11:04am: The Rockies will not sign Santana, Troy Renck of the Denver Post tweets.
10:53am: The Blue Jays are "optimistic" about landing Santana, although they have not yet reached an agreement with him, FOX Sports' Jon Morosi tweets.
9:08am: The Blue Jays are willing to offer a deal in the $14MM range with no incentives, Heyman writes. The Orioles may be a bit behind the Blue Jays. The Rockies, meanwhile, may be out of the bidding, as Heyman tweets.
8:47am: Santana is currently negotiating a deal near one year and $14MM with the Blue Jays, Orioles and one National League team, possibly the Rockies, CBS Sports' Jon Heyman writes. Of those teams, the Jays and Orioles are the most likely to get Santana, who could pick a new team "in the next day or two."
8:05am: Ervin Santana will sign a one-year, $14MM contract with an AL club, Dionisio Soldevila of ESPN Deportes tweets. That team is not the Orioles, Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com tweets. The Royals have also recently indicated that they are no longer pursuing Santana.
Last night, it was reported that Santana had begun looking for a one-year deal, amidst further reports about changes in his representation. AL clubs recently connected to Santana have included the Mariners, Rangers and Blue Jays.
$14MM would, of course, be very similar to the $14.1MM qualifying offer Santana rejected from the Royals. A $14MM deal would be a very disappointing result for a 31-year-old pitcher coming off a 3.24 ERA with 6.9 K/9 and 2/2 BB.9 in 211 innings. But Nelson Cruz's deal with the Orioles demonstrates what a severe effect the qualifying offer has had in depressing the salaries of certain free agents.
$14 million seems a little out of the Orioles and Jays ranges.
I disagree. $14 is exactly where the Jays would be.
$14MM is the QO they didn’t make to Josh Johnson. Seeing as they probably banked on having to make that at the start of last year, I don’t see how $14MM isn’t in the budget for a #3-4 SP.
Jays are loaded just cheapskates, which I have to admire in a way.
True. Orioles have been that way too up until about 4 weeks ago…
The owners are nasty loaded. Rogers Communication made $464M in Q3 last year…
That’s just one quarter.
Honestly I don’t think $14M is out of anyone’s price range anymore. There is so much money in MLB.
You know Buehrle is making $18 million this year, right?
Blue Jays.
Gotta be Texas.
Now I’m not saying I want this but Tigers were connected to him and they might want him on a 1 year deal so they can trade Porcello for a left fielder.
No need to panic about a left fielder!
Porcello is very valuable. Why trade him and then pay more for an older, likely inferior pitcher?
Rangers or Mariners. Ain’t Baltimore at that price.
Hey Bill, how’s the afterlife? We should meet there.
White Sox
Royals
I’ll take that bet. It’s not them for sure.
White Sox aren’t giving up the draft pick
Haha I agree, I just got tired of seeing the same responses over and over.
Read the Sox don’t give up a pick…so they could collect compensation.
Money is on Texas.
Indians come in for the kill and get compensation out of him next year.
I am going to say the Houston Astros
Maybe Texas. Or maybe Orioles decided to go balls out and spend $14 million.
Gotta go with the Mariners on this, they need starting pitching, and they’ve been connected to him.
Loved you in Boston Mo. How’s cousin Greg doing?
Oh he’s doing good, just enjoying watching Cory play ball.
They grow up so fast!
That they do.
Hopefully it’s the Royals. I’d like to see them have a decent year if for no other reason than it would probably keep Dayton Moore in power there at least a little longer and the O’s might be able to fleece him on another trade like the Valencia-for-Lough deal somewhere down the line lol.
I like your thinking! Unfortunately Moore said he’s not signing Santana
Yes…and GMs never use the media as a ploy. GMDM knows they need a 2 starter
Wow. You sure are excited about David Lough.
Solid player. But he’s a 4th OF.
Somebody is going to give up a draft pick for only a 1 year deal?
Probably someone that is either protected or has already given up a draft pick.
One year of Santana might be better odds than a #3 pick developing
They can get the pick back if he pitches well enough to be worth a QO next year. But yes.
One year deal opens it up a bit…Seattle maybe. Just the fact that its the QO makes me think it’s KC… they give up nothing
Or a team that gave up the pick already (Orioles) or a team that has it protected (White Sox, Jays)
If I’m Kc I offer a bit more just to keep him away from Detroit and Cleveland
I was just about to say it. They will the pitcher they want for one year and not have to give up a pick.
not yankees please for the love of god not yankees!!!!!!
Doubting Texas after they just signed Saunders unless they feel that Ogando won’t be used in the rotation at all and they’re still short a starter.
My money is on the Blue Jays. They didn’t make the QO of $14MM to Josh Johnson. They were likely thinking (hoping) at the beginning of last season that they would have to spend that money on him so I can’t see how it isn’t already in the budget. Aside from this you have Ervin’s connections to players already on the team and the fact that he’s stated he wants to go to a team with offensive upside. It all seems to fit. Oh yea and the fact that Jays’ fans are pretty livid at the lack of moves this off-season.
This is a no brainer for the Jays. Antholopolous has got to be thinking that his job is going to be on the line if they finish below .500 again. With Santana, this team should be able to contend if they can stay on the field.
Looks like it is the Blue Jays.
I’d be surprised if its the orioles. Kubatko is usually pretty on point.
I don’t want to do it and I think the Tigers should extend Porcello because I think he is going to have a breakout year with the defense and the development of his curve. I was just saying there is a possibility. I think the tigers should trade one of R Cabrera/Holaday/Mcann and some other prospects for De Aza.
On most teams, that’s probably true.
But the Orioles get above-average offensive production at SS, CF, and C, which can allow them to carry a glove-first corner OF. And his stellar defense will be worth its weight in gold this year even if he only hits something like .270/.310/.390.
Looks like the Rockies are dodging a bullet.
No such thing on a one year deal. One year deals are by definition good, worst case scenario the owner loses a bit of profit but it doesn’t affect other player moves at all.
Rockies pick protected? I just don’t see the point in wasting a pick on a pitcher, especially one prone to long balls…and not when it looks like you might be looking up at every team in the division… and the pitcher won’t likely increase attendance
Gotta get better no matter where you sit in the (projected) standings. Rox have four good starters; Santana would push someone like Chatwood to the 5th spot, giving them one of the best rotations in the NL if everyone’s healthy.
True…I agree…but I’m not sure they even have more than the 4th best rotation in the division. They added Brett Anderson..who can’t stay healthy because of his landing mechanics. . I actually think SD will surprise in the west
True…I agree…but I’m not sure they even have more than the 4th best rotation in the division. They added Brett Anderson..who can’t stay healthy because of his landing mechanics. . I actually think SD will surprise in the west
Toronto Blue Jays!
Say the Bluejays pick up Santana, they would give up their 2nd round pick, however, if he gets another QO and somebody gives Santana a deal, doesn’t the Bluejays actually get a 1st round pick back, an upgraded pick from before?
Yes.
No brainer decision.
If Santana only costs a year, why the Royals don’t just go for it and sign him is beyond me. With Shields scheduled to be a FA and the Royals unlikely to be able to afford him – why not go all in for 2014? Makes very little sense to me….
Especially considering KC just lost one of their starters to TJ surgery. I think it’s a no brainer for KC at this point. THey should be all in on a 1yr deal with this.
Exactly. With Hochevar down, signing Santana would let them comfortably push Davis back to the pen.
From this it sounds like the Blue Jays. But where is Seattle – that’s where I would have put my bet
Anthopolous won’t sign him, that just the way AA is, he has faith in morrow, happ, and hutchinson. Dont get your hopes up Jays fans, we’ve all been through dissapointment throughout the offseason. Oh and btw ryan goins is not mlb caliber.
Pce out boys
Happ getting hurt might make AA change his mind.
I love the cheap shot at the end.
is that really a cheap shot? virtually everybody outside the Jays organization doesn’t see Ryan Goins as a MLB regular.
Happ is in bed like a senior citizen by doctor’s order.
Orioles have already given up their 1st and 2nd round pick. Maybe teams don’t value picks after that.
Teams just can’t get in the habit of giving up #1&2 picks very often..that killed the Angel system
Its just 1 year and its already gone. Giving up ur 3rd round pick isn’t valued.
If a team knew which Santana it was signing, this might be easier. The guy has had some real highs and lows.
This article mentions the compensation pick pushing his value down. It doesn’t mention the fears about his elbow, which have been widely reported. It also doesn’t mention apparent dissent with his agents, including a reported split. Both those issues very likely played more heavily into his getting a 1 year deal than the compensation.
Or his desire to wait out the market until a couple weeks into Spring Training.
I can’t understand why a team such as the White Sox wouldn’t give up their second round pick for one year of this guy when they’d likely end up with a compensation pick after next year if he walked.
So the M’s are going into the season with a rotation of King Felix, James Paxton, Erasmo Ramirez, Scott Baker, and Randy Wolf/Blake Beavan?… Why did we spend $240M on Robinson Cano again?
because your GM is trying to save his job