{"id":480390,"date":"2025-08-28T17:23:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/carlos-santana-becomes-a-free-agent-after-being-released-by-the-guardians\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T17:23:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:23:05","slug":"carlos-santana-becomes-a-free-agent-after-being-released-by-the-guardians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/carlos-santana-becomes-a-free-agent-after-being-released-by-the-guardians\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Santana becomes a free agent after being released by the Guardians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n<strong>CLEVELAND.<\/strong> \u2013 Veteran Dominican first baseman <strong>Carlos Santana<\/strong> became a free agent this Thursday after the <strong>Cleveland Guardians<\/strong> officially announced his release, ending the third chapter of his career with the franchise\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/rafaela-decide-con-hr-en-el-9no-tras-otra-solida-apertura-de-brayan-bello\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rafaela decides with HR in the 9th after another solid start by Brayan Bello<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe decision came two days after the club placed him on unconditional waivers. Now, the 38-year-old player will have the opportunity to sign with any other team before September 1, which would allow him to be eligible for the postseason.\n\nSantana had returned to Cleveland in December 2024 with a contract of <strong>one year and 12 million dollars<\/strong>, seeking to reinforce the offense after the departure of Josh Naylor. However, in recent weeks he lost prominence on the field, while the organization bet on the young Kyle Manzardo and C.J. Kayfus at first base.\n\nIn the current season, the Dominican player played 116 games, recording a batting average of <strong>.225<\/strong>, with <strong>11 home runs and 52 RBIs<\/strong>, in addition to standing out defensively with <strong>7 Outs Above Average<\/strong> at first base, which placed him tied for second place in all of Major League Baseball.\n\nSantana debuted in the Majors with Cleveland in 2010 and, over 15 seasons in the MLB, has spent <strong>11 campaigns with the franchise<\/strong>, becoming a historical reference. He contributed to four postseason qualifications (2013, 2016, 2017, and 2018), including the <strong>2016 World Series<\/strong>.\n\nThe switch-hitting slugger holds a privileged place in Guardians history: <strong>fifth in home runs (227)<\/strong>, <strong>eighth in extra-base hits (524)<\/strong>, and <strong>eleventh in doubles (283)<\/strong>. At Progressive Field, his 113 home runs put him fourth on the list, behind only Jim Thome, Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez, and Manny Ram\u00edrez.\n\nCleveland first acquired him in 2008 from the Dodgers, and his bond with the organization has marked several stages of his career, solidifying him as one of the most beloved and respected figures by the fans.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLEVELAND. \u2013 Veteran Dominican first baseman Carlos Santana became a free agent this Thursday after the Cleveland Guardians officially announced his release, ending the third chapter of his career with the franchise You may be interested in:Rafaela decides with HR in the 9th after another solid start by Brayan Bello The decision came two days [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":480391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,39774,13766],"class_list":["post-480390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-mlb"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-20Ye","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/hlgiiyjky9bnjnuvlklg.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/hlgiiyjky9bnjnuvlklg.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}