The Cleveland Indians place Carlos Santana on the D.L.
The Indians have placed 24-year old switch hitting catcher Carlos Santana on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained left knee. Santana played in 46 games for the Indians this year and he is 39 of 150 (.260 avg, .868 OPS) with 23 runs scored, 6 homers, 22 RBIs and 3 stolen bases. He has a great eye at the plate as he has walked 37 times while whiffing 29 times this year. The Indians offense will suffer big time without Santana behind the plate. The Indians have recalled 24-year old righty swinging Lou Marson from AAA to replace Santana as the starting catcher. Marson played in 45 games earlier this season for the Indians and he was 27 of 141 (.191 avg, .530 OPS) with 15 runs scored, 1 homer, 12 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. Marson didn’t do much better in AAA after the Indians demoted him to bring up Santana. Marson played in 37 games in AAA-ball this year and he was 25 of 124 (.202 avg, .697 OPS) with 19 runs scored, 4 homers, 14 RBIs and 5 stolen bases. Chris Gimenez will back up Marson until Santana returns. Gimenez has played in 8 games this season for the Tribe and he is 3 of 18 (.167 avg, .472 OPS) with 1 run scored and 1 RBI.
UPDATE: (8/6/2010) - The Indians have officially lost Santana for the season as he needs left knee surgery. This is a huge blow to the Indians.
