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Getting defensive: Pirates' Carlos Santana has been quietly impressive on other side of the ball
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Pirates sign 1B Carlos Santana to 1-year deal: Source - The Athletic
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Pirates' Santana blasts go-ahead walk-off homer into the Allegheny River
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After huge night for bats, Pirates' message is 'we have to keep playing like this
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