Ervin Santana's Representation Currently Unsettled

[gotbeer]

Ervin Santana's Representation Currently Unsettled

 

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[Blarg]

Turning down qualifying offers has not worked out very well for some free agents.

[gotbeer]

Turning down qualifying offers has not worked out very well for some free agents.

 

Neither has boasting they should get $100 million+ contracts.  

 

I wonder if Santana would have been signed a long time ago, if his agent didn't make that claim?

[Homebrewer]

ESPN's Buster Olney tweeted shortly after that should Santana go that route, he needs to understand that teams are still very leery of his medical reports and concerned about his elbow. Olney points out that teams are nervous due to the fact that Santana threw more sliders than any pitcher in baseball last year.

 

Interesting. Didn't know that his arm health was also in question.

[gotbeer]

 

Interesting. Didn't know that his arm health was also in question.

 

If I remember right.  Even when he was on the Angels, he had elbow issues.  Think it caused some debate on the forums, because it was described as a strain.  And the MD's were debating on what exactly a strain meant/severity of it.  

[Stradling]

I always thought of Ervin as being a work horse even though he struggled every other year.

[Homebrewer]

I always thought of Ervin as being a work horse even though he struggled every other year.

Yeah,  his mental health was always the main question. Have heard his durability touted as an asset.

[laagamer]

Oh, so I just read that Ervin sucked because of injury but is now healed. 

 

Now he'll be a 20 game winner for someone else.

 

Typical ex-Angel. 

[Stradling]

He will be an Angel if he makes it to June

[wopphil]

He will be an Angel if he makes it to June

I was thinking about this too.  I'd be on board if the price was right (nothing more than 3/30 or so). 

[Angel Oracle]

I would be in that camp too, but am leery of re-acquisitions beause they seem to not work out very often.

Plus the issue of good year/bad year Erv sticks out like a sore thumb.

[Season Over]

I wonder if he'd sign a 1 year deal with somebody in June and hit the reset button on his free agency next year.

I know Orlando Cabrera signed a deal a few years ago that prohibited his team from offering him arbitration. Is it legal under the current CBA to have a clause like that regarding Qualifying Offers?

[Erstad Grit]

Santana on the cheap could really solidify this team's depth issues. 

[19HALO71]

If he is available in June? Sure. But keep it very team friendly.

[AngelsLakersFan]

If I remember right.  Even when he was on the Angels, he had elbow issues.  Think it caused some debate on the forums, because it was described as a strain.  And the MD's were debating on what exactly a strain meant/severity of it.  

 

The Angels made him cut back on throwing the slider to prevent strain on his arm after nearly needing Tommy John surgery following his breakout season. The Royals this year, with Ervin on a one year contract, instructed him to throw a lot more sliders.

 

Overall though Ervin has been very durable throughout his career.

[tdawg87]

****in' Bean Stringfellow.

[Angel Oracle]

"F%$^& it, let's just sign!"