Seattle Mariners pitcher Hector Santiago has been suspended for 80 games after testing positive for exogenous Testosterone, a performance-enhancing substance in violation of MLB's Drug and Treatment Program. What a year for Hector Santiago, who was suspended 10 games earlier in the year for a foreign substance and now 80 games for PEDs. The 33-year-old is out for the remainder of the season and will miss the beginning of the 2022 campaign. Santiago finishes 2021 with a (1-1) record and a 3.42 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, and a 30:11 K: BB across 26 1/3 innings in 2021.
Seattle Mariners left-hander Hector Santiago has finished his 10-game suspension after being found with an illegal substance on his glove last month. The Mariners have been down to 25 players since July 3, the first day of Santiago's suspension. Santiago has pitched well out of the bullpen for the Mariners and has helped keep them in contention late in July. Across 24 1/3 innings, he has posted a 3.33 ERA, 27.4 K%, 9.4 BB% and has surrendered two home runs. There isn't much fantasy value in Santiago, who hasn't had any save chances and has zero holds on the year as more of a middle-relief arm.
Seattle Mariners pitcher Hector Santiago's appeal of his 10-game suspension for using a foreign substance was denied Thursday, according to Jeff Passan. Santiago will serve the full suspension, and the Seattle Mariners will not be able to fill the roster spot while he is sidelined. Santiago is the first player to be suspended under the new rules regarding foreign substances. He can be dropped from any fantasy rosters, and managers will want to stay tuned to see how his absence affects the Mariners roster and pitcher usage on the whole.
Seattle Mariners pitcher Hector Santiago made a spot start Sunday, allowing one run on two hits and one walk in three innings to the Los Angeles Angels. He struck out one batter. With so many injuries among the Seattle starters, Santiago would figure to be a candidate to remain in the rotation, but his own pending appeal of a 10-game suspension for using sticky substances complicates matters. Santiago has a 3.33 ERA and 1.36 WHIP with 29 strikeouts in 24 1/3 innings over 12 appearances, but he doesn't make for an attractive fantasy asset, at least while he's still building up to a regular starter's workload.
Hector Santiago Suspended 10 Games For Foreign Substance
Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Hector Santiago was handed a 10-game suspension Tuesday for having a foreign substance in his glove. Santiago was ejected from Sunday's game against the Chicago White Sox in the fifth inning and later claimed to have been acting in accordance with the new foreign substance guidelines, but clearly the league disagrees. Santiago, the first player to be suspended since the guidelines were implemented, is appealing the ruling, and his suspension will be put on hold until that process is completed. If the suspension is upheld, Seattle would have to play a man down for the duration of the ten games. Santiago is not on many fantasy rosters, but managers will want to stay tuned for details, if only to see how the process plays out for future infractions.
Seattle Mariners left-hander Hector Santiago became the first player in Major League Baseball to be ejected on Sunday after a foreign-substance inspection against the Chicago White Sox. The 33-year-old southpaw had gone 2 1/3 innings in the game, allowing one run on three hits while walking two and striking out four before the ejection. Santiago will now be suspended by the league for 10 games under the new foreign-substance rules for pitchers. Coming into the game, he was sporting a very nice 2.45 ERA with a 32.2% strikeout rate and 8.5% walk rate in eight relief outings over 14 2/3 innings for the M's. Santiago isn't much of a fantasy asset while pitching in relief, though, and he'll be out for the next 10 days.
Seattle Mariners pitcher Hector Santiago will have his contract purchased from Triple-A on Thursday. The veteran left-handed pitcher last made an appearance with the White Sox and New York Mets in 2019. He posted a 6.68 ERA over 19 appearances, so fantasy managers shouldn't expect much from Santiago. He'll likely move into the Mariners bullpen and we'll see if he does have anything left in the tank. Fantasy managers can go ahead and ignore Santiago right now.
Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Daniel Zamora and Hector Santiago were called up from Triple-A before Thursday night's game. In corresponding moves, relief pitchers Wyatt Mills and Yohan Ramirez were demoted to Triple-A. Injured pitcher Sam Delaplane, out with Tommy John surgery, was designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster. It's been a revolving door in Seattle's bullpen, and it seems unlikely either of these lefties will factor into the picture for saves, or even holds. They can be left on the waiver wire.
Hector Santiago to Start for White Sox in Game 2 of Doubleheader
The Chicago White Sox will send Hector Santiago to the mound to start in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader with the Tigers. Santiago rejoined the White Sox in June after starting out the year with the Mets, where he posted a 6.75 ERA and 6.8 K/9 over eight innings out of the bullpen. Santiago hasn't been as effective in recent years as he used to be, but he could be a sneaky streaming option against the Tigers on Tuesday as Detroit is hitting .227 and averaging 10 strikeouts over their last 15 games.
The Chicago White Sox have announced that starting pitcher Hector Santiago will be called up from Triple-A Charlotte to make a start on Tuesday versus the Tigers. The veteran lefty was signed to a minor league deal in June and has struggled with a 5.48 ERA across seven starts. Its likely that Santiago wont stay with the big league club after Tuesdays start and he can be ignored in all formats.
