INF/OF Wil Myers signs 1-year contract with Cincinnati Reds
CINCINNATI (AP) — Wil Myers signed a one-year contract with the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday, becoming a member of his third massive league membership after spending the earlier eight seasons with San Diego.
The Reds introduced the deal. It features a mutual possibility for the 2024 season.
The 32-year-old Myers has began main league video games at first base, third base and every of the outfield spots. He is a .254 hitter with 153 homers and 521 RBIs in 1,063 video games.
Cincinnati went 62-100 final season. It was its first season with at the very least 100 losses because it went 61-101 in 1982.
Myers could possibly be used within the outfield with the Reds. He additionally might see a while at first whereas Joey Votto works his means again from rotator cuff surgical procedure.
Myers hit .261 with seven homers and 41 RBIs in 77 video games in his closing season with the Padres. He was 3 for 29 in 10 playoff appearances.
Myers’ $20 million possibility was declined by San Diego final month, and he acquired a $1 million buyout that accomplished an $83 million, six-year contract.
Myers was chosen by Kansas City within the third spherical of the 2009 novice draft. He was traded to Tampa Bay in a multiplayer deal in December 2012.
The North Carolina native was the AL Rookie of the Year in 2013, hitting .293 with 13 homers and 53 RBIs for the Rays.
Myers was shipped off to San Diego in a three-team commerce in December 2014. He hit 28 homers and completed with a career-best 94 RBIs and 28 steals in 2016, incomes his solely All-Star choice.
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