Enyel De Los Santos
De Los Santos with the Guardians in 2022
San Diego Padres
Pitcher
Born: (1995-12-25) December 25, 1995
San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 10, 2018, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
(through 2023 season)
Win–loss record13–4
Earned run average4.20
Strikeouts195
Teams

Enyel De Los Santos Polanco (born December 25, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Seattle Mariners signed him as an international free agent on in 2014. He made his MLB debut in 2018. He previously played in MLB for the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Guardians.

Early life

De Los Santos was born in San Pedro de Macorís, in the Dominican Republic.[1] He attended Liceo Gastón Fernández de Lino.[2]

Career

Minor leagues

The Seattle Mariners signed De Los Santos as an international free agent on July 17, 2014.[1] De Los Santos made his professional debut in 2015, and spent the season with both the AZL Mariners and the Everett AquaSox, posting a combined 6–0 record and 3.47 ERA with 71 strikeouts in 62.1 innings between both teams.[3]

After the 2015 season, the Mariners traded De Los Santos and Nelson Ward to the San Diego Padres for Joaquín Benoit.[4] The Padres assigned De Los Santos to the Class A Fort Wayne TinCaps to begin the 2016 season. After pitching to a 3–2 record and 2.91 ERA in 11 games (seven starts), he was promoted to the Class A-Advanced Lake Elsinore Storm, where he finished the season, going 5–3 with a 4.35 ERA in 15 games started, and was a Midwest League All Star.[5][6]

In 2017, De Los Santos pitched for the San Antonio Missions of the Double–A Texas League, where he went 10–6 with a 3.78 ERA (8th in the league) and a 1.19 WHIP (5th) in 26 games (24 starts), with 138 strikeouts (3rd in the league) in 150 innings.[7][8] He was the Texas League Pitcher of the Week on both April 16 and August 13.[6]

De Los Santos with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2020

On December 15, 2017, the Padres traded De Los Santos to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Freddy Galvis.[9] He began the 2018 season with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs of the Triple–A International League.[10][11] He was the Phillies Minor League Co-Pitcher of the Month for April.[12] De Los Santos was selected to represent the Phillies at the 2018 All-Star Futures Game.[13] He was also elected to the Triple–A All Star Game.[14] With Lehigh Valley in 2018 he was 10–5 with a 2.63 ERA (2nd in the International League), with 110 strikeouts in 126.2 innings, a WHIP of 1.16 (2nd), and an opponents batting average of .226 (3rd).[1][12]

Philadelphia Phillies

The Phillies promoted De Los Santos to the major leagues on July 10, 2018.[14] He made his debut the same day, earning the win after allowing three runs and striking out 6 batters over 61⁄3 innings in a spot start against the New York Mets, and was optioned back to the IronPigs after the game.[15][16] Coincidentally, the starting pitcher for the Mets in that game was Drew Gagnon, who was also making his Major League debut. In 2018 with the Phillies, he was 1–0 with a 4.74 ERA with 15 strikeouts in 19 innings.[1]

In 2019 with Lehigh Valley, De Los Santos went 5–7 with a 4.40 ERA in 94.2 innings over 19 starts.[1] In 2019 with the Phillies he was 0–1 with a 7.36 ERA in 11 innings over five games (one start).[1] De Los Santos was designated for assignment on August 9, 2020. On August 15, he was outrighted to Triple-A.[17]

On May 4, 2021, De Los Santos was selected to the active roster.[18] De Los Santos pitched 28 innings for the Phillies, posting a 6.75 ERA. On September 12, 2021, the Phillies designated De Los Santos for assignment.[19]

Pittsburgh Pirates

A day after De Los Santos was designated for assigned by the Phillies, he was claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[20] On November 5, 2021, the Pirates outrighted De Los Santos to Triple-A Indianapolis, removing him from their 40-man roster.[21] De Los Santos refused the minor league assignment and elected free agency on November 7, 2021.

Cleveland Guardians

On December 1, 2021, De Los Santos signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Cleveland Guardians. He did not make the Opening Day roster.[22] After beginning the 2022 season with the Triple-A Columbus Clippers, the Guardians selected De Los Santos' contract as a COVID-19 replacement player on April 20.[23] De Los Santos was returned to the minor leagues on May 8. The Guardians selected De Los Santos' contract once more on May 9. On September 27, De Los Santos pitched an immaculate inning against the Tampa Bay Rays.[24]

In 2022, De Los Santos was 5–0 with a 3.04 ERA in 53+1⁄3 innings, with a 1.069 WHIP.[25] In 2023, De Los Santos made 70 appearances out of the bullpen for the Guardians, registering a 3.29 ERA with 62 strikeouts across 65+2⁄3 innings of work.[26]

San Diego Padres

On November 17, 2023, the Guardians traded De Los Santos to the Padres in exchange for Scott Barlow.[27]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Enyel De Los Santos Stats | Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ Enyel De Los Santos Stats, Fantasy & News | MLB.com
  3. ↑ Sanders, Jeff (November 12, 2015). "Joaquin Benoit trade: What you need to know". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ Brock, Corey (November 12, 2015). "Padres trade Benoit for Enyel De Los Santos". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ Enyel De Los Santos Minor Leagues Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com
  6. 1 2 Enyel De Los Santos Stats, Highlights, Bio | MiLB.com Stats | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball
  7. ↑ Sanders, Jeff (April 9, 2017). "Enyel De Los Santos stellar in Double-A debut". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Enyel De Los Santos Stats, Highlights, Bio". MiLB.com. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  9. ↑ Cassavell, AJ (December 15, 2017). "Phillies trade Freddy Galvis to Padres". MLB.com. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  10. ↑ Maun, Tyler (May 9, 2018). "De Los Santos shines in IronPigs shutout". MiLB.com. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  11. ↑ Seidman, Corey (May 4, 2018). "Enyel De Los Santos turning heads for Phillies". NBCsports.com. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  12. 1 2 Enyel De Los Santos Stats, Fantasy & News | MLB.com
  13. ↑ "Enyel De Los Santos will represent Phillies in MLB All-Star Futures Game". sports.yahoo.com. July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  14. 1 2 Lauber, Scott (July 9, 2018). "Phillies prospect Enyel De Los Santos in line to make major-league debut Tuesday". philly.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  15. ↑ "De Los Santos wins MLB debut, Phillies beat Mets 7-3". ESPN. Associated Press. July 10, 2018.
  16. ↑ Zolecki, Todd (July 11, 2018). "Phils alone in 1st as De Los Santos wins debut". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Outrighted: Phillies, Angels".
  18. ↑ "Phillies Select Enyel de los Santos".
  19. ↑ "Phillies Designate Enyel de los Santos".
  20. ↑ "Pirates Claim Enyel de los Santos from Phillies".
  21. ↑ "Pirates' Enyel de los Santos: Dumped from 40-man roster".
  22. ↑ Hoynes, Paul (December 1, 2021). "Cleveland Guardians sign RHP Enyel De Los Santos to minor league deal". Cleveland.com.
  23. ↑ "Guardians make a series of roster moves". CleGuardians.com. April 20, 2022.
  24. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/news/enyel-de-los-santos-immaculate-inning-guardians
  25. ↑ "2022 Cleveland Guardians Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  26. ↑ "Cleveland Guardians acquire RHP Scott Barlow from San Diego Padres in exchange for Enyel De Los Santos". wkyc.com. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  27. ↑ "Guardians acquire RHP Barlow from Padres, avoid arbitration with OF Laureano with $5.15M deal". Associated Press. November 17, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
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