DONOVAN SOLANO

• Position(s): Third base, second base, first base
• Age: 36
• Bats/Pitches: Right / Right
• Size/Weight: 5 feet 8 inches / 210 pounds
• How acquired: Signed a minor league contract in April 2024
• Salary 2024: A prorated amount of $1 million, following his promotion to the majors on May 5
• Key statistics for 2024: .286 avg., .343 OBP, .417 SLG, 8 HR, 35 RBI, 31 runs, 2 steals, 22 walks, 65 strikeouts (96 games, 309 plate appearances)

STAT TO NOTE

• 134 — Solano’s weighted runs created a plus against a left-handed pitcher, second on the team behind only J.Urickson Profar (147) and in front of personalities like Manny Machado (123), Ha Seong Kim (110) and Fernando Tatis Jr. (105).

TENDENCY

• Top – Silver Slugger winner during the COVID-shortened 2020 season, Solano hit .308/.354/.435 over three seasons with the Giants before playing one season in Cincinnati (.724 OPS) and the 2023 season in Minnesota (.760). OPS). That hasn’t made finding an employer in 2024 any easier as Solano agreed to a minor league deal with the Padres in mid-April. That of Xander Bogaerts a fractured shoulder then pushed Solano out of Triple-A El Paso after 12 games (.847 OPS) and instead of serving as a bench bat against left-handed pitchers, Solano found himself regularly in the lineup. In fact, Solano was hitting .291/.348/.400 when Bogarts’ return in mid-July pushed Solano back to a bench role — until Kim’s shoulder injury in August reinserted him into its regular service. Solano was even more productive off the bench, hitting .343/.465/.514 in 29 games he didn’t start, including .429/.539/.714 in 26 plate appearances as a pinch-hitter pinching. However, Solano was 1 for 14 in five playoff games (three starts).