{"id":556134,"date":"2026-02-05T15:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/556134\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:06:59","slug":"cincinnati-reds-bring-back-home-run-hitter-eugenio-suarez-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/556134\/","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Reds bring back home run hitter Eugenio Suarez | Reactions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eugenio Suarez, who has hit 325 home runs over 12 MLB seasons, is back<\/a> with the Cincinnati Reds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Suarez, who hit 189 home runs over seven seasons with the Reds\u00a0from 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.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>, in addition to 13 homers for Seattle after the Mariners traded for him<\/a> at the deadline for three players.<\/p>\n

Social media reactions to the Reds bringing back Suarez:<\/p>\n

\"Eugenio<\/p>\n

Eugenio Suarez spent most of the 2025 MLB season with the Arizona Diamondbacks<\/p>\n

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