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AL East Notes: Santana, Lester, Yanks, Meek, Escobar

By Steve Adams | April 8, 2014 at 9:05am CDT

Last week, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reported that several Blue Jays players were willing to defer their salary in order to help the team bring Ervin Santana on board, and it was later reported by Sportsnet's Shi Davidi that the group of Edwin Encarnacion, Jose Bautista, Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle and R.A. Dickey were the five who were willing to do so. Last night, Rosenthal added to the story, reporting that Santana was so close to heading to Toronto that the MLBPA had already approved the deferrals. Rosenthal again speculates on the possibility of Rogers Communications imposing a payroll limit on the 2014 Blue Jays, which would help explain their quiet offseason (which was previously examined by our own Mark Polishuk). Elsewhere in the AL East…

  • The Boston Herald's Gerry Callahan opines that while Jon Lester is clearly the No. 1 starter for the Red Sox, he's not elite and isn't worth the money he could make on the open market. Callahan writes that another team will "get stupid" with Lester, offering him something in excess of $130-140MM, and if talks get to that point, then Boston would be wise to emulate the A's or Rays instead of the Dodgers or Yankees, and let their high-priced star walk.
  • In a second column from Rosenthal, he looks at a number of topics that also pertain largely to the AL East, beginning firstly noting that we shouldn't expect to see the Yankees pursue any outside help after injuries to Mark Teixeira or David Robertson. The Yankees feel that both injuries will be short-lived, and therefore aren't looking strongly at Ryan Madson and/or Joel Hanrahan, nor are they considering trades for first basemen.
  • Also of interest to Yankees fans will be Rosenthal's look at the rise of Yangervis Solarte — a minor league signing who has experience an unlikely rise to prominence in the Majors. Solarte's agents, Chris Leible and Peter Greenberg of the Legacy Agency, recall that their initial representation of Solarte was merely a favor to his uncle, Roger Cedeno. At one point this offseason, the Yankees dropped out of the bidding for Solarte, who was highly sought after. However, he was recommended by three different scouts, and Leible encouraged him by advising that his best ticket to the Majors was in a utility role.
  • Rosenthal also looks at the long road back to the Majors for Evan Meek, who signed a minor league deal with the Orioles this offseason only after calling his former Pirates manager (and current O's bench coach) John Russell and asking for a look. He ultimately auditioned for seven or eight clubs, but chose to go to Baltimore.
  • Lastly, Rosenthal notes that the extension for Rays shortstop Yunel Escobar was "almost certainly" his own call rather than that of his agents at Miami Sports Management. He writes that Escobar seems to prefer even minor levels of security and would rather have his new guarantee than risk waiting until free agency to sign, even if the outcome could have been something along the lines of Omar Infante's four-year deal with the Royals this offseason.
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  1. Vmmercan

    11 years ago

    I was just thinking about this today as well. I especially like Warren’s stuff. They signed Aceves this offseason, you would think he could work his way into the pen and let one of them offer insurance but the Yankees have five effective starters and those guys have nothing new to learn in the minors..

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  2. Vmmercan

    11 years ago

    A lot of assumptions seem to be working out thus far. Aceves aside, the Yankees have seven starters, two of them are currently in the bullpen and that doesn’t include Banuelos. Starting depth is not a shortcoming on this team.

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    • Reggie Smith

      11 years ago

      “A lot of assumptions seem to be working out”. This thread is in regards to ’15, not ’14. Already Kuroda has come out and said he really misses Japan, and almost retired last off-season. Doubt he’ll be coming back in ’15. NY’s best pitcher, and biggest “assumption” just took a nosedive.

      Thats the problem with assumptions, once you make a best-case scenario assumption, things can only get worse from there. (And Kuroda news came out only 6 days after the “assumption”. What more is in store between now and Nov.)

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