PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks and first baseman Carlos Santana are in agreement on a $2 million, one-year contract, a person with knowledge of the deal said on Tuesday, giving the team a veteran slugger who can help the middle of the order.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal is pending a physical.
Santana, who turns 40 in April, has 335 homers over 16 big league seasons with eight teams, including 11 with Cleveland. He was an All-Star in 2019 and won a Gold Glove in 2024.
The switch-hitter figures to help the D-backs at both first base and designated hitter. He hit .219 with 11 homers and 54 RBIs last season, spending most of the year with the Guardians before a late-season cameo with the Chicago Cubs.
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FILE - Chicago Cubs first baseman Carlos Santana throws out Cincinnati Reds' Noelvi Marte at first base during the third inning of a baseball game, Sept. 19, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean, File)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A 13-year-old boy swam for four hours in cold and choppy waters to save his mother and two younger siblings who had been swept out to sea off the coast of Western Australia.
The family, from the state capital Perth, were using kayaks and paddle boards on Friday morning when rough ocean and wind conditions started dragging them out. Teenager Austin Appelbee swam about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) to shore to raise the alarm, police said.
“The waves are massive and I have no life jacket on. … I just kept thinking ‘just keep swimming, just keep swimming,’” Austin said Tuesday. “And then I finally I made it to shore and I hit the bottom of the beach and I just collapsed.”
Austin said he initially set off in an inflatable kayak and wearing a life jacket, but the ocean was rough and the vessel was taking in too much water so he abandoned it. He then discarded the life jacket because it impeded his swimming. He said he tried to focus on positive thoughts.
The family had set off on their seaside adventure before noon, Austin raised the alarm at 6 p.m. and a helicopter spotted his mother Joanne Appelbee, 47, his 12-year-old brother Beau and his 8-year-old sister Grace around 8:30 p.m.
The family had drifted about 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Quindalup in Western Australia state and spent about 10 hours in the water.
“The actions of the 13-year-old boy cannot be praised highly enough — his determination and courage ultimately saved the lives of his mother and siblings,” Police Inspector James Bradley said.
Joanne Appelbee told reporters that she sent her oldest child for help because she could not leave all her children stranded in the ocean.
“One of the hardest decisions I ever had to make was to say to Austin: ‘Try and get to shore and get some help. This could get really serious really quickly,‘” she told Australian Broadcasting Corp.
She said she started out feeling confident he would reach the shore but was filled with doubt when the sun started to set and help had still not arrived.
“We kept positive, we were singing and we were joking and … we were treating it as a bit of a game until the sun started to go down and that’s when it was getting very choppy. Very big waves,” Joanne Appelbee said.
By the time they were rescued, all three of them were shivering and Beau had lost sensation in his legs because of the cold, the mom said.
“I have three babies. All three made it. That was all that mattered,” she said.
Austin Appelbee, right, poses with his brother, Beau, left, his mother, Joanne, second left, and sister Grace, in Gidgegannup, Australia, Tuesday Feb. 3, 2026, after 13-year-old Austin made an hourslong swim to raise an alarm after his family was swept out to sea off the Australian coast. (Briana Shepherd/ABC via AP)
This image taken from video shows Austin Appelbee, right, posing with his family in Gidgegannup, Australia, Tuesday Feb. 3, 2026. (ABC via AP)
Austin Appelbee poses for a photo in Gidgegannup, Australia, Tuesday Feb. 3, 2026, after the 13-year-old made an hourslong swim to raise an alarm after his family was swept out to sea off the Australian coast. (Briana Shepherd/ABC via AP)
This image taken from video shows Austin Appelbee, right, posing with his family in Quindalup, Western Australia, Tuesday Feb. 3, 2026. (AuBC via AP)
This image taken from video shows Austin Appelbee being interviewed in Quindalup, Western Australia, Tuesday Feb. 3, 2026. (ABC via AP)
