Antonio Santos #27

Antonio is in his second season with the Cubs organization after he was signed to a Minor League contract June 21, 2024...Has appeared in 10 career Major League games (one start) with Colorado (2020-21), going 0-2 with an 8.83 ERA (17 ER/17.1 IP)…In parts of eight Minor League season with the Rockies (2015- 21), Mets (2022) and Cubs (2024) organizations, is 40-50 with a 4.80 ERA (377 ER/707.0 IP) in 178 games (115 starts)...Made his Major League debut with the Rockies Sept. 1, 2020 vs. San Francisco...Was originally signed by Colorado as a non-drafted free agent July 2, 2015...Idolized Pedro Martinez growing up in the Dominican Republic.

2024

Antonio joined the Cubs organization as a Minor League free agent on June 21, 2024 and pitched in 14 games (13 starts) for Double-A Tennessee...Went 9-4 with a 3.99 ERA (31 ER/70.0 IP) and 80 strikeouts for the Smokies...Struck out at least seven batters in seven of his 14 outings...Tossed seven scoreless innings with seven strikeouts in a 2-0 win over Chattanooga on Aug. 9.

2023

Did not pitch during the 2023 season.

2022

Split the 2022 campaign between Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A Syracuse in the Mets system...Posted a combined 4-3 record with a 5.74 ERA (27 ER/42.1 IP) in 29 games in relief.

2021

Pitched for Licey in the Dominican Winter League during the 2021-22 offseason...Posted a 1.00 ERA (one earned run/9.0 innings) in nine appearances...Was up with the Rockies for four stints on the active roster...Threw more than 1.0 inning in five of his seven outings...Appeared in a career-high 41 games, 34 of which came in the minors at Triple-A Albuquerque.

2020

Made his major league debut on September 1 vs. San Francisco, allowing two runs on four hits with two walks and two strikeouts over 2.1 innings of relief...Made two relief appearances and one start across two stints on the active roster.

2019

Split the season between High-A Lancaster and Double-A Hartford, combining to go 6-9 with a 4.53 ERA (145.0 IP, 73 ER) ... Went 3-6 with a 4.35 ERA (99.1 IP, 48 ER) with 18 walks and 96 strikeouts in 18 starts for Lancaster … promoted to Hartford on July 20 and went 3-3 with a 4.93 ERA (45.2 IP, 25 ER), 10 walks and 44 strikeouts across eight starts for the Yard Goats ... Pitched for Salt River in the Arizona Fall League, going 1-1 with a 2.77 ERA (13.0 IP, 4 ER) ... Selected to Colorado's 40-man roster on Nov. 20.