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- Updated: August 27, 2016
MILWAUKEE — Brewers outfielder Domingo Santana assured Friday that he is healthy and ready for any opportunity that comes his way.
Those opportunities have been fleeting since Santana, the Brewers’ Opening Day right fielder and leadoff hitter, returned from two-plus months on the disabled list for an elbow injury. He has been absent from the starting lineup for five of the Brewers’ eight games since the team reinstated the 24-year-old from the DL, including four of the past five games.
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, the 29-year-old whose two-run home run accounted for all the Brewers’ offense in Thursday’s 3-2 loss to the Pirates, started again in right field Friday.
“I mean, to be honest with you, it’s just great that I’m healthy,” Santana said. “I want to do whatever to help the team win. It’s ‘Whatever,’ you know? I’m just glad that I’m healthy and positive. Any little chance, I’ll be grateful. I’m comfortable with whatever.”
Nieuwenhuis will be …
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