Luis De Los Santos #35

Luis Alberto De Los Santos...Has appeared in games for the Leones del Escogido of the Dominican Winter League each of the past three offseasons...Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as a non-drafted free agent on July 2, 2015...Claimed off waivers by the Mets from Toronto on Nov. 4, 2024...Designated for assignment on Jan. 21, 2025.

2024

Made his major league debut with Toronto on July 31 at Baltimore, entering as a defensive replacement at third base in the eighth...Went 0-1 at the plate...Recorded his first career hit with an infield single on Aug. 11 at Oakland...Later notched an RBI double...Appeared in 43 games for Buffalo (AAA)…Missed two months due to injury.

2023

Made his fourth career appearance at MLB Spring Training, playing in nine games batting .250 (3-for-12) with a run scored...Began the 2023 campaign with Double-A New Hampshire, playing in 21 games while batting .256 (20-for-78) with seven doubles, a homer and 11 RBI...Promoted to Triple-A Buffalo, where he spent the rest of the 2023 season, batting .220 (47-for-214) over 65 games played while recording 12 doubles, a triple, seven homers and 40 RBI, with a .720 OPS.

2022

Attended MLB Spring Training for the third time in 2022, playing in four games collecting a hit in three at-bats...Assigned to Double-A New Hampshire to begin the 2022 campaign, where he appeared in 112 games, batting .264 (107-for-406) while recording 19 doubles, a pair of triples, 10 homers, and 57 RBI, with 34 walks...Promoted to Triple-A Buffalo to end the 2022 season, where he collected a hit in just five games...Split his time defensively in 2022 between shortstop second base, and third base, with the majority of the games coming at shortstop.

2021

Spent the entirety of the 2021 season remaining at Vancouver, where he hit .253 (95-for-376) in 91 games with career-highs in doubles (25), home runs (12), and RBI (65).

2020

Made his second straight appearance at big league camp in Spring Training for the 2020 season, appearing in three games...Did not play in 2020 due to the cancelled Minor League season.

2019

Appeared in MLB Spring Training before the 2019 campaign, playing one game...Assigned to High-A Dunedin to begin the 2019 season, where he played in only five games, batting .231 (3-for-13)...Sent back to Class-A Lansing a month into the season, where he hit .205 (16-for-78) over 25 games with five extra-base hits and two RBI...Spent the rest of the 2019 season at High-A Vancouver, batting .215 (49-for-228) across 59 games with 12 doubles, a pair of homers, and 21 RBI...During the 2019 campaign, played in 43 games at shortstop, 25 games at third base, 14 games at second base, and six games as the designated hitter combined across three teams.

2018

Played the entire 2018 season at Rookie-level Bluefield of the Appalachian League, where he batted .246 (57-for-232) over 62 games while recording eight doubles, five triples, seven homers, and 33 RBI, with nine stolen bases and a .721 OPS...Spent most of his time at shortstop with 56 games played at the position, along with some limited time at third base and designated hitter.

2017

Started the 2017 season with Toronto’s GCL team, hitting .288 (53-for-184) over 49 games with 11 doubles, three triples, a homer, and 28 RBI...Promoted to Class-A Lansing near the end of the season, appearing in only six games hitting .143 (3-for-21) with an RBI...Spent his time defensively with 52 games at shortstop, one game at third base, and one game as the designated hitter combined over the 2017 campaign.