CLEVELAND, Ohio — Chris Antonetti remembers getting his first look at Carlos Santana in the Florida instructional league shortly after Cleveland acquired the 22-year-old catcher from the Dodgers in a 2008 trade for Casey Blake.

Now the Guardians president of baseball operations, Antonetti had little inkling back then about the type of player Santana would go on to become.

“Just to see the way he commanded an at-bat and a plate appearance and the way the ball came off his bat, it was exciting to think about what that future could be,” Antonetti said. “Carlos obviously has gone on to do incredible things, maybe even more than we could have possibly ever hoped.”

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