When Carlos Santana left for the Phillies last month, I wrote about how his departure is symbolic because he was the first piece in the team that we see today. The first quality player of the new era, the first stone upon which this whole run has been built. It all has to start somewhere. The Phillies are hoping for the same thing out of him, though they have a couple rough hewn rocks of their own to create around, as well. What’s interesting though, Santana isn’t the first young catcher that heralded a great Cleveland run.
The unheralded value of Sandy Alomar
