Sources: Reds, Eugenio Suarez reach one-year, $15M deal

Slugger Eugenio Suarez and the Cincinnati Reds have agreed to a one-year, $15 million contract that includes a mutual option for the 2027 season, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Sunday.

Suarez, 34, is expected to get most of his at-bats at designated hitter for the Reds.

is coming off a season in which he blasted 49 home runs, ranking fifth in the majors, in a season split between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Seattle Mariners. He did most of his damage with Arizona, hitting 36 home runs in 106 games, which earned him his second All-Star Game selection and then made him one of the most in-demand players at the trade deadline.

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He struggled after going to Seattle, however, hitting .189 in 53 games, dragging his final numbers down to .228/.298/.526, although he finished a career-high 118 RBIs. His go-ahead grand slam against the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 5 of the AL Championship Series put the Mariners one win away from their first World Series appearance before they lost the final two games.

An all-or-nothing slugger, Suarez just missed 50 home runs for the second time, also hitting 49 for the Reds in 2019. He has led his league three times in strikeouts and fanned 196 times in 2025, fourth most in the majors.

Suarez ranks sixth in the majors with 227 home runs since 2019, has topped 30 in four of five seasons since 2021 and has hit 325 in his career.

A durable player who has missed just seven games the past three seasons, Suarez is regarded as a popular teammate and a below-average defender at third base. Originally signed by the Detroit Tigers out of Venezuela in 2008, he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds and then the Mariners, where he played for two seasons in his first stint with the team before getting traded to Arizona.

David Schoenfield contributed to this report.