Jhonny Yussef Santos is a 6′, 160 lb. outfielder from Puerto Armuelles, Panama. Santos will be entering his sixth season on the Miami Marlins minor league baseball team this year, 2019.
Santos was born on October 2nd, 1996. He signed a contract with the Miami Marlins on July 2nd, 2013 for $355,000 (that’s a lot of money for a Porteño!). After coming to terms, Santos’ first professional assignment was with the rookie-level DSL Marlins, in the Dominican Summer League in 2014. He ranked second on the team with 65 appearances at the age of 17, and hit .223/.286/.288 with nine doubles, four triples, and no homers with 19 RBI. He stole 10-of-15 bases attempted, and struck out only 11.7 percent of the time.
Santos earned a lateral promotion to the rookie-level, Florida-based GCL Marlins in the Gulf Coast League for the 2015 season. 打左和中场,,en,桑托斯大幅削减,,en,在团队中排名第三,,en,竞赛,,en,百分比的气味率是俱乐部中最低的,,en,他收集了,,en,打点和六个被盗基地,,en,桑托斯度过了他的大部分时间,,en,与短暂的季节 - 巴达维亚Muckdogs,,en,以及南大西洋联盟中的单一A格林斯伯勒蚱蜢,,en,可以看到桑托斯在巴达维亚和格林斯伯勒之间的分配或多或少,,en,出场,,en,分别,,en,桑托斯花了大部分时间,,en,与蚱蜢的季节,,en,还花钱,,en,在佛罗里达州联盟中与高A木星锤头的比赛,,en,介于两个层面之间,,en,他偷了,,en,基地并被抓了七次,,en,更令人印象深刻,,en,也许,,en,他总共捣毁了八个本垒打,,en,远远超过他的职业预测,,en,根据MLB管道,,en,由于紧凑的挥杆，桑托斯拥有良好的接触技巧,,en, Santos slashed .301/.355/.349 in a team-third 53 contests. His 7.9 percent whiff rate was the lowest on the club, and he collected 21 RBI and six stolen bases.
Santos spent most of his 2016 with the short-season-A Batavia Muckdogs, and with the single-A Greensboro Grasshoppers in the South Atlantic League. 2017 would see Santos split the year more-or-less evenly between Batavia and Greensboro, with 30 and 31 appearances, respectively. Santos spent most of the 2018 season with the Grasshoppers, also spending 28 games with the high-A Jupiter Hammerheads in the Florida State League. Between the two levels, he stole 19 bases and got caught seven times. More impressively, perhaps, he mashed a total of eight home runs, well over his career projections.
According to the MLB Pipeline: “Santos has good contact skills thanks to a compact swing, 他对罢工区表现出先进的感觉,,en,领先的球探们相信，当他穿越未成年人时，他将继续保持平均水平,,en,剩下相当多的投影,,en,随着身体发育，桑托斯应该成长为一些力量。,,en,桑托斯已经证明自己处于中等水平，格林斯博罗的数量不错,,en,目前正在中西部联盟的同级别Clinton LumberKings登记,,en,寻找他用高A锤头打破营地,,en,更长距离的预测将让他在迈阿密马林队队的主要联赛中受到挑战,,en,只有一个主要的联盟来自Puerto Armuelles镇,,en,长期匹兹堡海盗外野手,,en,来自波多黎各的迈阿密马林鱼外野手,,en, leading scouts to believe he will continue to hit for average as he moves through the Minors. With quite a bit of projection remaining, Santos should grow into some power as he develops physically.”
Santos has already proved himself at the middle-A level with decent numbers for Greensboro, and is currently rostered at the like-leveled Clinton LumberKings in the Midwest League. Look for him to break camp with the high-A Hammerheads. Longer range projections would see him challenging for a major league spot with the Miami Marlins in 2021.
Only one major leaguer has originated from the town of Puerto Armuelles, longtime Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Omar Moreno.
