The Angels have avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year deal with lefty Hector Santiago, the club announced. He’ll receive a $5MM salary, per Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times (via Twitter).
Santiago was projected by MLBTR to earn $5.1MM in his second season of arbitration eligibility after taking home $2.29MM last year. Obviously, he’ll land right in the range of that projection.
The 28-year-old southpaw has had some hiccups at times, but it’s hard to argue with his overall results. Since being acquired by the Halos as part of the pre-2014 Mark Trumbo deal, Santiago owns a 3.65 ERA over 308 innings with 7.9 K/9 against 3.6 BB/9.
On the other hand, metrics are not big fans of Santiago’s work thus far in Los Angeles. He’s never been a darling of ERA estimators, but he reached a new low last year with a 4.77 FIP, 5.00 xFIP, and 4.50 SIERA mix going onto his resume.
We need to trade him to aquire a LF or 2B. Ozuna is on the block. time to male a move. Ozuna and Prado in a package would be nice.
Bad idea. Weaver, Wilson health issues, Newcomb is gone. SP is a need for the Angels. With a rotation of Weaver, Wilson, Richards, Santiago, Heaney (throw in Skaggs and Shoemaker for when Weaver and Wilson hit the DL) isn’t quite a rotation with surplus. Do I disagree LF and 2B is a need? No. Parra is starting to be linked and 2B has been quiet so far. Trade market for a second baseman shouldn’t be that much. Approaching the Rays about Forsythe would be my suggestion but I’m not Eppler, interesting to see what happens.
What about Prado? I still have faith in Weaver
Weaver’s time is nearing its end. His average FB velocity in the second half was 84.1 MPH. Only two pitchers threw slower, Mark Buehrle amd R.A. Dickey. Dickey was still good because of his knuckleball, but Buehrle allowed 10 HR in 77.1 IP and only struck out 30 hitters and he had a 4.54 ERA. Weaver likewise allowed 8 HR in 62.1 IP, struck out only 41 hitters and had a 4.48 ERA. Weaver is also only 33, so it stands to reason that he’ll lose even more velocity in the next few years. In short, unless Weaver develops a knuckleball, he’ll run out of gas here shortly.
Santiagos value is as high as it will get. we need to trade him now before its late. I prefer Nick Tropeano having a spot over Santiago. Nick has some real talent, he just needs the starts. If we can get a player like Ozuna, I would be satisfied with that or a 2B. Logan is nice, Dj from Rox is nice too.
Richards, Heaney, Weaver, Wilson, Shoemaker, Santiago, Skaggs, Tropeano…
That’s the Angels’ SP depth chart right now. Not exactly a need. Even after a possible Santiago and/or even a Wilson trade. 8 SP’s that are all at least past Major League ready is a major log jam. Usually when a depth chart has 8 SP’s, at least the bottom 3 are going to start at AAA. Not this bunch. They’d all be preparing for a spot in a Major League rotation in most cases. It’s not elite. But it’s too deep for the experience even the guys at the bottom of the chart have. Someone will get traded, and I think it’ll be Santiago first since his value is the highest it’ll ever be. I think Wilson would probably get dealt during ST or would even be among those flurries of deals that occur in the final days before Opening Day. It will happen. And they’ll still have plenty of SP to work with.
I don’t think Ozuna will move to left field, they need a natural left fielder. CarGo would be perfect for the angels but it would put the angels over the luxury tax. Unless they can get Blackmon
Cargo isnt the answer. Cargo would be horrible in Anaheim. His away stats are not good at all and he is aging. A bad idea.
For comparisons sake, the Marlins asked the Mariners for Taijuan Walker for Ozuna. Walker has much more value and potential than Santiago, so a deal for both Ozuna and Prado would require more valuable pieces going back.
No way the Angels could get both for Santiago (although admittedly I may have misunderstood what you were saying exactly). I’d think it would be difficult for the Angels to come up with a suitable match for a package of both Ozuna and Prado. The Angels farm system is very thin right now.
The marlins would want pitching in return, and the angles traded their two best chips for simmons. Prado would be solid he can play multiple positions
Skaggs could sweeten the deal… however I’m pretty bleh about Prado at this point. I’d like Dietrich though… that guy can hit!
Not sure about Skaggs, he’s coming back from tommy john. Maybe they could swing Santiago + Tropeano and a low level prospect for Prado and Dietrich
I was saying to package Santiago for both of those guys or even just trade Santiago for one of those guys.
Regression’s a coming for Santiago, and it’s gonna be ugly.
Jays have LF Ben Revere as bait, (right now have 5 potential starting outfielders,,,,,and maybe 2nd baseman, Goins or Travis could be moved
Travis would be a great addition.
Not metric-friendly, huh? Well, an allegedly metric expert traded for him.
Charlie Blackmon would be a good acquisition if the Rockies are considering the move.. Could move Calhoun to the middle of the order.
Blackmon would be great. Could Santiago get it done? I would love Dj too but that would take a bigger package.
Santiago for Dickerson. Angels probably need to give more but I’m not sure what else they can afford to give.