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Career timeline: Anthony Santander

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Dec. 8, 2016: A Rule 5 gem

After spending five seasons in Cleveland’s Minor League system, Santander was taken by the Orioles in the 2016 Rule 5 Draft at the Winter Meetings

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Aug. 18, 2017: ‘That’s a nice debut’

Santander, who had missed 4 1/2 months due to a right elbow injury, almost immediately made a highlight-reel play in his first MLB game by robbing Mike Trout

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Aug. 18, 2017: First hit sparks winning rally

Santander recorded his first big league hit with a leadoff single in the ninth, then later scored on a walk-off grand slam by Manny Machado vs. the Angels

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Aug. 18, 2017: First hit sparks winning rally

Santander recorded his first big league hit with a leadoff single in the ninth, then later scored on a walk-off grand slam by Manny Machado vs. the Angels

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April 8, 2018: HR No. 1 comes in the Bronx

In his 20th career MLB game, Santander went deep for the first time, belting a go-ahead two-run home run at Yankee Stadium

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Aug. 4, 2019: A fan club from the U.K.

A group of 4,000 U.K. Scouts became huge fans of Santander, who received thunderous applause every time he caught the ball in a win vs. the Blue Jays

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Sept. 20, 2019: The 20-homer mark

After homering only once in 46 games over the ‘17 and ‘18 seasons, Santander went deep 20 times in ‘19, emerging as a power source for the O’s

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2020: Most Valuable Oriole

Santander won the Most Valuable Oriole Award in the pandemic-shortened ‘20 season, during which he swatted 11 homers and posted a career-high .890 OPS

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June 12, 2022: Into the waterfall!

Showcasing his prodigious power, Santander crushed a 455-foot homer (the longest of his career to that point, per Statcast) into the waterfall at Kauffman Stadium

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Aug. 19, 2022: A new homer high

With his 21st home run of the season, Santander set a new career high, and he finished the year with 33

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Sept. 27, 2022: Power from both sides

Santander homered from both sides of the plate for the fourth time in ‘22, tying the AL/NL single-season record set by the Padres’ Ken Caminiti in 1996