{"id":497340,"date":"2023-01-11T23:09:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T23:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=497340"},"modified":"2023-01-21T23:24:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T23:24:10","slug":"san-diego-padres-land-another-slugger-sign-7-time-all-star-nelson-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/san-diego-padres-land-another-slugger-sign-7-time-all-star-nelson-cruz","title":{"rendered":"San Diego Padres land another slugger, sign 7-time All-Star Nelson Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Diego Padres have been extremely active on the MLB free-agent market mere months after a trip to the National League Championship Series. Continuing with their free-spending ways, multiple reports indicate that the Padres have landed 42-year-old slugger Nelson Cruz. ESPN&#8217;s Jeff Passan notes that the deal is for one year and valued at $11 million. For San Diego, this comes after the team inked start shortstop Xander Bogaerts to a record 11-year, $280 million contract back in December. The team has also picked up veterans Matt Carpenter and Seth Lugo as it looks to compete for a World Series title in 2023. The signing of Cruz pretty much rounds out San Diego&#8217;s lineup. He should at the very least be a part-time designated hitter in Southern California. Since making his debut with the Milwaukee Brewers all the way back in 2005, Cruz has proven to be among the most consistent power hitters in the game. He&#8217;s hit north<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The San Diego Padres have been extremely active on the MLB free-agent market mere months after a trip to the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-497340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}