Carlos Santana
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Oct 9, 2026
Allen StilesHOST
Up and down the list of the greatest defensive first baseman in modern baseball, there are players who began their careers at other positions.
Allen StilesHOST
Carlos Santana was a below average defensive backstop before he was a Gold Glove winner.
Allen StilesHOST
Ty France might be one of the best defensive first baseman in baseball right now, but he started as a middle infielder.
Allen StilesHOST
Albert Pujols, A.
Gary MorganHOST
Then there's Johnny Severino.
Gary MorganHOST
Remember Severino came to Pittsburgh in the Carlos Santana trade with Milwaukee and for a while it looked like he might get lost in the shuffle and I would say not anymore.
Gary MorganHOST
31 home runs and 95 RBI at Greensboro will get your attention in a hurry.
Gary MorganHOST
Power is very real.
John BonnesHOST
[laughs] Yeah.
Aaron GleemanHOST
Uh, because, like, Carlos Santana got, like, four votes-
John BonnesHOST
Right
Aaron GleemanHOST
... and a couple other guys got three votes.
Anthony FrancoGUEST
First base was a complete disaster for them this year.
Anthony FrancoGUEST
They had tried Carlos Santana.
Anthony FrancoGUEST
That lasted like a couple games.
Anthony FrancoGUEST
It was mostly Talley and Aldemar Vargas.
Nick PiecoroGUEST
I, I think that when they, uh, moved on from Naylor and Suarez and then kind of didn't really fill those, those positions, um, I think that it was sort of based on the idea that they were gonna get star caliber production, like MVP vote receiving type of production from Ketel and Perdomo and Corbin Carroll, and they didn't really get it.
Nick PiecoroGUEST
Um, I also think, you know, th-this is-- I'm not trying to defend them for, for not adding more than Carlos Santana at first base.
Nick PiecoroGUEST
I think that probably the way that the deadline went a year ago, uh, the way that they had trouble finding teams to be interested in Suarez, um, and you know, how easily they were able to add, you know, JD Martinez, uh, a decade earlier, um, I think it gave them a little bit of confidence going in that, you know, it's usually a buyer's market, uh, for those kinds of bats, and if they need a first baseman, they need a designated hitter at the deadline, they should be able to go out and, and get what they need.
Nick PiecoroGUEST
And, you know, it, it just didn't work out that way.
CJ BaumgartnerHOST
And to be fair to the Twins, I think they have shown ability at first base to develop some guys out of all places.
CJ BaumgartnerHOST
You look at Carlos Santana putting together a Gold Glove caliber year.
CJ BaumgartnerHOST
You look at Ty France, who w- won a Gold Glove, uh, with the Twins.
CJ BaumgartnerHOST
So, you know, it's, uh, yeah, again, it's something to say that it's not that defense is unimportant in today's game.
Shane BarclayHOST
I need to add the Hall of Famers still.
Shane BarclayHOST
But I, I got Carlos Santana, Big Papi, Robbie Cano, Ubaldo Jiménez, José Bautista, Nelson Cruz, Felipe Alou, Moisés Alou, Miguel Tejada, C- Johnny Cueto, Ozzie Virgil, Vladimir Guerrero Sr., and Pujols.
Shane BarclayHOST
I gotta get, like, Pedro on here and Beltré and-
Miguel BatistaGUEST
Man
Derek MontillaHOST
What didn't work out was...
Derek MontillaHOST
Obviously, Carlos Santana being your solution at first base, that wasn't even a monetary thing.
Derek MontillaHOST
But Zach Gallin and Merrill Kelly being the two that you spent the most money on that are not... you know, contributing at the way that you expected them to, right? But they're still like, as Mark is detailing, Jack Summers over at Sniggs Territory slash D-backs on SI, he broke down a lot of their, you know, payroll concerns.
Derek MontillaHOST
And a lot of those concerns are going to be, it's going to make it hard for this team to spend less and fill the amount of positional needs that they need to fill going forward.
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