Monday, May 28, 2018

Edgar Santana bright spot in Pirates' Bullpen this season

2015 Photo (MiLB.com)
Former West Virginia Black Bears pitcher Edgar Santana has been a bright spot in the Pirates bullpen this season. In 23 appearances in relief, he is 2-0, with a 2.45 ERA and a 0.91 WHIP.

Until Sunday's game, he hadn’t allowed a run in his last 12 appearances; however, he allowed two inherited runners to score on a wild pitch and single in the seventh inning as the Pirates continue to struggle.

Santana made his minor league debut in 2014, in the Dominican Summer League after signing with the Pirates as an international free agent in October, 2013. He started the 2015 season in Granville with the Black Bears, appearing in 14 games in relief.  He was 1-0, with a 2.70 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP in 30 innings before being promoted to the West Virginia Power in August. He appeared in 8 games with the Power as they advanced to the Northern Division Championship series in the South Atlantic League.

His advancement continued in 2016. Santana was initially assigned to the Bradenton Marauders in the Advanced A, Florida State League. He continued to impress and his stay in Florida was short (2-0, 0.81 ERA, 0.67 WHIP in 9 games). He was promoted to Altoona in the AA Eastern League on May 10, and made 21 relief appearances (2-1, 2.83 ERA,1.04 WHIP). On August 1, he was assigned to the AAA Indianapolis Indians and finished the season pitching in 13 games in relief (0-0, 12 strikeouts, 5.06 ERA, 1.75 WHIP).

Santana continued to show big league potential in the 2016 Arizona Fall League, pitching 13.2 shutout innings in 9 games (0-0, 3 saves, 18 strikeouts, 0.00 ERA, 0.95 WHIP) for the Surprise Saguaros. He was a non-roster invitee to the Pirates 2017 Spring Training and split the 2017 season between Indianapolis and the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Here are his complete minor and major league stats from Baseball Reference.

Year Age
Tm
Lev
W L
ERA
G



SV IP H R ER
BB
SO



WHIP




201422
Pirates
FRk
13
3.66
13



219.227128
3
11



1.525




201523
2 Teams
A--A
10
3.19
22



442.1371515
9
48



1.087




201523
West Virginia
A
00
4.38
8



112.11266
4
16



1.297




201523
West Virginia
A-
10
2.70
14



330.02599
5
32



1.000




201624
3 Teams
AA-A+-AAA
41
2.71
43



379.2672424
19
71



1.079




201624
Indianapolis
AAA
00
5.06
13



116.02299
6
12



1.750




201624
Altoona
AA
21
2.83
21



241.1321313
11
39



1.040




201624
Bradenton
A+
20
0.81
9



022.11322
2
20



0.672




201624
Surprise
Fal
00
0.00
9



313.21100
2
18



0.951




201725
PIT
MLB
00
3.50
19



018.01687
12
20



1.556




201725
Indianapolis
AAA
13
2.79
44



858.0621918
12
54



1.276




2017-1825
Gigantes
FgW
01
13.50
3



02.0443
2
2



3.000




201826
PIT
MLB
20
2.45
23



022.01666
4
18



0.909




Year Age
Tm
Lev
W L
ERA
G



SV IP H R ER
BB
SO



WHIP




MLB (2 seasons)
MLB
20
2.93
42



040.0321413
16
38



1.200




Minors (4 seasons)
Minors
77
2.93
122



17199.21937065
43
184



1.182




All Levels (5 Seasons)


98
2.86
176



20255.12408881
63
242



1.187
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