The Orioles extended Santander a $21.05 million qualifying offer Monday, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.
Rill relays that while Santander is unlikely to accept the offer, it allows the Orioles to receive draft compensation if the 30-year-old outfielder signs with another team. Santander appeared in 155 regular-season games for the Orioles in 2024 and finished with a slash line of .235/.308/.506 with 44 home runs and 102 RBI over 665 plate appearances.
Santander is absent from Sunday's lineup against Minnesota.
Santander will rest for the regular-season finale after going 2-for-9 with one RBI over his last two outings. Unless he pinch hits Sunday, he'll end the 2024 regular season with a .235/.308/.506 slash line, 44 home runs and 102 RBI over 665 plate appearances. The Orioles will start Colton Cowser, Cedric Mullins and Ryan O'Hearn in the outfield.
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Orioles' Anthony Santander: Slugs homer in Tuesday's win
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Santander went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, a walk and an additional run scored in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Yankees.
Santander had one of three homers in the game that helped lift the Orioles to a playoff-clinching win. The outfielder has gone just 9-for-47 (.191) over his last 13 games, but five of those hits have been homers, and he's added nine walks in that span. For the season, he's up to a .235/.309/.512 slash line with 44 homers, 100 RBI, 90 runs scored and two stolen bases across 151 contests.
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Orioles' Anthony Santander: Homers again Friday
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Santander went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in Friday's 7-1 win over the Tigers.
Santander hit the first of the Orioles' five homers in the contest, giving them a lead they'd never relinquish. He's hit four long balls over his last 10 games despite batting just .222 (8-for-36) in that span. He's enjoying a career year in the power department with 43 homers and a .515 slugging percentage over 148 games, and he's just one RBI shy of reaching 100 for the first time in his career.
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Orioles' Anthony Santander: Walks off San Fran
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Santander went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer, two walks and a second run scored in Thursday's 5-3 win over the Giants.
After the Orioles lost a one-run lead in the top of the ninth, Santander delivered a much-needed blast in the bottom half with a two-out, two-run homer off Ryan Walker to give Baltimore the win. Like much of the O's offense, Santander had been struggling of late, going just 2-for-20 in his previous five games. Still, the 29-year-old switch-hitter is slashing a strong .238/.310/.511 across 630 plate appearances this year with career highs in both home runs (42) and RBI (97).
Santander went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Wednesday's extra-inning loss to the Red Sox.
Santander's solo shot in the eighth inning tied the game, though the Orioles went on to lose on a Tyler O'Neill walk-off homer in the 10th. Santander's long ball was his 41st of the campaign, third in the majors behind Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani. Santander also has 95 RBI on the campaign, tying the career-best mark he established last season.
Santander went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, an RBI single and an RBI walk during Monday's 12-3 loss to the Red Sox.
Santander drove in all three of the Orioles' runs Monday and clobbered a solo homer in the seventh inning off Josh Winckowski. The outfielder became the third player to reach the 40-homer milestone this season, joining Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani. Santander is slashing .241/.310/.516 across 596 plate appearances in 2024.
Santander went 2-for-4 with a double and a two-run homer in Saturday's loss to the Rockies.
Santander crushed a two-out, two-run homer off Ryan Feltner in the top of the fourth to bring Baltimore back within one run of the Rockies and later added a double in the eighth, though he would be left stranded as the Orioles went on to suffer their third loss in their last four games. Santander has now hit safely in four straight contests, recording multiple knocks twice over that stretch. He hit just .198 in August, even following Saturday night's performance, though he still contributed eight homers, 15 RBI and 16 runs on the month. He sits at third in the majors in home runs with 39.
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Orioles' Anthony Santander: Crushes game-winning grand slam
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Santander went 2-for-4 with a grand slam and an additional run scored in Friday's 7-5 win over the Astros.
With the Orioles trailing 5-2 in the eighth inning, Santander came up with the bases loaded and cleared them with a 403-foot blast off Bryan Abreu. The 29-year-old outfielder has gone just 7-for-39 across his past 10 games but has still powered up with three homers in that span. On the season, he ranks third in the majors with 39 long balls to go along with a .238 batting average, 86 RBI and 77 runs scored across 531 plate appearances.
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Orioles' Anthony Santander: Homers in Tuesday's win
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Santander went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's 9-5 win over the Mets.
Santander made an early impact, putting the Orioles ahead 2-0 with his first-inning blast. The outfielder has gone just 7-for-44 (.159) over his last 11 games, but five of those hits have gone for extra bases. He's up to 37 homers on the year while adding 82 RBI, 75 runs scored, two stolen bases and a .239/.306/.528 slash line over 121 contests.
