Have you ever had something so good, you thought there was no way it could be better, yet somehow it did? Like seeing The Godfather, then watching The Godfather II. Or putting chicken tenders on a sub.
That was Carlos Santana’s pitch selection in 2019. Returning home for his age-33 season, Santana’s already elite eye at the plate took a step forward. More in the sense of taking a great thing and adding another great thing, the overlying change did not require Francis Ford Coppola-levels of magic.
Santana simply recognized more mistakes, drove them, and saw big jumps in his metrics, as well as the improved results that catapulted the first baseman to a career year.