Padres To Sign Allen Craig
The Padres have inked a minors pact with veteran first baseman Allen Craig, ac
cording to Chris Cotillo of SB Nation (via Twitter). The contract includes an
invitation to MLB Spring Training, Dennis Lin of the San Diego Union-Tribune t
weets.
Craig, 33, will be looking to get his career back on track after a disastrous
tenure with the Red Sox. That three-and-a-half-year run mercifully ended when
Craig was released over the summer. He had not joined another organization in
the interim.
At the start of the 2014 season, Craig was a star with the Cardinals, carrying
a .850 OPS through three full MLB campaigns. Since that time, he has appeared
in just 162 games, struggling both before and after the mid-2014 trade that s
ent him to Boston and posting a cumulative .573 OPS.
Craig has not seen the majors since 2015. He has also been limited at times by
injury. But his struggles have generally continued in the upper minors. Last
year, at Triple-A, he managed only a .253/.352/.316 slash through 182 plate ap
pearances before he was cut loose.
Certainly, expectations will not be high in San Diego, but perhaps a new envir
onment will give Craig some chance at finding his form. His contract is no lon
ger a factor; the Sox are paying him a $1MM buyout on the 2018 option that was
included in the deal that he originally signed with the Cards.
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