Sergio Santos

Sergio Jose Santos (born July 4, 1983 in Bellflower, California) is a Minor League Baseball shortstop in the Minnesota Twins organization. He currently plays for the class AAA Rochester Red Wings of the International League.

Santos was drafted out of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round of the by|2002 Major League Baseball Draft. Between 2002 and by|2005, Santos steadily worked his way up through the Diamondbacks' farm system all the way to class AAA Tucson, where he hit 21 doubles and 12 home runs in 2005.

On December 27, 2005, Santos was sent to Toronto along with Troy Glaus in exchange for Miguel Batista and Orlando Hudson. In by|2006, he hit .214 with 5 HRs and 38 RBI in 128 games with Toronto's AAA affiliate, the Syracuse Chiefs. He attended the Blue Jays' by|2007 spring training, but did not make the active 25-man roster. After his struggles at AAA Syracuse in 2006, Toronto assigned Santos to their AA affiliate, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats for the 2007 season.

On May 13, by|2008, Santos was claimed off waivers by the Minnesota Twins.

External links

* [http://minors.baseball-reference.com/players.cgi?pid=13086 Baseball Reference]