Carlos Santana MIN 1B S

Born: 04/08/1986 Age: 38

Signed By

Leather & Lumber for $16

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Free Agent (MIN) Dec'24

Sun 12/22	Mon 12/23	Tue 12/24
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Positions
1B

All Leagues
Average $3.39 Median $3.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $3.43 Median $3.00

All Leagues
Average $1.30 Median $1.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $1.30 Median $1.00

Roster%
27.33%
Change
7Day 0%
30Day 2.79%

2024 OPL Round 8
OPL Roster%
0.00%
OPL Average Salary
$0.00

December 21, 2024 7:01 PM : The Guardians signed Santana to a one-year, $12 million contract Saturday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.
Analysis: Santana's signing came shortly after Cleveland traded Josh Naylor to Arizona for pitcher Slade Cecconi, so Santana appears set to take over as the starter at first base for the Guardians. The $12 million contract represents a nice pay raise for the veteran slugger, who joined Minnesota on a one-year, $5.25 million dollar deal last February and enjoyed a solid campaign with a .748 OPS -- his highest since 2019 -- while slugging 23 homers and notching 71 RBI over 594 plate appearances during the regular season. Santana is nearing the end of his career -- he'll turn 39 years old in April -- but should provide a decent amount of run production in the middle of Cleveland's lineup while serving as a bridge to the team's future.

Year	Team	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	HBP	SB	CS	P/G	Pts
2010	CLE	46	192	150	39	13	0	6	37	1	3	0	6.13	282.20
2011	CLE	155	658	552	132	35	2	27	97	2	5	3	5.5	852.00
2012	CLE	143	609	507	128	27	2	18	91	3	3	5	5.19	742.40
2013	CLE	154	642	541	145	39	1	20	93	4	3	1	5.66	871.70
2014	CLE	152	660	541	125	25	0	27	113	3	5	2	5.51	837.20
2015	CLE	154	666	550	127	29	2	19	108	3	11	3	5.07	780.80
2016	CLE	158	688	582	151	31	3	34	99	2	5	2	6.31	997.10
2017	CLE	154	667	571	148	37	3	23	88	6	5	1	5.76	887.10
2018	PHI	161	679	560	128	28	2	24	110	1	2	1	5.02	809.00
2019	CLE	158	686	573	161	30	1	34	108	3	4	0	6.84	1081.50
2020	CLE	60	255	206	41	7	0	8	47	1	0	0	4.39	263.10
2021	KCR	158	659	565	121	15	0	19	86	3	2	0	3.83	605.50
2022	KCR	52	212	176	38	10	0	4	36	0	0	0	4.07	211.40
2022	SEA	79	294	255	49	8	0	15	35	2	0	0	3.73	294.60
2023	PIT	94	393	345	81	25	0	12	45	0	6	0	4.68	440.30
2023	MIL	52	226	205	51	8	1	11	20	0	0	0	5.25	272.90
2024	MIN	150	594	521	124	26	0	23	65	6	4	0	4.57	685.60

Year	Team	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	HBP	SB	CS	P/G	Pts
2006	LAD (R)	37	168	132	40	5	1	7	30	1	4	0	7.53	278.60
2006	LAD (A+)	54	223	198	53	10	2	3	23	1	0	3	4.28	231.00
2007	LAD (A)	86	334	292	65	20	1	7	40	1	5	3	3.79	325.60
2008	LAD (A+)	99	434	350	113	34	4	14	69	4	7	4	7.65	756.90
2008	CLE (A+)	29	126	105	37	5	1	6	20	0	3	0	8.43	244.50
2008	CLE (AA)	2	8	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.5	7.00
2009	CLE (AA)	130	535	428	124	30	2	23	90	7	2	2	6.69	870.20
2010	CLE (AAA)	57	246	196	62	14	1	13	45	3	6	0	8.34	475.10
2012	CLE (A)	1	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	11.00

Year	Team	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	HBP	SB	CS	P/G	Pts
2007	LAD (ST)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1.00
2008	LAD (ST)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.6	4.60
2009	CLE (ST)	10	17	11	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1.82	18.20
2010	CLE (ST)	8	19	16	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.65	21.20
2011	CLE (ST)	18	58	50	15	5	1	2	7	1	1	0	5.49	98.90
2012	CLE (ST)	22	70	60	12	2	0	4	8	1	0	0	3.53	77.60
2013	CLE (ST)	11	34	30	10	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	5.15	56.70
2014	CLE (ST)	20	71	59	11	2	0	3	12	0	0	0	3.63	72.60
2015	CLE (ST)	23	76	64	14	2	0	3	8	1	0	0	3.28	75.40
2016	CLE (ST)	22	75	65	18	5	0	3	10	0	0	1	4.8	105.70
2017	CLE (ST)	12	39	38	10	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	3.5	42.00
2018	PHI (ST)	20	63	53	11	3	0	1	8	0	0	0	2.54	50.70
2019	CLE (ST)	22	67	63	25	4	0	4	4	0	0	0	6.28	138.20
2020	CLE (ST)	13	40	38	14	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	6.4	83.20
2021	KCR (ST)	20	60	47	12	1	0	4	11	2	0	0	4.99	99.70
2022	KCR (ST)	11	35	33	12	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.44	48.80
2023	PIT (ST)	18	51	43	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	1.33	24.00
2024	MIN (ST)	17	50	44	14	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	3.64	61.80

Date	Team	Opponent	PA	AB	H	BB	2B	HR	R	RBI	Pts
Sep 29, 2024	MIN	BAL	4	2	1	2	0	1	1	1	19.00
Sep 28, 2024	MIN	BAL	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	11.20
Sep 27, 2024	MIN	BAL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.60
Sep 26, 2024	MIN	MIA	6	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	7.60
Sep 25, 2024	MIN	MIA	4	4	1	0	1	0	0	3	4.50
Sep 24, 2024	MIN	MIA	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.00
Sep 22, 2024	MIN	@BOS	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4.00
Sep 22, 2024	MIN	@BOS	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3.00
Sep 20, 2024	MIN	@BOS	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.60
Sep 19, 2024	MIN	@CLE	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4.00
Totals			42	34	7	8	1	1	3	6	41.50

Date	Level	Team	Opponent	PA	AB	H	BB	R	RBI	HBP
Mar 26, 2024	ST	MIN	ATL	2	1	0	1	1	0	0
Mar 25, 2024	ST	MIN	@ATL	3	2	1	1	0	0	0
Mar 24, 2024	ST	MIN	BAL	3	2	1	1	0	0	0
Mar 20, 2024	ST	MIN	DET	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mar 18, 2024	ST	MIN	BOS	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
Mar 16, 2024	ST	MIN	TB	3	2	1	1	0	1	0
Mar 14, 2024	ST	MIN	TOR	3	2	0	1	0	0	0
Mar 13, 2024	ST	MIN	STL	3	2	0	0	0	0	1
Mar 11, 2024	ST	MIN	@ATL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mar 9, 2024	ST	MIN	NYY	4	4	1	0	1	1	0
Totals				30	24	6	5	2	2	1

Date	Transaction Type	Team	Salary
March 10, 2017 11:16 PM	add	What Would DeJesus Do?	$21
August 19, 2017 2:26 AM	cut	What Would DeJesus Do?	$11
August 20, 2017 2:26 AM	add	Matt Stairs; Hitting Coach	$21
October 7, 2017 1:55 AM	increase	Matt Stairs; Hitting Coach	$23
October 12, 2018 12:46 PM	increase	Matt Stairs; Hitting Coach	$25
January 29, 2019 8:41 AM	cut	Matt Stairs; Hitting Coach	$13
March 3, 2019 9:03 PM	add	The Naturals	$4
May 25, 2019 11:05 AM	move	Leather & Lumber (from The Naturals)	$4
October 4, 2019 4:58 PM	increase	Leather & Lumber	$6
September 30, 2020 6:19 PM	increase	Leather & Lumber	$8
October 9, 2021 3:38 AM	increase	Leather & Lumber	$10
October 14, 2022 1:05 AM	increase	Leather & Lumber	$12
October 12, 2023 10:53 AM	increase	Leather & Lumber	$14
October 10, 2024 12:08 AM	increase	Leather & Lumber	$16

Date	Proposing Team	Proposing Team Gives	Accepting Team	Accepting Team Gives
August 26, 2024 9:13 PM	10 Sculpin Bender	Carlos Santana MIN 1B S $1 Marcell Ozuna ATL Util R $4 Robbie Ray SFG SP L $4 Juan Yepez WSN 1B R $1 Juan Soto NYY OF L $70	Little Pine Tar on my bat III	Freddie Freeman LAD 1B L $52 OUT Reynaldo Lopez ATL SP R $6 Ranger Suarez PHI SP L $5 Tyler Fitzgerald SFG SS/OF R $3 Gavin Stone LAD SP R $5 OUT
March 28, 2024 1:23 PM	🍅Jersey Fresh Tomatoes🍅	Carlos Santana MIN 1B S $2 Mike Clevinger CHW AAA SP/RP R $3 OUT	Starship Titanic 🚀	Griffin Jax MIN RP R $4 Kerry Carpenter DET OF L $8 $3 loan
May 3, 2023 9:01 AM	Arson Judge	Carlos Santana PIT 1B S $1	Bubba Gump	Drew Smith NYM RP R $1 OUT
March 30, 2023 10:11 AM	Ballpark Beers 🍺	Yoan Moncada CHW 3B S $2	The Bearded Yankee 🧔‍♂️	Carlos Santana PIT 1B S $1
June 21, 2022 1:00 PM	Starship Titanic 🚀	Brandon Drury CIN 1B/2B/3B R $1	The Eustace Clarence Scrubbs	Carlos Santana KCR 1B S $1 Marco Luciano SFG 2B/SS R $6 $6 loan
August 22, 2021 10:19 AM	Like and Subscribe 💎🙌	Carlos Santana KCR 1B S $8 Gavin Lux LAD 2B L $6 $6 loan	Don’t Swing at My Balls	C.J. Cron COL Util R $4
July 14, 2021 9:03 AM	PICKLE DICK	Carlos Santana KCR 1B S $3 Sean Murphy OAK C R $5	🌶️ El Picante 🌶️	Paul Goldschmidt STL 1B R $29 Mike Zunino TBR Util R $2 $23 loan
June 10, 2021 7:20 PM	Cespedes' Neon Sleeve	Carlos Santana KCR 1B S $5 Charlie Blackmon COL OF L $19 Blake Treinen LAD RP R $2 $20 loan	Bulldoggos 869	George Kirby SEA SP R $2 Corbin Carroll ARI OF L $2
June 10, 2021 2:12 PM	Caimans 🐊	J.P. Feyereisen LAD AAA SP/RP R $2 Asa Lacy KCR AA Util L $1	Hungry Hungry Homers	Carlos Santana KCR 1B S $2
June 1, 2021 11:51 AM	The Fish 🐠	Carlos Santana KCR 1B S $3	I Got Matsui. 🍶	Nick Lodolo CIN SP L $2

Carlos Santana MIN 1B S

Born: 04/08/1986 Age: 38

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Signed By

Leather & Lumber for $16

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Free Agent (MIN) Dec'24

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