In comments made before Friday night's series opener in Minnesota (and passed along by Paul Hoynes), Indians manager Terry Francona said Carlos Santana needs to work harder if he wants to play first base more often again.
"I don't think he has the ability to just go out and play it. He's got to work at it. When he works at it, he's pretty good."
Friday night marks the fifth game in a row Santana has been at DH, and the eighth time in the team's last eleven games; this comes after he was the team's DH only three times before August.