Jose Iglesias has officially signed with the San Diego Padres, concluding his aspirations of reuniting with the New York Mets, where he previously played a key role in their mid-season turnaround last year. Despite impressive stats (.337 batting average, .830 OPS) during his time with the Mets, the team chose to pursue other options, notably signing Nick Madrigal instead. With Madrigal sidelined by injury, there is now a competition between Brett Baty and Luisangel Acuna for the final roster spots, leaving Iglesias disappointed over his departure from the team.
"It hurts because we started something that definitely isn't finished yet, Iglesias told Jon Heyman of the New York Post. It took a lot for us to get where we got."
"Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns showed virtually no interest in re-signing Iglesias this winter, opting to ink another veteran in Nick Madrigal to assume the utility-infielder role."
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