Carlos Santana RUMORS & NEWS

CBSSports.com "Indians catcher Carlos Santana had to leave Monday's home opener against the Yankees with a thumb injury in the ninth inning. Santana appeared to be crossed up on a pitch by Chris Perez, as he lowered his glove as if expecting a breaking ball. Instead, Perez's fastball caught Santana squarely on..." April 09

MLB.com "Carlos Santana struck when his country needed him most. Santana broke open a shutout at the World Baseball Classic on Saturday with a long home run, propelling the Dominican Republic to what became a 2-0 win over Puerto Rico. Santana's home run helped the D.R. earn the top seed from its bracket..." March 16

Hardball Talk "Minor scare down in the Dominican Winter League. From ESPN's Buster Olney comes word that Indians catcher Carlos Santana fouled a ball off his right leg — near the knee — during a game Saturday while playing for Leones del Escogido. He left with a limp, but Olney says trainers are "not..." December 02

Akron Beacon Journal "It's unfashionable to find anything positive about the Indians' season, but the turnaround of Carlos Santana in the second half merits some praise. How bad was Santana's first half? On July 3, he was batting .218 with five home runs and 29 RBI. He hit two homers in May, none in June and endured..." October 02

Akron Beacon Journal "Two months ago, nobody could have reasonably expected Carlos Santana to finish the season with at least 20 home runs. But he hit two more against the Royals Sunday to run his total to 18. "I didn't think he would be able to reach that,'' manager Manny Acta said. "I don't think it means much..." September 25

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Every bad team deserves a day like this. Sunday was the Indians' day. Left-hander David Huff went 5 innings and the Indians' undernourished hitters ate like big dogs in a 15-4 victory over Kansas City at Kauffman Stadium. To a team averaging 3.3 runs per game since the All-Star break and..." September 24

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Carlos Santana is trying to salvage a rocky second full season in the big leagues. Last year the Indians catcher set a franchise record for switch-hitters with 27 homers. He batted only .239, but walked 97 times and posted a .808 OPS (.457 slugging percentage + .351 on base percentage), while..." September 05

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Carlos Santana isn't expected to return to the Indians' lineup until the final game of this series as he continues to rest his stiff back and ailing bat. "We're shooting for Sunday," said manager Manny Acta. "Carlos is feeling a lot better. He tested very well with [head trainer] Lonnie..." June 30

Akron Beacon Journal "Indians catcher Carlos Santana was out of the lineup Thursday night with soreness in the right side near his back. However, manager Manny Acta indicated that his catcher might be back as early as tonight. "Carlos was much better today," Acta said. "He tested very well for Lonnie [head trainer..." June 29

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Slumping catcher Carlos Santana has been dealing with a sore right rib cage for the last several days. Things may have taken a turn for the worse Wednesday at Yankee Stadium. Santana, starting at DH, was lifted for pinch-hitting Lonnie Chisenhall in the ninth inning. After the 5-4 loss to the..." June 28

Akron Beacon Journal "Carlos Santana was removed for a pinch hitter in the ninth because of tightness in his right side near the back. "Carlos had some back tightness," manager Manny Acta said. "He tested OK according to our medical staff, but we won't know until he shows up tomorrow if he can play." Santana said..." June 28

MLB.com "The Indians took their time with Carlos Santana's recovery from a mild concussion, making sure the catcher passed a number of required tests before allowing him to take the field again. On Tuesday, Cleveland had its cleanup hitter again. No one was more thrilled than Santana. "I'm very..." June 05

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Catcher Carlos Santana, who is on the disabled list with a mild concussion, caught a bullpen session and took batting practice Sunday. Indians manager Manny Acta said Santana is "feeling good," and that the club is optimistic he will be available for the Detroit series beginning Tuesday at..." June 04

Akron Beacon Journal "Carlos Santana has begun baseball activities and has not shown symptoms of the concussion that sent him to a special seven-day disabled list last Saturday. "He swung the bat in the cages today," Indians manager Manny Acta said Friday. "Tomorrow he's going to catch guys in the bullpen, run the..." June 02

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Carlos Santana's recovery from a mild concussion continued Friday afternoon with light cardio work and swings in the indoor cage. The Indians' catcher is eligible to come off the seven-day concussion disabled list on Saturday, but that will not happen. Santana's to-do list is expected to..." June 02

Cleveland Plain Dealer "In the last three games the AL Central-leading Indians have lost DH Travis Hafner, catcher Carlos Santana and shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera to injuries. That's not a good thing. Santana was placed on the seven-day disabled list before Saturday's game against Chicago with a slight concussion. He..." May 27

Akron Beacon Journal "Indians catcher Carlos Santana told the Miami Marlins he was going to do it. But they didn't listen. The first Marlins base runner got away with his attempted steal. The others did not. Santana gunned down a career-high three attempted base stealers in Friday's 3-2 loss in the first game of the..." May 20

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Jose Lopez watched the flight of the baseball so closely that he missed stepping on first base. Heroic home runs are not born of such things, but never fear -- Lopez knew he'd missed the bag. So did first-base coach Tom Wiedenbauer, who was screaming for him to return. Lopez did, as soon as he..." May 18

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Derek Lowe just walked the leadoff man in the ninth inning Tuesday at Target Field. He was 2-1 on the next batter, Ryan Doumit, when catcher Lou Marson walked to the mound to try and put the brakes on Lowe, who prefers to pitch in fifth gear. "'Hey, doesn't Manny [Acta] know I'm 39, not 19?'"..." May 16

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Carlos Santana has always walked a lot, and he's not going to apologize for it. Santana was tied for second in the American League with 19 walks after Friday's 6-3 victory over Texas. Last year he finished third, with 97 walks. Critics question why Santana can keep batting in the middle of the..." May 06

Cleveland Plain Dealer "If you think Tribe catcher Carlos Santana spends more time rolling around behind the plate after getting hit with foul tips than actually catching pitches, Santana would agree with you. Last week in Seattle, Santana was down on all fours behind the plate after getting hit by a foul tip. Indians..." April 23

Cleveland Plain Dealer "The year was 2007, and Carlos Santana was learning how to catch as a member of the Class A Great Lakes Loons. In the process, he suddenly seemed to forget how to hit. "No way," said Andy Mota, Santana's long-time agent. "That's what Carlos told me when the Dodgers moved him [from third base] to..." April 11

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Catcher Carlos Santana has reached a five-year $21 million agreement on a contract extension with the Indians. The team will hold a press conference at 2:30 p.m,. to announce the deal. The deal runs through 2016 with a club option for 2017. The club option covers Santana's first free agent..." April 10

Akron Beacon Journal "Maybe the secret to the Indians' success is to keep each game to no more than nine innings. After losing twice to the Blue Jays – in 16- and 12-inning marathons – the Tribe managed to keep Sunday's game to the regulation nine and won for the first time this season 4-3. All three games have..." April 09

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Spring training almost always begins with smiles and hope. Along with that can come a revelation or two. Hector Ambriz provided the smiles Monday when Indians pitchers and catchers reported to open camp. Ambriz missed all of last season recovering from Tommy John surgery on his right..." February 21

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Carlos Santana laughed when the suggestion was made. "If I can hit two home runs and a double every night, I might do it," said Santana. Santana became the seventh Indians player to homer from both sides of the plate in one game in Tuesday's 10-4 loss to the Rangers. He hit homers in the..." September 15

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Maybe Carlos Santana should foul a ball off his left shin all the time. It would be painful, but think of the rewards. Santana, putting the final touches on his first full season in the big leagues, became the seventh player in franchise history to homer from both sides of the plate in the..." September 14

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Clubhouse confidential: As Carlos Santana neared the plate in the seventh inning Monday after hitting his 20th homer of the season, he pointed to the stands. As he crossed the plate, he pointed to the sky. The first point was for his girlfriend, Brittany, and his agent. The second? "That was..." August 31

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Clubhouse confidential: Catcher Carlos Santana saw stars in the ninth inning in Wednesday's 9-2 loss to Seattle. No, he didn't see Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie. Santana saw the kind of stars that are caused by a foul ball hitting him square in the face mask off the bat of Brendan Ryan. Not only..." August 25

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Last season, Carlos Santana hit right-handed pitching well at Class AAA Columbus (48-for-137, .350) and with the Indians (32-for-102, .314). He struggled against lefties, hitting a combined .196 (21-for-107). The script has flipped for the catcher/first baseman this season. In 112 games with..." August 15

Akron Beacon Journal "Is Carlos Santana the Indians' catcher of the future? We know he's the catcher of the present, because this season we have seen him behind the plate 61 percent of the time. But will Santana continue to be the team's No. 1 catcher next year or five years from now? We know the grand plan -..." August 14

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Manny Acta asked shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera to become more of a team leader after Orlando Cabrera was traded to the Giants on July 30. "It's not hard for me," said Cabrera. "I'm just trying to be the same guy." Acta is looking for a leader to settle a young and untested infield on a..." August 14

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Carlos Santana was embarrassed. "I'd never struck out four times in a game before," said Santana. That was before he ran into knuckleballer Tim Wakefield on Wednesday at Fenway Park. Wakefield struck out Santana three straight times. No. 4 came courtesy of lefty Randy Williams in the eighth..." August 07

Akron Beacon Journal "In one small but significant way, the season will go down as a grand success for the Indians, no matter how the Central Division race plays out. For the first time in five years, they have won the season series against the Boston Red Sox, and for the first time in 11, they won as many as six..." August 05

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Tuesday was the one-year anniversary of the worst day in Carlos Santana's baseball career. Guess where he celebrated it? Same spot, same ballpark with the same team as an opponent. Santana was back behind the plate at Fenway Park. Back behind the same dish where many in the Indians..." August 03

New York Daily News "The final pitching line was glittering and there were even some glimmers of the old Johan Santana - a pretty changeup for a strikeout in the first inning, a dipping slider for another in the third. But even Santana himself made it clear that three scoreless innings in his first rehab start do..." July 29

Akron Beacon Journal "Carlos Santana is not the hottest hitter on the planet, but he no longer is as cold as Jupiter, either. The Indians' catcher has not gone 0-for-4 since June 26. During that 13-game span, he is batting .261 with four home runs, two doubles, 11 RBI and 10 walks. Even when Santana was in the..." July 16

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Most Tribe fans know that Shin-Soo Choo and Carlos Santana are having lousy seasons, and doing it in the middle of the lineup. Choo is batting .240 with five homers and 22 RBI; Santana is at .228 with six homers and 24 RBI. Those have been your No. 3 and No. 4 hitters for much of the..." June 10

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Carlos Santana is back in the cleanup spot, and Grady Sizemore apparently will be staying in the middle of the lineup for a while. After taking Santana out of the No. 4 hole on the Indians' just-completed six-game trip, manager Manny Acta returned his young catcher to the cleanup spot before..." June 03

Akron Beacon Journal "Carlos Santana got some advice from manager Manny Acta and hitting coach Jon Nunnally on Tuesday, and it paid off immediately. ''Yesterday we sat him down and told him he needs to cut out the toe tap he does at the plate,'' Acta said. ''It's a way to cut down on his body movement.'' Why..." June 02

Akron Beacon Journal "It would be one thing if Carlos Santana were hitting as well as Indians manager Manny Acta expected. But with Santana still struggling at the plate, Travis Hafner's absence because of a strained oblique has created a major hole in the lineup. ''Hafner is an intimidating figure in the lineup,..." May 29

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Indians manager Manny Acta did the biggest makeover of the season to his lineup Friday. Players were sent spinning into spots they haven't seen through the first 47 games of the season. After taking such dramatic action, Acta wouldn't say how long the changes would last. "We've living for..." May 28

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Indians catcher Carlos Santana, in an 0-for-19 slide, is not in the lineup today against the Red Sox. Tribe righty Mitch Talbot, just activated from the disabled list, faces Boston lefty Jon Lester at Progressive Field. First pitch is scheduled for 12:05. Talbot's previous major-league..." May 25

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Carlos Santana, the hardest working man in show business, is making his third start of the season at first base Sunday for the Indians. Lou Marson, meanwhile, is making just his fifth start as Santana's backup at catcher. This is the Indians 21st game. Santana has started 20 of them -- 16..." April 24

Akron Beacon Journal "Carlos Santana made his professional debut as a first baseman Wednesday, as the Indians lost to the San Diego Padres 9-2 at Goodyear Ballpark. In six innings at first, Santana had nine total chances and snagged three ground balls, all with nary a slip-up. He did not look like the incarnation of..." March 10

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Carlos Santana gave Indians fans a glimpse of the future on Wednesday in a Cactus League game at Goodyear Ballpark. No, he wasn't crouched behind the plate coaxing one great pitch after another from the pitching staff. He wasn't huddled on the mound with manager Manny Acta and starter Carlos..." March 10

Cleveland Plain Dealer "On Thursday, Carlos Santana slid for the first time since undergoing surgery on his left knee in August. "That completed his rehab," said manager Manny Acta. Next thing on Santana's spring-training checklist is learning how to play first base. Eduardo Perez and Mike Hargrove, former first..." February 18

Cleveland Plain Dealer "It's a funny thing about knee injuries. They're never what they appear to be. Grady Sizemore injured his left knee sliding into a base over 10 months ago. It didn't seem serious. Just a bruised knee, but he still can't run the bases or play center field as the Indians open spring training..." February 17