Santana upset in Minnesota, questions being there.

[SouthSideRyan]

i'm not even going to begin pretending this would happen. It's entirely unlike the organization to get a big time free agent entering his prime.

 

So Soriano doesn't count? (Maybe you're thinking he's past his prime...)

 

31 at the start of an 8 year deal? Yeah....

 

Santana would be 30 and a pitcher.

[jersey cubs fan]

i'm not even going to begin pretending this would happen. It's entirely unlike the organization to get a big time free agent entering his prime.

 

So Soriano doesn't count? (Maybe you're thinking he's past his prime...)

 

31 at the start of an 8 year deal? Yeah....

 

Santana would be 30 and a pitcher.

 

Pitchers prime and position player primes don't really match up. For guys who actually make it through their early-to-mid twenties intact, I believe the prime years are generally considered to be around 30-31. Although I may be way off there.

[jiml60]

i'm not even going to begin pretending this would happen. It's entirely unlike the organization to get a big time free agent entering his prime.

 

Hopefully the sale of the team will result in, and I fully expect, the philosophy of the organization changing, which would make getting Santana a top priority.

[Backtobanks]

Yeah right.

 

If anyone thinks the Yankees will be outbid for Santana, you're smoking something.

 

Yankees, followed by the Mets, Dodgers, Angels. Probably get $200 million.

[Mephistopheles]

Yeah right.

 

If anyone thinks the Yankees will be outbid for Santana, you're smoking something.

 

Last year about this time everyone was saying "If anyone thinks the Yankees will be outbid for Matsuzaka, you're smoking something."

http://sports.bodogbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/daisuke-matsuzaka-red-sox.jpg

[Mephistopheles]

i'm not even going to begin pretending this would happen. It's entirely unlike the organization to get a big time free agent entering his prime.

 

So Soriano doesn't count? (Maybe you're thinking he's past his prime...)

 

31 at the start of an 8 year deal? Yeah....

 

Santana would be 30 and a pitcher.

 

Pitchers prime and position player primes don't really match up. For guys who actually make it through their early-to-mid twenties intact, I believe the prime years are generally considered to be around 30-31. Although I may be way off there.

 

29-30 for pitchers. Santanas going to be a huge injury risk with the innings getting up there routinely.

[shnsajax]

Hopefully Cuban has a nice two year FA budget/plan :-).

 

Assuming Z is resigned I know he will have no problem going out and recruiting.

 

Potential Playoff Rotation

Game 1: Santana

Game 2: Zambrano

Game 3: who gives a damn

Game 4: Santana

Game 5: Zambrano

 

The bidding war will be nasty just between Moreno and whoever else wants him. I'm more than willing to bet he will not want to be outbid on this one.

[Balsa]

Yeah right.

 

If anyone thinks the Yankees will be outbid for Santana, you're smoking something.

 

Last year about this time everyone was saying "If anyone thinks the Yankees will be outbid for Matsuzaka, you're smoking something."

True, but Matsuzaka is a different deal.

 

For Santana, he is clearly established as the top pitcher in baseball. Unlike Dice-K, who while a great Japanese player, was a potential pumpkin like Igawa.

 

Also, the bidding is not blind, and you can be sure George doesn't want to let anyone else have that prize. I'm sure if the Yankees knew the extent of the BoSox bid, they would have beaten it.

[MPrior]

Times like this when I wished the Cubs had a $600 million payroll.

 

Step 1: re-sign Z

Step 2: sign ARod after he opts out this offseason

Step 3: sign Santana after '08.

 

At best, I think one of these will happen, and it will be re-signing Zambrano.

[Rob]

i'm not even going to begin pretending this would happen. It's entirely unlike the organization to get a big time free agent entering his prime.

 

So Soriano doesn't count? (Maybe you're thinking he's past his prime...)

 

31 at the start of an 8 year deal? Yeah....

 

Santana would be 30 and a pitcher.

 

Pitchers prime and position player primes don't really match up. For guys who actually make it through their early-to-mid twenties intact, I believe the prime years are generally considered to be around 30-31. Although I may be way off there.

 

29-30 for pitchers. Santanas going to be a huge injury risk with the innings getting up there routinely.

 

The Twins have done a remarkable job keeping his pitch count down though.

 

PAP Rank

 

2004 - 72

2005 - 71

2006 - 70

2007 - 47

 

Yeah, he's racked up a lot of innings, but it helps that he's not facing many batters each inning on account of his tiny WHIP, which has kept his pitch count low enough that the innings aren't so scary. I wouldn't call him a huge injury risk, though there is a non-negligible risk there.