Fautino de los Santos

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Fautino De Los Santos

Bats Right, Right Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 205 lb.

Born February 15, 1986 in La Vega, D.R.

[edit] Biography

Fautino De Los Santos is a right-handed pitching prospect for the Chicago White Sox. He boasted a 1.86 ERA after making 10 appearances (9 starts) in the Dominican Summer League during the 2006 season, and continued his success with the Kannapolis Intimidators in 2007. De Los Santos appeared in the 2007 Futures Game, where he gave up a solo home run to Justin Upton and struck out two batters in one inning of work.

De Los Santos was promoted to Winston Salem in August of 2007. He made his first start for the Warthogs on August 10th, he allowed one run in five innings and struck out six. Between Kannapolis and Winston-Salem, De Los Santos won 10 games and fanned 153 hitters. Opponents hit just .163 against the righty.

De Los Santos was traded to the Oakland Athletics in January of 2008, being sent with Gio Gonzalez and Ryan Sweeney in return for Nick Swisher.