Remember The Outrage?

[Lou]

Hector Santiago - Twins

4 GS

0-4

19 ip

32 hits

23 er

7 HR

10.89 era 

1.842 whip

 

 

 

 

[ScruffytheJanitor]

Good Lord. 

[Lou]

add in 7 doubles and 2 triples

.372 BAA 

[Lou]

can't wait until we face him and Pujols hits a 9th inning solo shot to break up the shutout 

[fan_since79]

Those numbers are hard to achieve even if you're trying.

 

[AngelsFaninGA]

Meanwhile:

Ricky Nolasco:

0-3, 5.70 ERA. Oh and we have all next year of this garbage too. 

[tdawg87]

But how much nibbling has he done

[yk9001]

I never ever get sick of the toothy smile on the dawg's face from tdawg87.

[Turd Ferguson]

Yeah, I definitely overreacted to that one a bit. In all fairness, it was borne more out of "is this all we can get?" moreso than I thought Santiago was a huge piece going forward. But it seems like that trade, entirely contingent on Meyer now, is pretty low risk/high reward. Sorry Eppy!

[Dick B Back]

2 hours ago, Lou said:

Hector Santiago - Twins

4 GS

0-4

19 ip

32 hits

23 er

7 HR

10.89 era 

1.842 whip

 

 

 

 

We are so surprised.

[eligrba]

2 hours ago, Lou said:

Hector Santiago - Twins

4 GS

0-4

19 ip

32 hits

23 er

7 HR

10.89 era 

1.842 whip

 

 

 

 

"Damn it, Jim."

Why must you create confusion with facts?  Can't you just leave things alone?

[DMVol]

I thought it was a bad trade....Santiago is capable of coming out of a terrible stretch and pitching pretty well, really streaky...but that said, I'll give Eppler his due.....it looks like a good deal so far....we'll see....may be a wash if Meyer doesn't pan out...

[Blarg]

2 hours ago, Lou said:

can't wait until we face him and Pujols hits a 9th inning solo shot to break up the shutout 

To be honest,  Santiago will already be at The Catch drinking at that point having used up his pitch count by the fourth inning.  

[Second Base]

Meanwhile Meyer just threw 3 scoreless innings last night while striking out 6 during a rehab start.

[bloodbrother]

1 hour ago, AngelsFaninGA said:

Meanwhile:

Ricky Nolasco:

0-3, 5.70 ERA. Oh and we have all next year of this garbage too. 

Twins have Hector all of next season too

[AngelsFaninGA]

1 minute ago, bloodbrother said:

Twins have Hector all of next season too

The difference is that Santiago will get better, Nolasco won't. 

[Troll Daddy]

We all know this trade wasn't about Nolasco but getting the best possible prospect for Santiago.

[bloodbrother]

15 minutes ago, AngelsFaninGA said:

The difference is that Santiago will get better, Nolasco won't. 

Yeah but what about Alex Meyer, the centerpiece of the deal for the Halos. Nolasco was always just to be a warm body to fill a rotation spot on a team that's been ravaged by TJS. Meyer is what will make or break this deal

[kevinb]

45 minutes ago, ScottyA_MWAH said:

Meanwhile Meyer just threw 3 scoreless innings last night while striking out 6 during a rehab start.

So did Timmah in SLC so I don't know what the hell that means 

[Docwaukee]

Hector's success has always been contingent on his fragile brain.  He got traded from a team in beautiful socal doing poorly because of injury to a team doing even worse in a miserable place.  The guy has checked out.  

Frankly, it probably explains why his trade value was lower than expected.  Other teams were aware of his meltdown potential.  

Alex Meyer has looked good, but he's rehabbing against kids that are over half a decade younger.  But at least it's encouraging.  

Adding Nolasco was a salary offset.  

[totdprods]

4 minutes ago, Kevinb said:

So did Timmah in SLC so I don't know what the hell that means 

Neither means anything. But it's a lot more encouraging than hearing he gave up 5 runs, walked 4, and struck  out one in an inning and a third.

[totdprods]

13 minutes ago, hangin n wangin said:

What exactly is the plan with Meyers? I know he was injured when we got him, but he's also pitched 2.1 innings in rookie ball from what I can see on fangraphs. He's not scheduled to make a start anytime soon?

I just haven't heard much about his situation.

Think I read he will make a rehab start in SLC on Saturday. Probably throwing 50-75 pitches. No need to push him this season. His first two rookie ball starts were an inning a piece, his start yesterday was 3 IP.

The hope is he makes a couple starts in September. With expanded rosters, they can proceed cautiously with him still and hold him to a similar pitch limit.

I read that the injury he had was very comparable to Skaggs' shoulder issues earlier this year. They proceeded cautiously with Skaggs as they wanted him to build up his stamina, where with Meyer I think they hope to get him up ASAP just to face MLB hitters, rather than worry about him going 75-100 pitches.

[Lou]

2 hours ago, hangin n wangin said:

What exactly is the plan with Meyers? I know he was injured when we got him, but he's also pitched 2.1 innings in rookie ball from what I can see on fangraphs. He's not scheduled to make a start anytime soon?

I just haven't heard much about his situation.

5.1 ip

 6 hits 

1 er

12 K

 1 BB

[zenmaster]

So it MIGHT actually be true the Eppler knows more than this board????  Say it ain't so!

[Lou]

5 hours ago, AngelsFaninGA said:

The difference is that Santiago will get better, Nolasco won't. 

and yet he's gotten worse this year