His RBI production dipped as he spent most of his time hitting leadoff, thanks to his abilities to work counts and accept walks. Those skills are always going to ensure he hits in the top half of the lineup, and he has been durable, racking up six consecutive seasons of or more plate appearances.
While a switch hitter, the power comes from the left side, as 30 of his 34 homers last year were as a lefty and 77 percent of his career homers are as a lefty. As long as prospective owners realize his potential pitfalls -- mainly a batting average that could be on the wrong side of. Santana is never going to bat for a high average, having hit above. He matched his career-high with 85 RBI and managed to score 72 runs by drawing walks. Unfortunately, the power dipped in , well below the league average among qualifiers.
In fact, his career-worst. The Indians were hopeful that the transition from behind the plate and the hot corner would help resurrect his bat but that hasn't been the case, and what's left is a declining player who is now just first-base eligible. Santana was looking like one of the bigger fantasy busts after the first two months of the season, as he hit just.
The Indians did away with his limited role behind the plate following the scare and also put an end to his audition at third base, having him instead focus primarily on improving at the dish, and indeed he did improve, hitting. Although the power numbers and batting average slipped in August and September. He'll lose catcher eligibility in many formats, however, after making just 11 appearances at the position.
Santana's gradual move from behind the plate was accelerated with the development of Yan Gomes, but he still figures to see enough action behind the plate to qualify in most formats for at least a few more years. The power he flashed back in may have been his peak, but he's still driving in and scoring runs at a nice clip for a catcher thanks to his hold on a place in the heart of the Cleveland lineup. Santana was reportedly unhappy about yielding a significant share of time behind the plate, but the move should help him avoid the bumps and bruises that tend to mount with heavy use at the position, while also boosting his offensive numbers.
Look for his playing time to come in the form of a rotation between catcher, first base and DH again in Santana had a fine season, but it wasn't quite the encore performance many were expecting after his season. He was dreadful in the first half.
The Indians may try to get him out from behind the plate more often, but he'll still spend most of his time as the team's starting catcher. He'll continue to offer plus-power from the behind the dish, and Santana is certainly capable of delivering two halves in line with the post-break numbers of a year ago.
Santana had his share of struggles in his first full year in the bigs, hitting just. The power and patience remained, as evidenced by his 35 doubles, 27 homers and 97 walks in plate appearances. The Indians did a nice job of splitting his duties between catcher and first base and that trend should continue again this season.
He still does a fine enough job behind the plate to avoid moving over to first base on a permanent basis, and the power and patience point to a breakout season despite last year's disappointing batting average. Santana bludgeoned his way to a promotion in June 1. He hit. He'll give you plus-power for a catcher and an excellent OBP as the Indians' primary backstop and all signs point to him being completely healed by spring training.
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Embed from Getty Images. Santana slashed. On the season he currently is slashing. Since the All-Star break, Santana is slashing. Fantasy Managers can look towards a player like C. Cron or Ty France as a potential replacement.
Both players are providing better production but are rostered in fewer leagues. I mentioned Yastrzemski last week but did not go into great detail. Since the All-Star break, Yastrzemski is slashing. This brings his season line to.
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