2. Carlos improved his defense and was better defensively than I expected. My knock on Santana? He was never able to hit the ball the opposite way. As soon as Santana stepped to the plate, a shift was on. That’s not a good sign if you’re a hitter.
3. Carlos Santana’s 2016 stats among all MLB first-basemen: AVG: .259 (12th), OBP: .366 (8th), SLG: .498 (7th), OPS: .865 (8th), RUNS: 89 (9th), HITS: 151 (10th), HR: 34 (4th), RBI: 87 (12th), BB: 99 (4th), SO: 99 (23rd).
4. Now, here are Santana’s 2017 stats among all MLB first-basemen: AVG: .259 (14th), OBP: .363 (9th), SLG: .455 (17th), OPS: .818 (15th), RUNS: 90 (tied 7th), HITS: 148 (10th), HR: 23 (21st), RBI: 79 (13th), BB: 88 (5th), SO: 94 (Tied 26th).
5. I’m not here to say losing Santana is a great thing for Cleveland. Losing Santana isn’t a minor loss, but it’s not a major loss. The Indians can use Encarnacion there from time to time. People talk like Edwin has never played a day of his life at first-base. Edwin Encarnacion has started 401 games at first base. Am I saying he should be the Indians everyday starter at 1B, no. But come on people, it’s not like Edwin is completely incapable of playing the position.
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