Diamondbacks' Carlos Santana suffers setback amid injury rehab
The Diamondbacks' veteran has gone back a step in his injury recovery.
Diamondbacks' Carlos Santana suffers setback amid injury rehab originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . This offseason saw the Arizona Diamondbacks take a small gamble on the veteran slugger Carlos Santana, penning the former Silver Slugger to a one-year, $2 million contract.
The move had the potential to give the Diamondbacks a bit of offense at the corner infield, given the numbers that Santana put up last season, slugging 11 home runs and 54 RBIs. But this signing would be put under a microscope immediately when Santana put up lackluster performances with Arizona in Spring Training, as well as the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic, slashing . 167/.
286/. 167 for his national team. These struggles would persist in the regular season, as the veteran slugger is hitting .
083/. 154/. 125 through his eight games with the Diamondbacks, with no home runs or runs batted in to show for it.