If it wasn’t for injury, Santana would not likely return to the list this year. Santana burst out of the gates in 2018 and earned a call-up to fill in to the rotation. He came down with a rotator cuff injury almost immediately thereafter, which might throw his eventual upside and future role into question. While No. 3 might look lofty to some, I simply chose to leave Santana’s score alone from last season, giving him the benefit of the doubt of regaining his plus stuff when healthy.
Before his call-up, Santana was dominating the minor leagues with a devastating power breaking ball with good velocity and a high spin rate.