Dennis Santana

Bats R Throws R6'2" 190 lbBorn 1996 San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.Debut 2018Team PITContract 1 y/$3.5M (26) 2026: $179,358

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	221	22.8	8.1	2.40	20.3	6.20	112.0
2027							109.8
2028							108.3

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 106 PITCH+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Joe Smith	2013	109.4	127.0	285
2	Tanner Scott	2024	107.1	95.2	238
3	Erik Swanson	2023	106.6	88.3	168
4	Alex Colome	2018	108.7	118.0	249
5	Scott Oberg	2019	106.6	did not play
6	Matt Barnes	2019	104.5	104.2	102
7	Taylor Rogers	2020	110.9	111.8	166
8	Griffin Jax	2024	108.0	104.7	283
9	Brandon League	2012	106.4	86.6	249
10	Clay Holmes	2022	106.4	116.9	262

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	H	2B	RBI	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	PIT	70	0	0	0	0	0
2024	PIT	62	0	0	0	0	0
2023	NYM	9	0	0	0	0	0
2022	TEX	63	0	0	0	0	0
2021	TEX	55	2	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-117.3
2020	LAD	12	0	0	0	0	0
2019	LAD	3	2	1	0	0	0	0.500	0.500	0.500	1.000	171.5
2018	LAD	2	2	1	1	2	1	0.500	0.500	1.000	1.500	310.7
Career		276	6	2	1	2	3	0.333	0.333	0.500	0.833	121.6

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									221				109.8
2026*									187				87.5	99.8	87.4
2025	PIT	4	5	2.18	70	0	16	70.3	270	5	17	60	124.8	99.3	124.2
2024	PIT	3	1	3.89	62	0	3	71.7	287	4	21	69	110.5	102.1	112.5
2023	NYM	1	0	5.91	9	0	0	10.7	50	2	7	12	87.2	103.5	90.7
2022	TEX	3	8	5.22	63	1	1	58.7	255	2	28	54	107.0	101.7	108.7
2021	TEX	2	4	4.28	55	0	0	54.7	237	4	32	46	100.4	97.2	97.6
2020	LAD	1	2	5.29	12	0	0	17.0	73	4	7	18	94.7	105.3	100.0
2019	LAD	0	0	7.20	3	0	0	5.0	27	1	4	6	74.8	99.3	74.0
2018	LAD	1	0	12.27	1	0	0	3.7	19	0	1	4	80.7	99.6	80.3
Career		15	20	4.13	275	1	20	291.7	1218	22	117	269	107.8		108.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2021	2					60.0	50.0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2019	2	90.3	6.8	0.0	0.0	20.0	40.0	0.467	0.502	0.425
2018	2	93.2	23.7	0.0	0.0	75.0	100.0	0.097	0.192	0.124

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	PIT	P	70	70	2	5	1	0	0.875	-0.2
2024	PIT	P	62	72	6	6	0	2	1.000	+0.7
2023	NYM	P	9	11	3	0	0	0	1.000	+0.2
2022	TEX	P	63	59	1	7	1	1	0.889	+0.5
2021	TEX	P	55	55	2	2	1	1	0.800	-0.8
2020	LAD	P	12	17	1	2	1	0	0.750	+0.5
2019	LAD	P	3	5	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2018	LAD	P	1	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2019	AAA	Oklahoma City Dodgers	Bat	24	0 HR, 0 SB	0.150	0.340
2013	Rk	DSL Dodgers	Bat	210	2 HR, 4 SB	0.198	0.568
2023	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	152	33.0 IP, 27% K	4.91
2021	AAA	Oklahoma City Dodgers	Pit	28	5.1 IP, 21% K	10.59
2021	AAA	nan	Pit	41	9.1 IP, 37% K	5.93
2019	AAA	Oklahoma City Comets	Pit	444	93.1 IP, 24% K	6.96
2018	AA	Tulsa Drillers	Pit	161	38.2 IP, 32% K	2.59
2018	AAA	Oklahoma City Comets	Pit	45	11.0 IP, 31% K	2.45
2017	AA	Tulsa Drillers	Pit	154	32.2 IP, 24% K	5.59
2017	A+	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	Pit	372	85.2 IP, 25% K	3.59
2016	A	Great Lakes Loons	Pit	470	111.1 IP, 26% K	3.08
2015	Rk	Ogden Raptors	Pit	120	21.2 IP, 15% K	11.46
2015	Rk	AZL Dodgers	Pit	111	26.0 IP, 31% K	2.42
2015	Rk	nan	Pit	231	47.2 IP, 23% K	6.48
2014	Rk	DSL Dodgers	Pit	139	34.1 IP, 27% K	1.06

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.000	0.000	0.000
2019		0.450	0.900	0.000
2018	1.250	0.000		0.625

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.