By Yendry Fabré
The MLB off-season continues and new hires arrive every day that do not cease to attract our attention. Several contending teams seek to strengthen their team for the upcoming campaign, while other teams seek the signing of veteran players to add experience to their teams and thus have a leader on the bench to guide the youngest.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates have been in the rebuilding process for several years and have been a basement team in the National League Central. The Pennsylvania franchise currently has several high-level players such as Bryan Reynolds, Ke’brian Hayes and the Dominican Neil Cruz. These figures should be the basis of a reconstruction that apparently will begin to bear fruit in 2023. The buccaneers added to their ranks for 2023 the Dominican first baseman, All-Star in 2019, Carlos Santana with a one-year contract and 6.7 million dollars. Undoubtedly, he is a player who will contribute a lot to the pirate cause.
This news reaches us via Twitter through ESPN journalist Jeff Pasan.
Santana, a 36-year veteran of 13 seasons in the Majors, had a 2022 split between the Kansas City Royals and Seattle Mariners, the latter team he helped reach the postseason for the first time in 21 years. Santana could alternate first base and designated hitter due to his age. The man born in Santo Domingo hit 19 home runs and drove in 60 runs in 2022 and without a doubt his contribution will be important for the team led by Derek Shelton.
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Apparently the buccaneers will continue moving in free agency in search of figures that allow them to improve the 62 victories of the previous season and thus return to stellar planes within the Major Leagues. The Pittsburgh franchise will seek to be included in the postseason for the first time since 2015, when they lost in the National League Wild Card game and to return to the postseason they are looking for interesting signings that will strengthen the team for the 2023 Major League season.
