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9. Carlos Santana

Position: 1B | Age: 32

Current Team: Indians | Best Fit: Red Sox

2017 Stats: .259 BA, .818 OPS, 23 HR, 79 RBI, 5 SB

Santana is another player who got off to a poor walk year start—he was hitting .209 with a .641 OPS on May 5—before rebounding to approach career norms. First base/DH types with games predicated on power haven't attained enormous contracts recently—Edwin Encarnacion got three years and $60 million from the Indians last year—but Santana is the best of this year's crop. In fact, the power-starved Red Sox might regret not signing Encarnacion to fill Big Papi's shoes, and might now turn to Santana.