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 residence 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 residence 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 components 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 residence runs in 701 video games.
At this level in his profession, Santana is not an on a regular basis choice, however he might fulfill the Phillies’ want for energy from the proper facet of the plate. The crew acquired right-handed outfielder Harrison Bader from the Twins on the deadline as a platoon choice, however he does not provide the kind of energy that Santana does. The identical goes for righty Weston Wilson, who has simply two residence runs this season.
Plus, Santana is aware of hitting in Residents Financial institution Park, because the one-time All-Star spent the 2018 season in Philadelphia, hitting 24 residence runs in 679 plate appearances.
