Report: Santana willing to do a 1 year contract - in talks with 3 teams

[fatcowxlive]

 

Ken Rosenthal

‏@Ken_Rosenthal

Sources: Ervin Santana now seeking a one-year deal, and wants to sign as quickly as possible.

 

Ken Rosenthal

‏@Ken_Rosenthal

Sources add: Santana wants to sign with a strong offensive club. Both #BlueJays and #Orioles fit that description and have shown interest.

 

Ken Rosenthal

‏@Ken_Rosenthal

Santana unwilling to wait on 1-yr deal, even though he would be exempt from ’14 qualifying offer after Opening Day. Wants to be in camp now.

[NorthOf49]

Get 'er done AA! This is what you've been waiting for.

[HERPDERP]

He wants an offensive club so he can cash in on those wins

[NorthOf49]

[GD]

1/14 for the QO amount would be nice, yeah.

[Laika]

A 2-3 win (projected) pitcher on a one year deal would be excellent. It would also mean that AA's #despair tactics were extremely effective.

 

Don't get your hopes up though.

[John_Havok]

1/14 for the QO amount would be nice, yeah.

 

You'd want to give up the draft pick for 1 year of this guy when there's probably 0 chance of him turning it down again at the end of the year? I'm not sure I would, even with. A 2 win season out of him.

[Abomination]

Hard to complain about a 1 year deal. I don't particularly want him overall, but I'd easily take him over Happ.

[Laika]

Bronson Arroyo got 2/22, lmao @ Kevin Towers

[fatcowxlive]

You'd want to give up the draft pick for 1 year of this guy when there's probably 0 chance of him turning it down again at the end of the year?

 

We have protected picks

[jays4life19]

Not a huge fan of Santana. You do 1 year and 14 million absolutely though .

 

 

Edit: Forgot about the pick. Maybe not "absolutely" but i would still take the chance. Always a chance we can QO him again and get a pick next year.

[Anemic0ffense]

If AA passes this up, just fire the clown now.

[ElNik2013]

Why give him the QO amount? I see no logic behind this. Maybe 9M for 1 year, remember, he costs a pick.

[Laika]

But guys, Ricky Romero looked really good today...

[John_Havok]

We have protected picks

 

Still give up a second rounder. It's not insignificant

[Smedley Butler]

http://i.imgur.com/zRQufUa.jpg

[NorthOf49]

If AA pulls this off we'll have to invert the connotation of 'despair.'

[NorthOf49]

Still give up a second rounder. It's not insignificant

If he has a good year, he'll turn down the QO again and we'll get a comp pick out of it. He's not going to accept the QO just because of his experience this offseason. Two good years in a row will warrant a longer-term deal. This is a no-brainer IMO.

[Anemic0ffense]

Still give up a second rounder. It's not insignificant

 

Yay! Another failed high school arm! Sorry just have no faith in this teams drafting and development abilities. I say get Santana and f*** the pick.

[ElNik2013]

Apparently, his medicals are a big reason why he's still unsigned, but a 1-year deal mitigates the risk.

[Laika]

Still give up a second rounder. It's not insignificant

 

It's also not a huge deal.

 

You figure out the $ value of that pick, drop it into the calculus, and make an appropriate offer.

 

But for some reason I feel like I'd rather try to get him to sign something like 3/27 or 2/22 before offering him the QO amount of 1/14. I think there's more value in trying to entice him into signing a still short term deal at a lower AAV by giving him that extra year or two.

 

2 wins in 2014 at $14M = $1M in surplus

3.5 wins in 2014+15 at $22M = $5.2625M in surplus

4.5 wins in 2014+15+16 at $27M = $9.17325M in surplus

5 wins in 2014+15+16+17 at $32M = $9.xxxxM in surplus

 

You get the illustration.

[Dick_Pole]

You guys and your f***ing despair

 

The only thing in despair will be this message board when he signs elsewhere and Anthopolous will be slinking around in the background of the sports media world like a prowler trying to avoid the cops.

[jays4life19]

Happ out. Santana in.

 

Hutch #5. Stroman to AAA. Could we have hope?

[Anemic0ffense]

You guys and your f***ing despair

 

The only thing in despair will be this message board when he signs elsewhere and Anthopolous will be slinking around in the background of the sports media world like a prowler trying to avoid the cops.

 

It's because JA Crap is soooo beeeeeeg and strrrrrrong!

[Smedley Butler]

Seriously though, Bean Stringfellow (rofl!!11!!1) and Ervin Santana have been despaired to within an inch of their lives by AA this offseason. Win.

[Laika]

Ervin is the new Josh.

 

My offer to Ervin would be 3/25 and you shave your f***ing face before showing up to work.

[jays_fever]

Id rather let him sign somewhere else on a 1 year deal then trade a solid prospect at the deadline for him.

[glory]

Alex, make this happen. Just do it.

[fatcowxlive]

Still give up a second rounder. It's not insignificant

 

I think with the position we are in right now, we're better off taking the risk losing the 2nd rounder for Santana

[Angrioter]

#Despair

 

2-3 WinsAR for 13M