Wednesday’s game will mark the first start of Ervin Santana’s season in 2018. The thirty-five-year-old has been out since February when he underwent a procedure to remove Calcium deposits in his right middle finger. The righty was supposed to return earlier, but he experienced some setbacks in his recovery.
The procedure couldn’t have come at a worse time for the right-handed hurler. 2017 was a career year for the starter. In thirty-three starts he posted a 3.28 ERA and 135 ERA+. As a result of his strong numbers, he was named an All-Star and finished seventh in the American League Cy Young vote.