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AL Central Notes: Tigers, Chisenhall, Santana

By Zachary Links | July 5, 2015 at 10:16am CDT

White Sox Jeff Samardzija hurler  “may be the first starting pitcher moved ahead of the trading deadline” since “scouts are constantly at his games,” Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe wrote yesterday.  Cafardo believes that the Royals, Tigers, Astros, Twins, Blue Jays, Yankees, Cardinals, Orioles, Angels, and Dodgers are among the many clubs with interest in the 30-year-old.  Here’s more from the AL Central..

  • Brad Ausmus told reporters, including James Schmehl of MLive.com (on Twitter), that he’d “probably be surprised” if the Tigers were sellers around the trade deadline.  The 41-39 Tigers learned on Saturday that they’ll be without the services of Miguel Cabrera for six weeks thanks to a calf strain.  Detroit will certainly miss his bat as Cabrera currently leads the American League in batting average (.350), on-base percentage (.456) and OPS (1.034).
  • Paul Hoynes of The Plain Dealer wonders what’s next for Lonnie Chisenhall now that he has played 21 games for Triple-A Columbus since his demotion.  At present, it’s hard to say where the 26-year-old could fit on the Indians’ varsity squad.  Hoynes wonders if the third baseman could attract some interest from teams looking for some left-hander power off the bench or simply a reclamation project with upside.  In 89 plate appearances for Triple-A Columbus, Chisenhall has hit .309/.371/.469 with two home runs.
  • The Twins figure to get a rotation boost with Ervin Santana returning from an 80-game suspension today, Mike Bauman of MLB.com writes.  Santana inked a four-year, $55MM deal with Minnesota in December but his Twins debut was put on hold after his PED suspension.  Santana threw 196 innings for the Braves in 2014, posting a 3.95 ERA with 8.2 K/9 against 2.9 BB/9 and a 42.7% groundball rate.  There were signs that he was even better than those results would indicate, as FIP (3.39), xFIP (3.47), and SIERA (3.63) all liked his work.
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  1. scissormetimbers

    10 years ago

    Samarjaad is the 4th best starter that’s probably available, I think it makes a ton of sense for the white sox to move him now to maximize their return, if all the others are made available Samarja is probably viewed as a fall back guy

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  2. stymeedone

    10 years ago

    It is amazing how he is no longer considered a potential #1 now that he has played outside Wrigley field. Still a nice pitcher for the rotation, but what would he be considered now ? A #3?

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    • joshb600

      10 years ago

      Depends who he plays for. He’s an ace on the Jays! Then again, so is anyone lol

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    • Overbrook

      10 years ago

      He was never a #1 or ever close to that…I don’t know how the Cubs peddled him as a #1, or why the As paid them the price of a #1, but they did.
      Heck, the Cubs have turned the journeyman #5 Hammel into a mid-rotation starter. Kudos to them.

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  3. Matt Galvin

    10 years ago

    Chisenhall to Braves or Giants or Cardinals?

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    • firstbleed

      10 years ago

      Or Brewers.

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  4. miggypop44

    10 years ago

    As a Tigers fan, I will be disgusted if the Tigers trade more prospects and pay half of Samardzija’s 9.8MM salary while eating the rest of Phil Coke and Gorzelanny’s 3MM combined salary, when they could have just kept Fister at 11.4MM this season and 7.2MM last season.

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