My Take
Roel Santos is one of those quietly fascinating baseball journeymen whose career map reads like an adventure story — born in Granma Province, Cuba, making his way through the Mexican League with the Conspiradores de Querétaro, and carving out time in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball with the Chiba Lotte Marines. That kind of globe-trotting path doesn't happen by accident; it takes real talent and even more grit to keep finding a roster spot across such wildly different baseball cultures. He never became a household name back in the States, but honestly, guys like Santos are the backbone of professional baseball worldwide — outfielders who show up, play hard, and keep the game going on three continents.
Overview
Roel Santos Martinez (born September 15, 1987) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Conspiradores de Querétaro of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chiba Lotte Marines.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Roel Santos
- Name (Japanese)
- ロエル・サントス
- Reading
- ろえる・さんとす
- Born
- September 15, 1987 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rabbit
- Origin
- Granma Province, Cuba
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 173 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.