Cristian Santana (baseball)

Cristian Andres Santana (born November 25, 2003) is a professional baseball shortstop from the Dominican Republic.[1] He signed with the Detroit Tigers in January 2021. He received a $2.95 million signing bonus, the largest bonus ever paid by the Tigers to an international player.[2][3] He spent the 2021 season playing in the Dominican Summer League, where he appeared in 54 games and compiled a .269 batting average with 9 home runs and 12 stolen bases.[4]

Cristian Santana
Detroit Tigers
Shortstop
Born: (2003-11-25) November 25, 2003
Azua, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

He trained with Alan Trammell before the 2022 season and stated that, "if God allows me, I plan to be better than him."[5] During the 2022 season, he appeared in 72 games for the Tigers' Single-A Lakeland Flying Tigers, compiling a .207 batting average and a .377 on-base percentage with 54 bases on balls, eight home runs and 10 stolen bases.[4]

References
  1. Chris McCosky (February 22, 2022). "Teens Cristian Santana, Manuel Sequera show flashes of Tigers' future at shortstop". The Detroit News.
  2. Evan Petzold, Jeff Seidel (February 22, 2022). "Detroit Tigers camp observations: Cristian Santana makes bold statement about Alan Trammell". Detroit Free Press.
  3. Evan Petzold (February 16, 2022). "What Tigers' prized shortstop learned from Soto: Santana, 18, hoping to put mentorship into practice". Detroit Free Press – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Cristian Santana". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  5. Evan Petzold and Jeff Seidel (February 23, 2022). "18-year-old SS plans 'to be better than' Alan Trammell". Detroit Free Press. p. B9 – via Newspapers.com.


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