Hickory Crawdads pitcher Winston Santos was named the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week for the week just past. The righthander, who turned 22 last week, struck out 12 and walked two in five shutout innings while allowing just one hit.
Santos has gotten off to a terrific start to the 2024 season. In three starts for Hickory, he has thrown 15.2 innings, allowed just one run, allowed opponents a .161/.217/.161 slash line, and struck out 24 of 60 batters faced while walking just four.
This is a huge turnaround for Santos, who came into 2023 as one of the Rangers’ more well-regarded pitching prospects in the lower levels, having put up a 3.