ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) 鈥� Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Carlos Santana, the oldest active position player in the majors, suffered a recent setback in his rehab from a right groin strain that has .
Santana, 40, felt a twinge in the area of the injury on Saturday while playing for Triple-A Reno, Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said Monday before the D-backs鈥� game at Texas. Santana returned to Arizona for further evaluation.
鈥淜ind of a bummer,鈥� Lovullo said. 鈥淚 know he鈥檚 been working really, really hard to come back. He hit a home run a couple of days ago, so I think his swing was coming around.鈥�
He left Arizona鈥檚 at home against Atlanta in the second inning after singling. It was his second hit in 24 at-bats, leaving him with a .083 batting average with no homers or RBIs in eight games.
Santana signed with the Diamondbacks as a free agent in early February after splitting last season between Cleveland and the Chicago Cubs, hitting a combined .219 with 11 home runs and 54 RBI.
This IL stint is just the fifth in Santana鈥檚 17-year career and likely will result in his longest absence since his rookie season with Cleveland in 2010, when he missed the final two months with a sprained left knee.
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