Arizona Diamondbacks sign long-time veteran Carlos Santana to one-year deal

[p]*This article will be updated with financial details when they're released. [/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/santana-carlos/dUZeDIsq/"]Santana[/a], 39, will be entering his 17th season in the majors. He spent the majority of last season with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cleveland-guardians/4K05MrFG/"]Cleveland Guardians[/a] before they released him at the end of August. After clearing waivers, the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chicago-cubs/j7ZnBQFi/"]Chicago Cubs[/a] signed him, where he only played in eight games. [/p][p]The vet finished the 2025 season with 11 home runs, 54 RBI, and seven stolen bases with a .219/.308/.325 slash line through 124 games. [/p][embed guid="1b42c3fa-2d53-473d-8a7d-eaa026de90ca" url="https://x.com/MLB/status/2018811114579231222?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]After making his big-league debut in 2010, Santana would go on to spend the first 10 of his 11 years with the Guardians (2010-2020) - having a brief one-year stint with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/philadelphia-phillies/QTNHA4p4/"]Philadelphia Phillies[/a] (2018) - finally returning to Cleveland this past season. [/p][p]He's second all-time in the franchise's history in walks (933), fifth in home runs (227), and 11th in both RBI (762) and doubles (283). [/p][p]Santana spent six years with six different teams that included the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/minnesota-twins/OjWW1naM/"]Minnesota Twins[/a] (2024), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pittsburgh-pirates/tr9K2SqG/"]Pittsburgh Pirates[/a] (2023), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/milwaukee-brewers/CGzqC60o/"]Milwaukee Brewers[/a] (2023), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/seattle-mariners/txYPhSac/"]Seattle Mariners[/a] (2022), and the Phillies (2018), also spending one-and-a-half years with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kansas-city-royals/IL2QbgJ4/"]Kansas City Royals[/a] (2021-2022). [/p][p]Santana is the definition of durability - he has not finished a single season playing less than 120 of the league's 162 games (COVID-19 season in 2020 excluded). [/p]