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Ervin Santana Won’t Return This Season

By Connor Byrne | September 8, 2018 at 3:10pm CDT

Injured Twins right-hander Ervin Santana won’t return this season, Mike Berardino of the Pioneer Press tweets. The news doesn’t come as a surprise, as Minnesota’s out of the playoff race and Santana has barely pitched this season.

Long a quality starter, including as recently as 2017, Santana endured a horrid season that was cut short by nagging issues with his right middle finger. Santana underwent surgery on that finger in early February, and he was only supposed to miss 10 to 12 weeks. Instead, the 35-year-old didn’t make his 2018 debut with the Twins until July 25, and that ended up as one of just five major league starts he made this season. Santana, who hasn’t pitched since Aug. 16, will conclude 2018 with an unsightly 8.03 ERA/7.94 FIP, 5.84 K/9, 3.28 BB/9 and a 23 percent groundball rate in 24 2/3 innings.

Had he been his typical self this year, Santana would’ve been a strong candidate to return to Minnesota in 2019. Now, the Twins will have to decide on Santana’s $14MM option within the next few weeks, but it’ll be a shock if they don’t buy the veteran out and send him to the free-agent market. Not only did Santana struggle through an injury this year, but he took issue with the front office’s decision to sell earlier in the summer. Santana and the Twins seem to be heading toward a divorce, then. In the meantime, he’s undergoing three platelet-rich plasma injections in his finger, Beradino reports.

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  1. HubertHumphrey

    5 months ago

    No sense in using him. He’s given up for the year anyway.
    Maybe he’ll have a mild resurgence next year.

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    • JD396

      5 months ago

      He has a resurgence every third year it seems

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  2. Pablo

    5 months ago

    I actually thought his deal would be worth it for the twins, just shows they got a bad eye for free agent pitching. Nolasco was signed then too… at least Santana wasn’t a complete bust

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    • pelicanman

      5 months ago

      Bad eye for free agent pitching? He went 16-8 last year with a 3.28 ERA and came 7th in the Cy Young, he just got injured this year, it happens you pelican

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    • cman

      5 months ago

      $tupid comment. In four years with the Twins he went 30-25 with a 3.68 era in 85 starts with 7.1 k rate per 9 innings. 4 years 54 million is a bargain for what he produced.

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  3. Einheri

    5 months ago

    And so likely ends Erv’s career as a Twin. Thanks.

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