(San Diego) Outfielder Juan Soto signed a one-year, $23 million contract with the San Diego Padres on Friday.
For Soto, this is a substantial increase from the £17.1m salary he received last season.
The Padres also signed left-handed reliever Josh Hader to a one-year, $14.1 million contract, the highest salary awarded to an arbitration-eligible reliever.
Soto, 24, posted a . 242 GAA with 27 home runs, 62 RBIs and 135 walks, a major league high last season.
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With the Padres, he batted . 236 with six home runs and 16 RBIs in 52 games.
Soto started the 2022 season with the Washington Nationals before being traded to the Padres on August 2.
The Padres made the playoffs and defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in the sectional playoffs. They then lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League Championship Series.
A two-time All-Star, Soto won the 2022 All-Star Game home run contest. In 2020, he won the National League Batting Championship.
Soto will be eligible for salary arbitration at the end of next season and will be able to claim free agency after the 2024 World Series.
Hader, 28, was acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers in 1er August and went 1–1 with a 7.31 ERA and seven saves with the Padres. He finished the campaign with a 1-1 record, a 4.24 ERA and 29 saves, while his salary was 11 million.
A four-time All-Star with the Brewers, Hader recorded 132 saves in six Major League seasons. He will also be eligible for salary arbitration at the end of the next campaign.
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