For subscribers: Ex-San Diego Padre Adrián González selling La Jolla mansion for $16.5M

Former Padres first baseman Adrián González is promoting his La Jolla mansion for $16.48 million.

González, 40, has owned the house since his closing 12 months enjoying for the San Diego Padres. The property on Muirlands Vista Approach is giant by California coastal requirements with seven bedrooms and 11 loos.

The All-Star first baseman bought the mansion, with ocean views, for $7.2 million in 2010 — the identical 12 months it was constructed. Itemizing brokers Maxine and Marti Gellens of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties say the house is “Hamptons-style” with the 9,726-square-foot dwelling on a half-acre lot surrounded by grass, hedges and a non-public gate.

Options embody a pool and sizzling tub, formal eating room, visitor suite, giant kitchen with ocean views, a theater room, wine cellar and a cigar room. It additionally has a five-car storage and has an elevator for getting across the three-story dwelling.

González was the primary general choose in Main League Baseball’s 2000 draft. After stints with the Florida Marlins and Texas Rangers, he spent 5 seasons with the Padres. He was later traded to the Boston Crimson Sox. He additionally spent 5 1/2 seasons enjoying with the Los Angeles Dodgers and completed his MLB profession with 54 video games for the New York Mets. He performed for Mexico within the World Baseball Basic, Caribbean World Collection and Olympics.

González tried to set the document straight earlier this 12 months about his exit from the Padres, partly, motivated by boos he was getting at Petco Park as a visiting participant. He stated he tried to return to the Padres in 2018 and 2019 at a “hometown low cost” however the Padres declined. González has stayed energetic within the space, proudly owning a number of Jersey Mike places all through San Diego County. González is from the realm, born right here and raised in Tijuana and South Bay.

González hasn’t all the time lived within the dwelling, particularly contemplating he left to play for Boston shortly after shopping for. In 2014, he was making an attempt to hire it out for $20,000 a month.

Whereas the house has panoramic ocean views, it’s not an oceanfront dwelling. There are solely roughly 30 oceanfront properties in La Jolla and so they go for a premium. The largest dwelling sale in La Jolla historical past was $24.7 million in late 2020 for an oceanfront dwelling on El Paseo Grande.