Meanwhile, in Twins camp...

[howie]

Couldn't help but notice that the Twins lost 19-0-  I had a sneaky suspicion that Hector Santiago might be involved.  Sure enough, he started the game and gave up 5 runs in 1 inning of work.  

[Blarg]

He was better as an Angel. 

[Second Base]

We won that trade. Got ourselves a dependable inning eater that finished the season as strong as he has any season in his career. We also got a flame throwing MLB ready prospect that can work in either the rotation or relief. 

[disarcina]

we criticize the Halos front office a bit, let's say something nice here.

that Hector Santiago deal at both ends of the deal -- his coming over from Chicago and is being dealt when he was to Minnesota were good deals for the Halos.

We got Santiago as a swing man -- bullpen/long relief guy/  spot starter/ 5th spot rotation guy. The Halos rotation encountered injuries (as it always does) and Hector Santiago stepped up into a rotation well and pitched fairly well for us in that role for almost two years.....then at deadline time last year (with his effectiveness for us sort of tailing off - but he still had some pretty decent quality starts for us) we move him to Minnesota and get innings eater Nolasco who actually had some good starts for the Dodgers before that.......

Almost immediately upon Santiago's arrival in Minnesota he iimploded -- his starts in August/ September for the Twins were awful. check the box scores. Ugly.

Looks like he's picked up where he left off - getting rocked.

The other good trade (both ends of the deal) was Frieri (spelled wrong)......he had imploded in San Diego with just terrible outings so we trade for him (didn't give up much, if I remember right).......he became our closer (and an effective one ) for close to two years........towards the end of his time with us, his effectiveness tailed off , he lost his closer's role and got to the point towards the end of his time in Anaheim when he couldn't get anyone out.  We traded him away (to Pittsburgh? forgot where we sent him) got a decent payer in return and Frieri reverted to the pitcher he was with the Padres (ineffective) and was soon on the shuttle between MLB club and AAA.

Both those deals-- Hector Santiago and Ernesto Frieri were deals where we got the most out of player who exceeded expectations for us for about a two year period of time and then we sent them away elsewhere just as their effectiveness began to fade........

[Jig Stew]

3 hours ago, howie said:

Couldn't help but notice that the Twins lost 19-0-  I had a sneaky suspicion that Hector Santiago might be involved.  Sure enough, he started the game and gave up 5 runs in 1 inning of work.  

Yeah kind of like saying "hey I heard someone just shit the bed" and then noticing it was the bed Santiago sleeps in... all jokes aside, Santiago was and is a great dude, hope he gets it back on track, unlike Josh Crack'elton dude loved being an Angel and did a lot in the community