Estarlin De Los Santos

Estarlin De Los Santos (Starling) (born January 20, 1987) is a Minor League Baseball infielder.
The 5'10", 165 lb. Dominican signed with Twins as a non-drafted free agent shortly after his eighteenth birthday in . Though he played poorly his first professional season with the Gulf Coast League Twins (.195 batting average, no home runs and only two runs batted in with a .889 fielding percentage), he has shown steady improvement in the three seasons since, In with the Beloit Snappers, De Los Santos tied for the league lead with 60 runs scored, second with six triples, fourth with 75 hits and third with 27 stolen bases. He was named the Appalachian League player of the week (July 10-16, 2007) and a Post-Season All-Star.
De Los Santos has primarily played shortstop thus far in the Twins farm system, however, he has seen some action at second base as well. He played Winter ball with Gigantes del Cibao of the Dominican Winter Baseball League in , and on November 20, 2009, he was added to the Twins' 40 man roster.

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