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Rays To Sign Luis Santos

By Jeff Todd | January 17, 2019 at 6:10pm CDT

The Rays have a minor-league deal with righty Luis Santos, according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times (via Twitter). It seems he’ll receive an invitation to MLB camp.

Soon to turn 28, Santos has thrown 36 2/3 major league innings over the past two seasons. He has allowed 21 earned runs in that span, with eight home runs putting a big dent in the bottom line. Santos does carry a solid combination of forty strikeouts against 14 walks in his still-nascent MLB career.

Formerly a starter, Santos worked almost exclusively in a relief capacity in 2018 in both the majors and minors. In 42 2/3 frames spread over twenty appearances for Triple-A Buffalo, Santos pitched to a 2.74 ERA with 8.4 K/9 against 2.7 BB/9.

The multi-inning capabilities are surely of interest to the Rays. Beyond that, Santos has also shown some interesting skills. He carries a 14.2% swinging-strike rate during his time in the majors and last year averaged over 94 mph with his fastball.

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  1. nmendoza7

    6 years ago

    Wasn’t this covered already in a minor moves post?

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  2. geejohnny

    6 years ago

    And the Rays add another opener. Nuno goes….Santos comes.

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  3. matt4baseball

    6 years ago

    They’ll use him as an alternative RH opener. he’ll pitch much better in that capacity.

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  4. jimmertee

    6 years ago

    Santos can look really good or totally stink the place out. Great arm, herky-jerky delivery.

    I look forward to see what he can do as an opener. I like this signing.

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    • turner9

      6 years ago

      I have a feeling had the Jays resigned him, your opinion would be much different

      “Shatkins needs to be fired. I called this 7 years ago when i first scouted him. He just stinks the place up. Same old dumpster diving FO”

      About right?

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  5. MetsFanaticDanny

    6 years ago

    Fantasy sleeper.

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    • bobtillman

      6 years ago

      Fantasy Corpse…..

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  6. flippinbats79

    6 years ago

    He’s really bad. We nicknamed him Gascan Santos last year. He’s great at coming into a game down a few runs and turning it into a blowout.

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