Former World Series Champion, Cut By Dodgers in 2024, Returns to NL West
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J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All-Time, published in 2015. In 2016, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for breaking news coverage. He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.
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The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with veteran outfielder Jason Heyward on Friday, bringing him back to the National League West for the first time since he was shockingly released by the Los Angeles Dodgers last season.
Heyward, 35, played 87 games last season for the Dodgers and Houston Astros, slashing .211/.288/.412 with 10 home runs and 37 RBIs.
The veteran won a World Series with the Chicago Cubs in 2016 and has also played for the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals over 15 major league seasons.
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