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I'm about 70% sure about Santander at this point. One thing I look for personally is whether or not a player can bounce back from their first slump or their first cluster of bad starts and go on another hot streak. That suggests a player capable of successfully making adjustments to the league's adjustments. Santander has done that already and he's playing really well again, so I think it's a very real possibility that he's a legit major leaguer.

Tomorrow's starter is another guy who will have to go through the same phase before I can really believe he's got a chance to stick in the majors long term. I'm probably more optimistic than most on that front, though.

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