Hector Santiago Nearly Trade to Orioles in Offseason

[ELEVEN]

Schoop? Pass the Salt n Pepa.

[ELEVEN]

We have an international budget?

Well its funny you should ask that, but i've just been reading a great biig book about it, and apparently you can either hit them with the book, or shoot them just there, just above the beak.

[wopphil]

It was Brian Matusz and Rey Navarro for Santiago and part of our international budget. Don't know what fell through. Navarro ended up here anyway.

Seems like an overpay on our part. Santiago has a year more of club control than Matusz and, as a starting pitcher, seems to have much more value than a good but not great reliever.

Edited February 19, 2016 by wopphil

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Well its funny you should ask that, but i've just been reading a great biig book about it, and apparently you can either hit them with the book, or shoot them just there, just above the beak.

 

I just spent four hours buryin' the cat.

 

Props for the Monty Python reference.

Edited February 19, 2016 by Vegas Halo Fan

[Jim]

Doubt the Orioles would have given up that much.

Which could be why it didn't happen. 

[IEAngelsfan]

yes, and it's the same as the price of a gallon of regular at the shell on state college blvd.

This is such a ridiculous statement.......it's more like a gallon at Arco.

[Second Base]

Seems like an overpay on our part. Santiago has a year more of club control than Matusz and, as a starting pitcher, seems to have much more value than a good but not great reliever.

I agree. I also wonder how good Hector might be if we moved him to the pen. Might be really good there.

[Tank]

This is such a ridiculous statement.......it's more like a gallon at Arco.

 

i went for the easy laugh and should have known better.

[Lou]

Schoop? Pass the Salt n Pepa.

 

this got nothing?  

[Stradling]

this got nothing?

I'm white

[ABC]

IIRC, Bane said the Angels didn't want to pay Matusz $1.5M when they drafted him in 2005 so he went to college and was later drafted by the O's.

 

Thanks Arte.

Edited February 20, 2016 by CF8

[Mark68]

If they traded Santiago for Schoop I'd have been even more sad about the state of this team and the people in charge of ruining it

[ELEVEN]

I just spent four hours buryin' the cat.

Props for the Monty Python reference.

He was not at all a well cat.

[seenoevil]

This sounds like Hacksaw Hamilton's hot topics on the table.

[Troll Daddy]

22 BBs in 817 PAs? That's stellar and would have fit right in with our "don't get on base" philosophy.

Hopefully, Eppler was not targeting this guy

I always believed the batter was trying to hit the ball. Did something change? Edited February 21, 2016 by Troll Daddy

[Troll Daddy]

I'm guessing Manny Machado.

[Stradling]

I always believed the batter was trying to hit the ball. Did something change?

Says the guy who a few minutes ago authored a post about wanting Trout to walk more.

[nikkachez]

He doesn't get on base, but Schoop could've been a nice add. He's not great defensively, but the defensive metrics favor him over Giavotella, he had a .788 OPS last year and swatted 15 homeruns in 86 games, and he's not arbitration eligible until next year. 

 

Plus, we'd have a Dutch middle infield, that would be pretty sweet. 

[Troll Daddy]

Says the guy who a few minutes ago authored a post about wanting Trout to walk more.

Lol I was being facetious

[Docwaukee]

Schoop had a reasonable walk rate until he reached AAA and the majors.  Then it just fell apart.  

 

Gia was pretty much a beast in the minors and if Griffin can make him capable defensively, he's actually got a fair amount of value.  

 

I am glad we didn't trade Santiago.  I think he's gonna have a big year.  

[Second Base]

Schoop had a reasonable walk rate until he reached AAA and the majors. Then it just fell apart.

Gia was pretty much a beast in the minors and if Griffin can make him capable defensively, he's actually got a fair amount of value.

I am glad we didn't trade Santiago. I think he's gonna have a big year.

I'm thinking Santiago is going to serve a function like Adam Warren did for the Yanks and Tanner Roark did for the Nats, which is middle reliever/mop up while logging about 10-15 starts a year.

Santiago would make a great set up man in my opinion.