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Anthony Santander was a monster for the Orioles in 2024.<\/p>\n
He had an all time great walk year, hitting 44 homers, driving in 102 runs, and scoring 91 himself, setting himself up for a massive payday in free agency this winter.<\/p>\n
There’s a lot to like about the 30 year old switch hitter. He’s been able to showcase his power for three straight years, and has strong plate discipline to match.<\/p>\n
Over the past three seasons, where he’s really come into his own, Santander has posted a .244\/.317\/.478 slash line with 105 home runs. While Santander isn’t a particularly good defensive outfielder, he’s good enough at the plate to mitigate the downside.<\/p>\n
All those factors add up to the fact that Santander is likely about to rake in a major contract this winter.<\/p>\n
He’s going to be a fit for a number of rosters, but Jim Bowden of The Athletic threw a surprising landing spot out for Santander in his latest predictions piece.<\/p>\n
Bowden suggested that Santander could wind up in Toronto, which would be an interesting fit given the Jays’ collapse this past year.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, the Jays need all the help they can get, and Santander could give their offense a much needed boost.<\/p>\n
Anthony Santander primed for a massive free agent contract for 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n While the Jays might need a center fielder more than someone to play in the corners, Santander would fit well alongside George Springer and Daulton Varsho in the Toronto outfield.<\/p>\n He’d certainly be able to take advantage of Toronto’s hitter-friendly park dimensions as well, instead of suffering from Baltimore’s cavernous new left field wall.<\/p>\n In fact, Bowden used Springer as a potential comp for Santander’s free agency case.<\/p>\n Springer got 6 years and $150 million from the Blue Jays back in 2021. Bowden also used Brandon Nimmo’s 8 year, $162 million as a potential comparison. Both Springer and Nimmo got their contracts in their early 30’s, same as Santander is now.<\/p>\n Bowden thinks Santander will get 7 years and $151 million, good for just over $21 million per year. That would be a significant increase over his $11.7 million arbitration salary from 2024.<\/p>\n t seems highly unlikely that the Orioles are going to bring him back if that’s the price, so they’ll have to search elsewhere to find a way to replace Santander’s production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Anthony Santander was a monster for the Orioles in 2024. He had an all time great walk year, hitting 44 homers, driving in 102 runs, and scoring… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n