons from 2015-21. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/suareeu01.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">12 seasons<\/a> combined between four teams, Su\u00e1rez carries a .246\/.328\/.464 batting line with 325 home runs and 949 RBI.<\/p>\n<p>The Pirates are still seeking another addition to their position player mix before Opening Day. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned in this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/eugenio-suarez\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eugenio Suarez<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-pirates\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">More about:<a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/pittsburgh-pirates\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pirates<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seattle Mariners&#8217; Eugenio Su\u00e1rez reacts after hitting a home run in a baseball game against the Texas Rangers,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2402],"tags":[5,92,4,10,776,64,4297],"class_list":{"0":"post-549727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-pirates","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-eugenio-suarez","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-pirates","12":"tag-pittsburgh","13":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","14":"tag-pittsburghpirates"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115998285582044435","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}