Miguel Andujar and the San Diego Padres agreed Wednesday to a $4 million, one-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was subject to a successful physical.
Andujar can earn more than $2 million in performance bonuses. The outfielder had a $3 million salary last year.
Andujar, who turns 30 on March 2, hit .318 with 10 homers and 44 RBIs last year for the Athletics and Cincinnati, which acquired him on July 31 for minor league right-hander Kenya Huggins.
A nine-year major league veteran, Andujar has a .282 batting average with 53 homers and 223 RBIs for the New York Yankees (2017-22), Pittsburgh (2022-23), the Athletics (2024-25) and Reds.
Andujar, who also plays third base, hit .297 with 27 homers and 92 RBIs in 2018, finishing second to Shohei Ohtani in AL Rookie of the Year voting.
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FILE - Cincinnati Reds' Miguel Andujar celebrates as he rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Sept. 19, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean, File)
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Brendan Gallagher and Josh Anderson each had a goal and two assists, Samuel Montembeault stopped 36 shots to earn his first win since Jan. 17 and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-1 on Wednesday night.
Rookie Oliver Kapanen, Lane Hutson and Phillip Danault, also scored for the Canadiens, who are 4-0-1 during a five-game points streak and 6-2-1 in their last nine.
Montembeault, who made his first start since Jan. 24, had given up three or more goals in five of his six previous starts.
Kyle Connor scored for the Jets and Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves.
Winnipeg took an early 1-0 lead when Connor scored his 25th goal on a one-timer during a power play at 6:07 of the first period.
Kapanen, who’s heading to the Olympics for Finland, got his 18th goal 10 minutes later when a rebound went off Jet Cole Perfetti’s stick right to him and he then flipped the puck past a sprawled Hellebuyck.
Montreal went ahead 3-1 at 6:44 of the second after goals 76 seconds apart by Anderson and Hutson.
The Jets missed a chance to pull closer then they hit a post and Montembeault later snagged a close-in shot by Dylan DeMelo. They were also stymied on four shots on goal during a power play early in the third.
Gallagher’s goal came with 3 seconds left on a power play at 10:57 of the third. Danault put the puck into an empty net with 14 seconds remaining to cap the scoring.
Canadiens: Host the New York Islanders on Feb. 26.
Jets: At Vancouver on Feb. 25.
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Winnipeg Jets' Kyle Connor scores on Montreal Canadiens goaltender Samuel Montembeault (35) as Cole Perfetti (91) looks on during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
Montreal Canadiens' Lane Hutson (48) scores on Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) during the second period of an NHL game in Winnipeg, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
Montreal Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher (11) and Kirby Dach (77) celebrate Gallagher's goal against the Winnipeg Jets during the third period of an NHL hockey game, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Samuel Montembeault saves the Winnipeg Jets shot during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
Montreal Canadiens' Oliver Kapanen, second right, celebrates his goal against the Winnipeg Jets with Ivan Demidov, left to right, Lane Hutson and Juraj Slafkovsky during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)
