Winston Santos

Winston Santos (born April 15, 2002) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2026.

Career Santons signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent on July 2, 2019, for $10,000 signing bonus. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He split his debut season of 2021 between the DSL Rangers of the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League and the ACL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League, going a combined 2–2 with a 3.27 ERA and 36 strikeouts over 33 innings.

Santos spent the 2022 season with the Down East Wood Ducks of the Single–A Carolina League, going 7–6 with a 3.49 ERA and 108 strikeouts over innings. Santos was promoted to the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A South Atlantic League for the 2023 season, going 7–9 with a 6.29 ERA and 88 strikeouts over innings.

Santos returned to Hickory to open the 2024 season, going 6–3 with a 2.80 ERA and 81 strikeouts over innings. He was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double–A Texas League in June. Santos represented Texas at the 2024 All-Star Futures Game. Following the season, the Rangers added Santos to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.

Santos was optioned to Double-A Frisco to begin the 2025 season. He made six starts split between Frisco and the Triple-A Round Rock Express, recording a combined 6.75 ERA with 26 strikeouts across innings pitched.

Santos was again optioned to Double-A Frisco to begin the 2026 season. In his first 11 starts for the RoughRiders, he logged a 1-3 record and 7.44 ERA with 58 strikeouts across innings pitched. On June 24, 2026, Santos was promoted to the major leagues for the first time.