Reports: Padres on verge of signing veteran Connor Joe.
The San Diego Padres are closing in on a deal with free agent outfielder/first baseman Connor Joe, according to multiple reports Friday.
Joe, 32, could help fill the club’s hole in left field. Jurickson Profar, a 2024 All-Star, recently left San Diego as a free agent and signed with the Atlanta Braves.
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Joe is a San Diego native who played at Poway High and the University of San Diego before starting his professional career. He was a teammate of future National League MVP Kris Bryant for two seasons (2012-13) at USD.
Joe was a first-round pick (39th overall) in the 2014 draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates and first reached the majors with the San Francisco Giants early in the 2019 season.
Joe didn’t play in 2020 after being diagnosed with testicular cancer and undergoing surgery.
He spent the next two seasons with the Colorado Rockies before being traded to the Pirates.
He played the past two years with Pittsburgh and hit .228 with nine homers and 36 RBIs in 123 games last season.
Overall, Joe has a .242 career average with 35 homers and 141 RBIs in 438 career games.
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Hall of Fame 3B Wade Boggs, 66, says he’s cancer free
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Feb 7, 2025, 06:56 PM ET
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Wade Boggs is cancer free.
The Hall of Fame third baseman made the announcement on social media Friday, five months after he revealed that he had prostate cancer.
“An extremely emotional day I can’t thank my doctor’s Dr. Engleman and Dr. Heidenberg enough also to everyone for your thoughts and prayers Debbie and I are pleased to announce I am cancer free,” Boggs wrote.
An extremely emotional day I can’t thank my doctor’s Dr. Engleman and Dr. Heidenberg enough also to everyone for your thoughts and prayers Debbie and I are pleased to announce I am cancer free
— Wade Boggs (@ChickenMan3010) February 7, 2025
The 66-year-old Boggs played 18 MLB seasons between the Boston Red Sox (1982 to 1992), New York Yankees (1993 to 1997) and Rays (1998-99).
A five-time batting champion and a 12-time All-Star, he was elected to the Hall of Fame on the first ballot in 2005.
The Hall of Fame congratulated Boggs after Friday’s announcement, writing on social media: “The best news for @ChickenMan3010.”
