Cristian Santana | |
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Detroit Tigers | |
Shortstop | |
Born: Azua, Dominican Republic | November 25, 2003|
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
Cristian Andres Santana (born November 25,2003) is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop in the Detroit Tigers organization. [1]
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. [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]
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]