We still have a pick in the first, just on the sandwich side. And it's the MLB draft, not the NFL draft. Your first and second round picks aren't virtual locks to be starters.
Unless like thewupk said, we have a handshake not to offer Santana arby, I'm fine with this deal. Especially with Beachy just exiting. Hopefully he or Medlen are just temporarily sidelined but this was basically a necessary move.
My guess for the Braves since Minor is only supposed to miss 2 weeks, we go with a loaded pen and a rotation of Julio, Wood, Garcia, and Hale. either we need someone to go on 3 days against the Nats on the 6th or my idea of bullpen game. Those are usually fun. Then if Minor can't go the following week against the Nationals then we bring up someone to make a start, but here's hoping he'll be good to go even if it's a bumpy ride.
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Not a fan since it's just 1-year, bad move.
Anyone else thinks this means TJ is inevitable for Meds?
Ivermectin Man
Does it account for types of hits. If he had a whip of 1 but every hit was a homer, would that be good? What if his whip was 1.5, but all singles? Does it take into account how many strikeouts he got?
A major component of whip is hits allowed which is also largely defense related.
Again (I believe we had this argument before) , you have to remember that Santana is a tweener pitching about as much time in a more offensive environment as this more pitching friendly environment. Santana's been an average to above average most seasons starter in the rate stats and is about as durable of a starter as there is in baseball. If he comes here and plays like he did last year for KC we have 3 fWAR pitcher. It's not a fantastic value at 14M but right about market. If he improves on a few things (mainly his HR rate) that would go up.
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thethe (03-12-2014)
Why should we believe he's capable of pitching like he did last year when that year was such an outlier for him? That's my issue. There's a reason nobody gave him a big multi-year deal and it had nothing to do with that draft pick attached to him and everything to do with his history as a pitcher. There's a great chance he turns back into the pumpkin he's been in his career.
Last year wasn't an outlier. It wasn't even his best or second best year in fWAR.
Santana in 06 posted a 3.3 fWAR in 08 a 6.0 fWAR. Switch to rWAR and last year was his 5th best season, or the worst of his non-bad season. With 08, 10, 11, and 06 beating last year.
As long as Santana doesn't have a bad year like 12, 09, or 07 we're going to get out moneys worth of a guy who'll be very solid. If he has a bad year we wasted our money. But that can happen with any signed or traded for player (see McLouth, Nate)
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That is certainly gonna play a part going from a major league hitter (OPS of .726 for the AL last season on average) to NL pitchers (OPS of .341 in the NL last season) is going to change the aspect of the game. Pitching in the NL is a different beast and some guys struggle with it because it's not the same as the AL and Santana may be that type, but some thrive in it like Cliff Lee, Lee was great in the AL too but he really thrives in the NL. Sabathia I think is the biggest waste in the AL of a pitcher after watching him play some for the Brewers. Hopefully santana takes to the NL like a fish to water and has a year like his 08 where he struck out around 9 and walked around 2 with his most normal HR rate
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I like the move - not sure how you can't. I've yet to see a reason why this is a bad move.