When the Mariners (re)acquired Carlos Santana on June 27, we had no complaints, but said he wouldn’t “be setting anyone’s eyebrows or undergarments alight.” A month later, my undergarments beg to differ. After just four weeks on the roster, I now can’t imagine a world where Carlos Santana doesn’t play for the Mariners. You can’t argue with results: thanks in no small part to his five home runs (one more than he hit in twice as many PAs as a Royal this season!), the Mariners are 19-4 since he joined the team.
Perhaps we should have known Santana was born to be a Mariner.