Gregory Santos

BIOGRAPHY

Gregory Santos was born August 28, 1999, in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Santos signed with the Boston Red Sox as an international free agent on August 28, 2015. He spent the 2016 season with the DSL Red Sox, going 3–3 with a 4.17 ERA over 41 innings.

On July 26, 2017, Santos and Shaun Anderson were traded to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for Eduardo Núñez. He split the 2017 season between the DSL Red Sox and the DSL Giants, going a combined 3–0 with a 1.29 ERA over 49 innings.

He played for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes in 2018, posting a 2–5 record with a 4.53 ERA over 49+2⁄3 innings. He played for the Augusta GreenJackets in 2019, going 1–5 with a 2.86 ERA over 34+2⁄3 innings. Santos missed the second half of the 2019 season due to shoulder issues.

Santos did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On November 20, 2020, Santos was added to the 40-man roster. On April 22, 2021, Santos was promoted to the major leagues for the first time. He made his MLB debut that day against the Miami Marlins, pitching a scoreless inning of relief, and was the 6th-youngest player in the NL. In the game, he also notched his first two major league strikeouts, punching out Magneuris Sierra and Jazz Chisholm Jr.

On April 28, Santos was optioned to the Giants' alternate site in Sacramento to make room for new outfielder Mike Tauchman. He later began his minor league season with the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats.