Braves sign Ervin Santana to 1 year 14.1M deal

NinersSBChamps said:
Please don't act like Beachy potentially getting hurt again is a surprise. Medlen has had surgery as well. Minor has been healthy for the most part in his career, but the other two have a history of dealing with these ailments. Not too mention Gavin Floyd coming back from the same surgeries as the aforementioned pitchers. Stop me when you detect the pattern...

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Saying Medlen is an injury concern is the same as saying any pitcher in the majors are an injury concern. There was no reason to think that Medlen would get hurt. TJS happens so often now.
 
NinersSBChamps said:
Please don't act like Beachy potentially getting hurt again is a surprise. Medlen has had surgery as well. Minor has been healthy for the most part in his career, but the other two have a history of dealing with these ailments. Not too mention Gavin Floyd coming back from the same surgeries as the aforementioned pitchers. Stop me when you detect the pattern...

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Probably 80-90% of pitchers these days have had Tommy John surgery at some point in their careers. I mean seriously dude? It's part of the current age of baseball.
 
If Medlen's injury is serious they have no choice but to sign Santana. I mean you can't have Garcia and Floyd in your rotation all year. One of them maybe, but not both.

You can't count on Beachy, he can't go a week without having some issue pop up. I'm afraid he might be done.
 
Since when do we even have money to sign Santana for this year, let alone a 4 year deal? Doing so might prevent us from signing Heyward long term.
 
jpx7 said:
I don't think anyone is cheering about this, or happy at all—especially with its meaning that Medlen's entire career might be in jeopardy—that the Braves are in this position. But, as [MENTION=7]thethe[/MENTION] said in the other thread, the Beachy issues were predictable and the Braves shouldn't have depended on his successfully returning to fill one of the top four spots. Instead, having Beachy as one of the contingency plans, and slotting a better / more reliable starter ahead of him, would have ameliorated a lot of the issues that have arisen with the Minor and Medlen injuries.
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Exactly. I feel terrible for Medlen. But these guys just want to insult. That's what they do.
 
How about calling up Javier Vasquez?

When he retired, he said the only team he would play for is Atlanta.

Could be wayyyy cheaper than Ervin Santana, 37 years old but he was always a pitcher not a fireballer.
 
Assuming he's right.....No Medlen, Beachy doesn't look so good......good start.

Lets go Ervin
 
Will Carroll ‏@injuryexpert 6m
Whoops - sorry, that was not from the real Chipper Jones. I HATE that Twitter allows those accounts to exist. Got RTed into my timeline.
 
What he really meant:

keithlaw said:
Will Carroll ‏@injuryexpert 6m
Whoops - sorry, that was not from the real Chipper Jones. I HATE that Twitter doesn't do all my work as a journalist for me. I shouldn't have to be responsible for fact-checking—even to a cursory extent—things that I promulgate.
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drewdat said:
If they don't know what the Braves are doing now, then how will they know who to sign three years later?
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Does anyone think that it's possible that Medlen just has a forearm strain?

Beachy just pulled his bicep. Lol

I've read nothing to indicate the Braves have hit the panic button besides the posters on here talking about giving bad shoulder Santana $11-$14 mil
 
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