Dennis Santana
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 190LBS | Age: 28
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 3 8 5.22 63 1 1 58.2 54 1.33
2023 1 0 5.91 9 0 0 10.2 12 1.59
2024 3 1 3.89 62 0 3 71.2 69 1.09
7 Seasons 11 15 4.76 205 1 4 221.1 209 1.32
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 63 3-8 5.22 58.2 54 1.33
2023 9 1-0 5.91 10.2 12 1.59
2024 62 3-1 3.89 71.2 69 1.09
7 Seasons 205 11-15 4.76 221.1 209 1.32
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2018 22 70 13 0 0.0 0.0 87.8 101.3 11.7 61.5 .391 .468 .431 .409 .495 30.8 21.1 5.3 12.27 7.77
2019 23 104 15 0 0.0 0.0 86.4 103.8 6.5 60.0 .245 .361 .413 .369 .383 26.7 22.2 14.8 7.20 6.28
2020 24 284 46 4 8.7 5.5 85.3 106.1 11.3 47.8 .257 .447 .338 .348 .415 32.6 24.7 9.6 5.29 5.27
2021 25 909 156 10 6.4 4.2 88.0 112.8 9.6 35.3 .261 .413 .310 .346 .374 35.9 19.4 13.5 4.28 5.19
2022 26 991 169 8 4.7 3.1 86.6 112.6 9.7 35.5 .245 .341 .287 .306 .333 33.1 21.2 11.0 5.22 3.89
2023 27 221 30 4 13.3 8.0 88.7 104.7 19.1 46.7 .261 .474 .355 .366 .424 36.7 24.0 14.0 5.91 5.89
2024 28 1106 193 9 4.7 3.1 86.3 109.0 14.3 37.3 .223 .333 .281 .277 .323 32.6 24.0 7.3 3.89 3.17
Player 3685 622 35 5.6 3.7 86.9 112.8 11.6 38.6 .247 .374 .305 .317 .355 33.6 22.0 10.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Santana relies on 5 pitches.
Slider
(32.8%) ,
Four Seamer
(26.2%) ,
Cutter
(19.2%) ,
Sinker
(13.4%) ,
Changeup
(8.4%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2018 30.8 7.7 61.5 0.0 30.8 61.5 7.7 0.0 23.1 7.7 61.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
2019 46.7 20.0 33.3 0.0 53.3 26.7 20.0 0.0 33.3 13.3 46.7 6.7 0.0 0.0
2020 34.8 21.7 37.0 6.5 45.7 37.0 17.4 13.0 23.9 21.7 23.9 8.7 8.7 5.5
2021 51.3 22.4 22.4 3.8 37.2 48.7 14.1 6.4 34.0 18.6 27.6 7.1 6.4 4.2
2022 48.5 18.3 27.2 5.9 35.5 45.0 19.5 4.7 36.1 23.1 29.0 2.4 4.7 3.1
2023 26.7 40.0 30.0 3.3 36.7 36.7 26.7 6.7 13.3 33.3 33.3 0.0 13.3 8.0
2024 38.3 28.5 26.4 6.7 37.3 38.3 24.4 5.2 28.5 28.0 26.9 6.7 4.7 3.1
Player 43.6 23.6 27.5 5.3 37.6 42.8 19.6 5.8 30.9 23.3 28.9 5.3 5.6 3.7
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 Sinker PIT R 148 95.1 20.0 -2.5 17.2ARM 2.0 10.4 -3.1 17.2ARM 2.4
2024 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 290 95.7 14.6 -0.2 11.4ARM 3.4 15.3 -0.5 11.4ARM 3.9
2024 Changeup PIT R 93 88.5 26.9 -3.4 16.2ARM 1.6 8.1 -3.2 16.2ARM 2.0
2024 Slider PIT R 363 87.1 33.6 -0.7 2.8GLV -1.5 2.4 -0.8 2.8GLV -2.3
2024 Cutter PIT R 212 90.4 22.9 2.4 1.3GLV -0.7 10.4 2.1 1.3GLV -1.4
2023 Slider NYM R 54 83.5 38.5 0.3 4.6GLV -1.7 0.8 0.7 4.6GLV -0.7
2023 Changeup NYM R 31 88.0 26.6 -3.6 17.2ARM 2.6 9.0 -3.6 17.2ARM 2.8
2023 Cutter NYM R 24 88.3 31.6 -4.1 3.5GLV 1.0 3.3 -4.6 3.5GLV 0.9
2023 Sinker NYM R 69 94.8 20.1 -2.1 18.3ARM 3.0 10.6 -3.0 18.3ARM 3.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball NYM R 43 95.2 14.1 0.7 13.4ARM 5.3 16.3 0.5 13.4ARM 6.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 Slider 0.6 2 363 32.8 95 .217 .337 .253 41.1 26.3 18.5 .208 .323 .243 28.4
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 3 290 26.2 65 .196 .268 .274 20.4 27.7 17.1 .228 .318 .291 30.8
2024 Cutter 1.9 4 212 19.2 42 .200 .429 .335 25.0 21.4 28.1 .183 .287 .285 30.8
2024 Sinker 1.4 2 148 13.4 50 .279 .395 .347 5.7 6.0 15.8 .294 .455 .353 45.2
2024 Changeup -4.5 -4 93 8.4 34 .219 .406 .290 37.3 38.2 27.7 .210 .286 .244 26.3
2023 Sinker -4.0 -3 69 31.2 12 .400 .900 .567 12.1 8.3 7.1 .378 .641 .475 33.3
2023 Slider -5.1 -3 54 24.4 12 .250 .750 .504 52.9 41.7 19.2 .194 .594 .446 66.7
2023 4-Seam Fastball 3.9 2 43 19.5 9 .125 .125 .178 38.1 22.2 10.0 .229 .466 .337 33.3
2023 Changeup 5.2 2 31 14.0 10 .222 .222 .180 41.2 30.0 21.4 .279 .333 .241 28.6
2023 Cutter 4.2 1 24 10.9 6 .200 .200 .267 7.7 0.0 0.0 .209 .312 .300 40.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 92 88.5 93 18.4 1:45 2:15 -30
2024 Cutter 212 90.4 48 9.9 12:30 11:45 45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 276 95.8 95 18.9 1:30 1:15 15
2024 Sinker 147 95.1 91 20.4 1:30 2:00 -30
2024 Slider 351 87.1 20 4.0 11:15 9:30 105
2023 Changeup 31 88.0 93 19.7 1:45 2:15 -30
2023 Cutter 24 88.3 26 4.7 12:00 10:00 120
2023 4-Seam Fastball 42 95.2 94 21.1 1:30 1:30 0
2023 Sinker 67 94.9 93 21.5 1:30 2:00 -30
2023 Slider 54 83.5 22 5.9 8:45 8:30 15
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 27 104 0 0 -1 -1 -2
2020 73 284 -4 4 0 -2 -1
2021 235 909 4 16 -11 -7 1
2022 254 991 -5 18 -7 -8 -1
2023 49 221 1 0 -2 -1 -1
2024 286 1,106 8 9 -4 -5 7
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2018 70 45.7 65.6 85.7 31.6 41.7 42.9 52.6 47.1 30.3 2.9 100.0
2019 104 39.4 65.9 77.8 30.2 57.9 44.2 59.3 44.2 30.4 6.7 57.1
2020 284 52.1 55.4 76.8 27.9 60.5 41.2 58.9 42.3 28.3 8.1 73.9
2021 909 44.7 67.5 81.8 29.4 55.4 41.0 57.2 46.4 26.8 5.4 69.4
2022 991 42.1 61.9 84.9 31.4 55.0 40.4 52.8 44.2 27.4 6.3 67.7
2023 221 44.3 59.2 81.0 35.0 58.1 47.5 76.0 45.7 28.7 6.3 71.4
2024 1,106 50.2 66.0 82.0 35.2 52.1 42.0 64.1 50.7 28.2 8.4 73.1
Player 3,685 46.1 64.0 82.2 31.9 54.6 41.7 59.2 46.7 27.8 6.8 70.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2019 39 97 19
2020 69 75 11
2021 17 22 42 56 3 81 71 68 70 21 4 54 65 79 90 22
2022 47 40 76 93 15 87 89 88 85 39 11 62 70 90 93 17
2023 68 90 22
2024 86 73 84 87 76 88 92 95 92 58 62 72 98 73 93 18
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 22.3 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2020 22.5 4 3.2 1 1 0 3 75.0
2021 22.9 4 5.2 -1 1 4 2 50.0
2022 24.1 2 2.6 -1 1 2 1 50.0
2023 24.7 2 2.0 0 0 2 1 50.0
2024 25.3 4 6.1 -2 5 5 3 75.0
Player 23.7 17 20.2 -3 8 13 11 64.7
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2019 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2020 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3
2021 4 7 3 5 5 5 5 7 4 4 4 4 7 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 7 4 7 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5
2022 2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 2
2023 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 1 3 2 2
2024 4 4 7 4 5 7 8 4 5 4 6 9 6 4 6 4 4 3 6 10 5 8 12 7 3 5 8 8 7 8 7
Player 17 20 16 19 19 21 22 20 17 16 17 22 23 17 20 18 18 18 22 25 20 21 29 23 16 18 23 21 23 22 20
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.0 92.6 -0.4 94.4 1.8 95.3 0.9 96.8 1.5 93.8 -3.0 93.9 0.1
Offspeed Velocity 85.7 83.9 -1.8 86.7 2.8 87.5 0.8 89.9 2.4 88.0 -1.9 88.5 0.5
Breaking Velocity 80.4 80.7 0.3 84.3 3.6 83.6 -0.7 85.8 2.2 83.5 -2.3 87.1 3.6
Exit Velocity 87.8 86.4 -1.4 85.3 -1.1 88.0 2.7 86.6 -1.4 88.7 2.1 86.3 -2.4
Launch Angle 11.7 6.5 -5.2 11.3 4.8 9.6 -1.7 9.7 0.1 19.1 9.4 14.3 -4.8
Barrel % 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.7 8.7 6.4 -2.3 4.7 -1.7 13.3 8.6 4.7 -8.6
Hard Hit % 30.8 26.7 -4.1 32.6 5.9 35.9 3.3 33.1 -2.8 36.7 3.6 32.6 -4.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 61.5 60.0 -1.5 47.8 -12.2 35.3 -12.5 35.5 0.2 46.7 11.2 37.3 -9.4
xBA .391 .245 -0.146 .257 0.012 .261 0.004 .245 -0.016 .261 0.016 .223 -0.038
BA .375 .300 -0.075 .234 -0.066 .240 0.006 .228 -0.012 .244 0.016 .220 -0.024
xwOBA .409 .369 -0.040 .348 -0.021 .346 -0.002 .306 -0.040 .366 0.060 .277 -0.089
wOBA .431 .413 -0.018 .338 -0.075 .310 -0.028 .287 -0.023 .355 0.068 .281 -0.074
xSLG .468 .361 -0.107 .447 0.086 .413 -0.034 .341 -0.072 .474 0.133 .333 -0.141
SLG .563 .550 -0.013 .453 -0.097 .340 -0.113 .315 -0.025 .463 0.148 .351 -0.112
K% 21.1 22.2 1.1 24.7 2.5 19.4 -5.3 21.2 1.8 24.0 2.8 24.0 0.0
BB% 5.3 14.8 9.5 9.6 -5.2 13.5 3.9 11.0 -2.5 14.0 3.0 7.3 -6.7
Swing % 47.1 44.2 -2.9 42.3 -1.9 46.4 4.1 44.2 -2.2 45.7 1.5 50.7 5.0
Whiff% 30.3 30.4 0.1 28.3 -2.1 26.8 -1.5 27.4 0.6 28.7 1.3 28.2 -0.5
In Zone % 45.7 39.4 -6.3 52.1 12.7 44.7 -7.4 42.1 -2.6 44.3 2.2 50.2 5.9
Out of Zone % 54.3 60.6 6.3 47.9 -12.7 55.3 7.4 57.9 2.6 55.7 -2.2 49.8 -5.9
Out of Zone Swing % 31.6 30.2 -1.4 27.9 -2.3 29.4 1.5 31.4 2.0 35.0 3.6 35.2 0.2
First Pitch Swing % 15.8 25.9 10.1 16.4 -9.5 30.5 14.1 23.6 -6.9 36.0 12.4 34.1 -1.9
First Pitch Strike % 52.6 59.3 6.7 58.9 -0.4 57.2 -1.7 52.8 -4.4 76.0 23.2 64.1 -11.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 19 .431 11 1 9.1 8 4 50.0
2019 Shifts 27 .413 18 2 11.1 9 7 77.8
2020 Shifts 73 .338 49 30 61.2 24 22 91.7
2021 Shifts 235 .310 141 28 19.9 94 68 72.3
2022 Shifts 254 .287 161 27 16.8 93 55 59.1
2023 Shades 49 .362 31 0 0.0 18 12 66.7
2024 Shades 285 .283 191 0 0.0 94 30 31.9
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2018 15 17.5 6.7% 0.0% 14 24.1 0.0% 21.4%
2019 23 19.2 8.7% 0.0% 20 23.7 0.0% 5.0%
2020 66 18.2 9.1% 0.0% 73 22.0 0.0% 4.1%
2021 206 22.7 0.5% 8.7% 194 25.6 0.0% 23.7%
2022 234 22.9 0.0% 9.0% 238 24.8 0.0% 14.3%
2023 59 16.7 18.6% 0.0% 39 18.6 2.6% 0.0%
2024 242 17.5 4.5% 0.4% 212 19.3 0.5% 0.9%

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Pitch Distribution