GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Carlos Santana is trying to buck the trend. The Guardians signed Santana to a one-year, $12 million deal shortly after trading Josh Naylor to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The guitar legend in question was Carlos Santana, who at the time was touring the US with Jeff Beck. In the late 1990s, a chance encounter between his father and a friend of Santana’s put the ...

It happened in 1997, when Santana was touring the US ... As Julian now recalls, his connection with Carlos began with a chance encounter. “My father worked at Fog City diner in San Francisco, ...