Enyel De Los Santos

Enyel De Los Santos Polanco (born December 25, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. The Seattle Mariners signed him as an international free agent in 2014. He made his MLB debut in 2018.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is De Los Santos and the second or maternal family name is Polanco.

Enyel De Los Santos
De Los Santos with the Phillies in 2020
Philadelphia Phillies
Pitcher
Born: (1995-12-25) December 25, 1995
San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 10, 2018, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
(through 2019 season)
Win–loss record1–1
Earned run average5.70
Strikeouts24
Teams

Early life

De Los Santos was born in San Pedro de Macoris, in the Dominican Republic.[1] He attended Liceo Gastón Fernández de Lino.[2]

Career

Seattle Mariners

The Seattle Mariners signed him as an international free agent on July 17, 2014.[1] De Los Santos made his professional debut in 2015, and spent the season with both the AZL Mariners and the Everett AquaSox, posting a combined 6–0 record and 3.47 ERA with 71 strikeouts in 62.1 innings between both teams.[3]

San Diego Padres

After the 2015 season, the Mariners traded him and Nelson Ward to the San Diego Padres for Joaquín Benoit.[4]

The Padres assigned him to the Class A Fort Wayne TinCaps to begin the 2016 season. After pitching to a 3–2 record and 2.91 ERA in 11 games (seven starts), he was promoted to the Class A-Advanced Lake Elsinore Storm, where he finished the season, going 5–3 with a 4.35 ERA in 15 games started, and was a Midwest League All Star.[5][6]

In 2017, he pitched for the San Antonio Missions of the Class AA Texas League, where he went 10–6 with a 3.78 ERA (8th in the league) and a 1.19 WHIP (5th) in 26 games (24 starts), with 138 strikeouts (3rd in the league) in 150 innings.[7][8] He was the Texas League Pitcher of the Week on both April 16 and August 13.[6]

Philadelphia Phillies

On December 15, 2017, the Padres traded De Los Santos to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Freddy Galvis.[9] He began the 2018 season with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs of the Class AAA International League.[10][11] He was the Phillies Minor League Co-Pitcher of the Month for April.[12] De Los Santos was selected to represent the Phillies at the 2018 All-Star Futures Game.[13] He was also elected to the AAA All Star Game.[14] With Lehigh Valley in 2018 he was 10-5 with a 2.63 ERA (2nd in the International League), with 110 strikeouts in 126.2 innings, a WHIP of 1.16 (2nd), and an opponents batting average of .226 (3rd).[1][12]

The Phillies promoted De Los Santos to the major leagues on July 10, 2018.[14] He made his debut the same day, earning the win after allowing three runs and striking out 6 batters over 6​1⁄3 innings in a spot start against the New York Mets, and was optioned back to the IronPigs after the game.[15][16] In 2018 with the Phillies, he was 1-0 with a 4.74 ERA with 15 strikeouts in 19 innings.[1]

In 2019 with Lehigh Valley he was 5-7 with a 4.40 ERA in 94.2 innings over 19 starts.[1] In 2019 with the Phillies he was 0-1 with a 7.36 ERA in 11 innings over five games (one start).[1] He was designated for assignment on August 9, 2020.

References
  1. Enyel De Los Santos Stats | Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Enyel De Los Santos Stats, Fantasy & News | MLB.com
  3. Sanders, Jeff (November 12, 2015). "Joaquin Benoit trade: What you need to know". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  4. Brock, Corey (November 12, 2015). "Padres trade Benoit for Enyel De Los Santos". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  5. Enyel De Los Santos Minor Leagues Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Enyel De Los Santos Stats, Highlights, Bio | MiLB.com Stats | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball
  7. Sanders, Jeff (April 9, 2017). "Enyel De Los Santos stellar in Double-A debut". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  8. "Enyel De Los Santos Stats, Highlights, Bio". MiLB.com. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  9. Cassavell, AJ (December 15, 2017). "Phillies trade Freddy Galvis to Padres". MLB.com. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  10. Maun, Tyler (May 9, 2018). "De Los Santos shines in IronPigs shutout". MiLB.com. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  11. Seidman, Corey (May 4, 2018). "Enyel De Los Santos turning heads for Phillies". NBCsports.com. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  12. Enyel De Los Santos Stats, Fantasy & News | MLB.com
  13. "Enyel De Los Santos will represent Phillies in MLB All-Star Futures Game". sports.yahoo.com. July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  14. Lauber, Scott (July 9, 2018). "Phillies prospect Enyel De Los Santos in line to make major-league debut Tuesday". philly.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  15. "De Los Santos wins MLB debut, Phillies beat Mets 7-3". ESPN.com. Associated Press. July 10, 2018.
  16. Zolecki, Todd (July 11, 2018). "Phils alone in 1st as De Los Santos wins debut". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
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