Cristian Santana (baseball)
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{{short description|American baseball player (born 2003)}} |
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|name = Cristian Santana |
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|team = Detroit Tigers |
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|position = [[Shortstop]] |
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|bats = Right |
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|throws = Right |
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|11|25}} |
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|birth_place = [[Azua, Dominican Republic]] |
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'''Cristian Andres Santana''' (born November 25, 2003) is a Dominican [[professional baseball]] [[shortstop]] in the [[Detroit Tigers]] organization.{{cite news|title=Teens Cristian Santana, Manuel Sequera show flashes of Tigers' future at shortstop|newspaper=The Detroit News|author=Chris McCosky|date=February 22, 2022|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2022/02/22/detroit-tigers-shortstop-cristian-santana-manuel-sequera/6893176001/?gnt-cfr=1}} |
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==Career== |
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Santana 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.{{cite news|title=Detroit Tigers camp observations: Cristian Santana makes bold statement about Alan Trammell|author=Evan Petzold, Jeff Seidel|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=February 22, 2022|url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2022/02/22/detroit-tigers-cristian-santana-makes-statement-alan-trammell/6895314001/}}{{cite news|title=What Tigers' prized shortstop learned from Soto: Santana, 18, hoping to put mentorship into practice|author=Evan Petzold|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=February 16, 2022|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108814637/santana/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} 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.{{cite web|title=Cristian Santana|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=February 22, 2022|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=santan003cri}} |
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He trained with [[Alan Trammell]] before the 2022 season and stated that, "if God allows me, I plan to be better than him."{{cite news|title=18-year-old SS plans 'to be better than' Alan Trammell|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Evan Petzold and Jeff Seidel|date=February 23, 2022|page=B9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108815312/18-year-old-ss-plans-to-be-better/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} 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 [[base on balls|bases on balls]], eight home runs and 10 stolen bases. |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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{{baseball stats|brm=santan003cri}} |
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[[Category:21st-century Dominican Republic sportsmen]] |
[[Category:21st-century Dominican Republic sportsmen]] |
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[[Category:Baseball players from Azua Province]] |
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