The Philadelphia Phillies‘ lefty-heavy lineup is in want of a right-handed energy bat. They could have met their match.
On Tuesday, the Cleveland Guardians positioned 39-year-old switch-hitter Carlos Santana on outright waivers, per Ken Rosenthal and Zack Meisel of The Athletic. The veteran first baseman has produced a .225/.316/.333 batting line with 11 dwelling runs and 52 RBI throughout 116 video games in 2025.
Santana signed a one-year, $12 million cope with Cleveland following a resurgent 2024 marketing campaign with the Minnesota Twins, through which he hit 23 dwelling runs with 71 RBI and a .749 OPS, and earned a Gold Glove Award.
A member of the Guardians’ 2016 American League pennant-winning squad, Santana spent elements of 11 seasons in Cleveland. Since 2021, nonetheless, he is landed with six completely different groups, together with the Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners and Kansas Metropolis Royals, launching 95 dwelling runs in 701 video games.
At this level in his profession, Santana is now not an on a regular basis choice, however he may fulfill the Phillies’ want for energy from the fitting aspect of the plate. The staff acquired right-handed outfielder Harrison Bader from the Twins on the deadline as a platoon choice, however he would not provide the kind of energy that Santana does. The identical goes for righty Weston Wilson, who has simply two dwelling runs this season.
Plus, Santana is accustomed to hitting in Residents Financial institution Park, because the one-time All-Star spent the 2018 season in Philadelphia, hitting 24 dwelling runs in 679 plate appearances.
