Indians sign Santana to a steal of a deal

[jersey cubs fan]

Barring significant injury problems, Santana would make at least as much in his 3 arbitration years as he will over the entire 5 years of this deal if not more. It's essentially giving the Indians 1 free agent year( of a 3-4 win player(if not more, he's only 26) for nothing, and there's a team option that would be below market value too.

 

You can't bar significant injury problems, especially for a catcher. And he's not giving anything away for nothing, he's locking in lifetime financial security.

[Guest]

Yes, we're all aware that these are not absolutes. Like with any deal, we're looking at the likely outcome here, and that has the Indians saving 10-20 million bucks by making this guarantee now.