Blue Jays outfielder Anthony Santander is scheduled for left labral surgery on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. He’s set to miss the next five to six months of action. Santander had a setback in January as he prepared for the upcoming campaign. Toronto hopes to get him back before the end of the season.
Left shoulder inflammation cost Santander two months during his first year with the Blue Jays. A back injury bumped him off the ALCS roster and ended his season. After signing a five-year, $92.5MM deal, Santander suited up in just 59 games for Toronto, including the playoffs.
Santander struggled mightily at the plate when available. He slashed .175/.271/.294 with six home runs across 221 plate appearances. The switch-hitter was coming off a career campaign with the Orioles, slugging 44 home runs and taking home Silver Slugger honors. He remained on the free agent market deep into January before ultimately securing a five-year commitment from the Blue Jays.
The 31-year-old Santander split his time between outfield and DH last season. He made 22 appearances on the grass and 30 at designated hitter. Toronto also threw him out there for an inning at first base. Santander has graded out as an average to subpar defender in recent years. Outs Above Average had him at -2 in 2025, while Defensive Runs Saved gave him a neutral grade.
General manager Ross Atkins told reporters the club is “not significantly” involved in the market for an outfielder following the Santander injury. As the roster currently stands, Addison Barger and Nathan Lukes are penciled in at the corner outfield spots against right-handed pitching. Davis Schneider will be a factor against lefties, with Myles Straw serving as a late-inning defensive replacement. George Springer is set to hold down DH duties.
Mitch Bannon of The Athletic was among those to report Santander’s injury and timeline. Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet reported Atkins’ comments about an outfield addition.
Photo courtesy of Nick Turchiaro, Imagn Images
Ouch. That contract is looking like quite the bag of bad luck for the Blue jays.
Another guy coming off his best or second best season in his walk year who turned into a free agent bust. What a surprise.
Don’t sign Boras clients for big money with first name Anthony.
As many of us in Baltimore could have predicted. Good job, Mike Elias.
As much as I love Tony Taters it was pretty obvious not to give him this big of a deal. Just for him im still hoping he gets healthy and has another shot at earning it
Good guy for sure, but poor defensively and too many questions offensively.
I wasn’t sad we didn’t offer it but even I didn’t think it would be this much of a boat anchor so far. I figured they’d get a couple decent years.
Elias signed Tyler O’Neill to be injured instead. Then traded for Taylor Ward to replace him even though O’Neill is still on the team.
Way too early to judge the O’Neill signing. And no Ward isn’t intended to replace O’Neil, he’s intended to make the Orioles a lineup that no LHP in the league will want anything to do with.
General Soreness will get injured in WBC and then maybe play 10 games in July
Dimitri
.As a Boston fan..I can say with confidence I bet Garrett Crochet cant wait to face the Orioles lineup
Uh huh
Uh huh
Not a good past couple of years for high priced guys named Anthony.
Brutal contract
If not, it’ll do ’til the brutal contract gets here.
No Country for Old Men is one of the great novels of the 21st century.
Little bit of a blow because I’m sure the Jays were hoping for a bounce back season. With that said, they did pretty well without him last year (to say the least) so the hope is now in Okamoto.
Santander teeing it up to be Toronto’s version of Kris Bryant.
Almost Chris Davis bad.
@Still in talks
Not. Even. Close.
Different stratosphere.
Are we fr
Oy.
Well that’s one way to raise your WAR…
Don’t worry Cease’s Mike Hampton-ish deal will make this one feel like a distant memory.
35.4 M down the drain..so far.
That’s almost a single season’s pay for Rendon. He flushes money down the drain quite a bit faster.
Hopefully it’s insured so it’s not a loss haha
But wait….the worst is yet to come! 🤣
This will go down as the worst contract in Jays history.
Vernon wells would like a word
mic drop
Pat Tabler says where’s the beef
You need to brush up on your Blue Jays history if you think that lol
At least Vernon Wells actually played!
It has a chance … but for now, look up Ken Dayley.
He pitched (very poorly) for all of 10 games over the 91-93 seasons.
Those 10 appearances came in exchange for an enormous (for the time) deal for a non-cloaer (3/6.3) that paid him MORE than Duane Ward, and almost as much as Tom Henke … all for a sparkling -0.2 WAR.
Still the worst deal in club history, I’d say.
Looks like the Blue Jays front office didn’t do their homework before giving him a huge contract. Money down the drain.
Yes the homework of him getting injured.
Just saying stuff to say stuff
They paid almost $100M and gave up a draft pick to sign the present-day equivalent of Scott Schebler
Hat tip for the Scott Schebler reference!
SS catching a stray!
Find me a team without a bad contract and I’ll show you a team who hasn’t signed a free agent
So Pittsburgh, Miami, Tampa, who else am I missing?
I agree Dusty.
On another note we now know why Lucas never got traded.
You clearly don’t know ball if you didn’t realize Santander was a bad buy at any price. It’s #embarrassing in the Big 26 to still be defending Shatkins
Yes you know ball so much that you show up after an injury and tell everyone I told you so.
Congrats man, surprised a FO hasn’t scooped you up
What makes you think I’m exclusively talking about injuries?
He had an unsustainable platform year and provided no on-base or defensive value – just a bunch of empty homers.
I’m sorry your reading comprehension is terrible. Maybe take some time off from glazing Shatkins and go to some night school classes instead? It’s the Big 26, get educated, kid.
Scott Schebler is that the fake name of school of rock teacher
oh boy
Bet the Jays regret not making a move to get a bat this offseason lol.
They got Okamoto. I hope I spelled this right.
Jay’s lost Bo their #1 rbi guy last year
Bo batted a league high .381 with runners in scoring position last year.
Congrats on using one of the most useless stats for your argument lol
@WillDS
Is it because it’s a derivative of batting average or small sample sizes that makes it the most useless start?
But is Bo worth $42 million a year?
Is anyone?
He’s never played third base, can he?
His arm strength not considered great…
But Bo would have been a worthy 2B in Toronto for less money.
There’s zero certainty with that though.
Never give a long term contract to a guy named Anthony.
*first named
That’s just the tip of the jays injury ice berg. Keegan and Arden dropped some other bombs. Beiber is being delayed due to forearm fatigue and Francis is undergoing TJ
But ya this contract is done
Losing Bowden Francis to TJ a big blow. Could explain his no-show 2025 after a strong 2024.
@bigdaddyt
Beiber isn’t a surprise. When he picked up his option for ’26, it was pretty much guaranteed that he was injured.
Nick Castellanos may have found a new home
It’s not that bleak…..their not the guardians
Why did announcer dude say something spicy
We already had one DH having to play the field with both Santander and Springer. This will just open up more playing time for Lukes and Schneider, who id rather play over Castellanos.
Schneider is a Quad-A player, according to Keith Law.
Perhaps the reason Keith Law no longer a member of the Blue Jays front office.
Good against LH pitching but can’t hit a lick against RH pitching for the most part and he is still somewhat young 27 making next to nothing (in baseball terms)
I’m not huge on the guy either. Great clubhouse guy and good kind of in the role he was in. Shouldn’t be a regular starting player though.
Loperfido likely gets a shot too.
Not a lot of luck with free agents named Anthony.
Oof
40% of that contract officially a wash. Nice.
it’s just money. when you convert the Canadian dollars… it’s just like league minimum. just think of how many more fans and viewers Rogers will have when China makes the Canadians get rid of hockey and the Stanley Cup.
At least be funny if you’re going to be a troll
Blue Jays players are also paid in USD 🤔
The way things are going…they might be farther ahead in a couple of years being paid in Chinese Yuan…
China makes Canada get rid of Hockey? Okay Whatever.
China selling their cars here won’t change anything else lol gtfo
ALL contracts are in US dollars.
if you missed that I was being sarcastic about Canadian dollars. been all the rest was lost on you as well. and I didn’t make that crazy comment about hockey.
to be serious though, it’s a shame that Santander has to go on the IL, He was a fun player to watch in Baltimore. his contract may not look good in retrospect given his injuries last year and this year, but his overall contract is far from the most egregious that’s been signed in the last few years. I think the comment earlier about the J’s missing out on a few bigger names and probably overpaying for Tony sounds about right. let’s hope he can come back with a chip on his shoulder and mash the ball like he can.
u gotta good point MAC.
This is an outrage with spring training starting next week and all! Or this week whenever it starts.
This is starting out as one of the worst contracts in MLB history. Plenty of time to turn it around but what a rough start.
Toronto thinks they have problems now, just wait & see what Cease does. 🤣
This contract is turning into a disaster
@Astro A disaster is when my Angels signed Rendon
Holy moly. It just keeps getting worse. I was really curious to see what kind of year he was going to have. A guy like Rendon wouldn’t blink an eye about it but I know he’s got to feel absolutely sick over this.
Unlike Anthony R, you can easily tell that Anthony S absolutely loves playing baseball.
I know he’s on a divisional rival now, but as an Orioles fan, it still sucks to see Tony Taters like this.
Yeah. We also didn’t make a real offer for Santander to stay. We offered a QO hoping he’d decline and pivoted to O’Neill immediately.
Impossible to have any ill will for Santander.
It hurt on a sentimental level to see him go, but I was firmly in the “take the pick and let him walk” camp, and that has turned out to be the right choice.
Hopefully TON bounces back this year to make the decision look even better.
I thought it was a good call too. Didn’t think it would be such a good call so soon
Did he trip on a Cheeto at a Super Bowl party? How is this being found out now??
I certainly don’t know all the answers, but it looks like the setback just happened a couple weeks ago. Probably had a few doc appointments, second opinions, etc. Team probably knew all this, but it’s just being announced to us now.
Most likely they knew about it awhile back and tried to rehab it. It’s not a conspiracy
He naturally delayed his surgery date to coincide with his first day back to work. Of course he wanted a free offseason with his family , wouldn’t you? Instead of being laid up all off-season and curtail vacationing in Aruba and what not. It’s only a natural response to a common work/life balance issue.
He got hurt ramping up in January
Of course, that’s what happened. Wasn’t his shoulder an issue last season? It’s why his power went to zilch.
Yes, and?
I believe he knew going into the offseason that surgery was a likely necessity. Makes perfect sense to push it out so you can enjoy a relatively normal offseason with the fam. Surgery’s are often pushed out anyways as it is normally the last and most dire option on the table. You cross-off every lesser remedy in the interim.
This makes no sense to anyone but you.
Maybe you think this way because it’s how you operate but not likely for others
You can’t believe everything you read. The Press and the Fanbase need to be “massaged” at certain times. It would probably look bad to some folks if the complete and unvarnished truth had to be told at all times. It’s not like he did anything wrong anyways.
He probably was sitting down and then strained something.
They train during the off months. Likely hit a hitch ….
Contract sucked either way…but at least they’ll have a roster spot available now. This is the silver lining.
Yeah I don’t think it’s that bad that we don’t have to see him in the OF for a large majority of the season. Besides the 12 million towards the tax this isn’t that big of a loss from last years team.
Oooh. Imagine they had his money back. They could have given it to Bregman or Bichette or Tucker. Damn
I think they had the cash to sign all three if they wanted to…I think all three told Atkins “thanks, but no thanks.”
Stop the presses. You THINK?
Just keep this in mind. The Jays may have all the money to design players like Tucker, Bellinger, Bo. You know the usual suspects. But the truth of the matter is nobody really wants to plant in Toronto. So you overpaid somebody like Dylan Cease an overpaid somebody like Guerrero. Sorry about the tough break but Santander is just one of the mini problems that team faces. You guys just went on a lucky run. I guarantee this year they’ll be in third maybe even fourth place. And I’m not a hater. I’m just calling a spade of spade. And that is the bottom line.
Darn, tough luck.
See you in 2027 Tony!
I’m not sure, but this may complicate their trying to trade him
Oh, that’s brutal for Tony. Sucky news.
Sorry man
Feels like he was kind of blocking a young guy from playing every day.
Which Quad-A guy ? The guy with the goggles?
Barger is now the RF. So he’s one
@Bob Sacamano 310
Loperfido or Lukes would be a better option in right than Barger.
Barger has a cannon for an arm. The range will never be good but RF’s without range are pretty common.
@Baltimore_44
If having a “cannon for an arm” and “…range will never be good…” are the requirements then put Kirk out there. Oh wait, that would be stupid.
lol Barger’s arm is much stronger than Kirk’s too. Whole lot faster.
Having great Range in RF is not the end of the story. His arm is elite which mitigates some of the lack of range. His foot speed is about league average.
There’s worse RF starting right now & he’s only played part time for 2 years. There’s baseline skills where he could be better.
@Baltimore_44
Let’s go to the tale of the tape.
From ’24 to ’25, in about 1300 innings Santander put up -9 DRS and -4 OAA.
Same time period for Springer with the about the same innings, he had a -8 DRS and -7 OAA.
In ’25 with about 400 innings under his belt, Barger had -4 DRS and -4 OAA. Barger would have to get better to be as bad as Santander and Springer.
Keep Barger at 3B where he is at least average defensively.
OAA is a measure of range. His FRV in RF was +1 for consecutive seasons which factors in all elements of defense.
Which is my point about the elite arm raising the defensive profile to passable.
I see Lukes projected for LF per Roster Resource (just a projection of course)
@Baltimore_44
Almost. OAA is the ability to make an out based on a ball in play. Range is a component in that calculation.
DRS includes throwing about ability as well, -4 DRS.
Looking at Lukes in RF last, in a tick more innings he had a 7DRS, 4 OAA, and 5 FRV all with an average bat. So, you want the guy that plays a “passable” defense or the guy that can actually play defense?
Barger at 3B, Lukes in the OF is the best alignment.
Okamoto on the bench? I have a feeling that Barger will be in RF and 3B. Not arguing that Lukes isn’t a superior defender just that Barger isn’t Nick Castellanos.
Springer at 36 is probably their worst OF option.
@Baltimore_44
From ’24 to ’25, in about 1500 innings, Springer has -8 DRS and -7 OAA. Springer isn’t their worst OF option, Barger is.
Barger would be the strong side platoon at 3B and sometimes RF. Okamoto would be the weak side platoon with Barger, sometimes 1B and sometimes DH.
Springer posted -8 FRV last year and -4 the year before. His arm is not really viable for RF any longer. Probably why they got Sanchez because they weren’t keen on either being out there consistently.
I’d also encourage you to take a look at FRV because OAA is incorporated in that number but it factors in other elements of defense that OAA does not.
What the Tucker?
I still haven’t gotten over the fact that when they signed him, Blue Jays fans were making insane comparisons to Hall of Famer about how great this guy was. Only San Francisco Giants fans rival the Blue Jays fans in terms of overhyping whoever they sign to be superstars.
None of that happened.
It 109% did, that’s why I still remember it. It made me laugh so hard, Blue Jays pdcasts in particular went nuts though that recent Giant podcast that asked why Luis Arráez is not in the same conversation about great hitters that Ohtani and Judge are is definitely setting an overhyped bar. The only reason I follow those teams podcast is because I know something crazy is gonna be said.
Well you should be able to provide some proof then
Dusty, how about you go prove it didn’t happen. You’re the one making that claim.
That is the lowest IQ thing anyone has ever said to me.
You can’t something didn’t happen.
Get bent dunce
It was more we needed left handed power and he checked the box and after missing on Shohai and Soto….he was kinda the best of what was available.
In retrospect clearly terrible but I don’t recall hof comparisons. Certainly a lot of optimism. But that’s the off season for every market.
Now in April and May the jays broadcast and media teams kept pumping out the he’s a slow starter message….he never did get going of course.
What a bust
This was their desperation signing after missing out on Ohtani, Soto to stop criticism by the fanbase and they are paying a terrible price, he was still a free agent in late January for a reason, I bet teams worried he’d be the type who slacks off as far as taking care of his body after being paid
My read as well. They overpay and then pretend that because he has a big contract he’s a big player. Truth was Santander was always a meh sign that they made because everyone else turned them down.
I don’t know it makes a lot of difference though. I see them having a hard time fighting the O’s and maybe Rays for third and fourth spot. Their pitching is thin. Toronto fans acted as though Bieber left millions on the table when it was obvious he was hurt. Their pitching will be thin, their hitting will retreat to career averages, and they’ve lost Bichette. They don’t have a shortstop.
By July their fans will be getting on Cease because he’s not an ace. Their rookie pitcher will be having trouble when hitters lay off low pitches. They’ll have Gausman, and Berrios who is not very good. Yikes.
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Gimenez is their top-flight SS; he was flawless in World Series.
Pitching not thin; lots more where Tresavage came from, including Tresavage.
Plus there’s rumoured re-signings of Bassitt and/or Scherzer.
Do you troll only on Tuesdays?
Doesn’t matter. Jays will be done by August
You mean like last year?
It’s because of last year. They won’t be able to rebound with all the extra innings the pitchers had to throw last season. Commonly referred to as the “Post Season Hangover”
With the exception of Gausman, that wouldn’t apply to anyone else. And they added a workhorse in Cease. Nice try though.
I could see the Jays likely returning to their 2020-2023 level of good but not great
The only difference between those teams and last year was catching fire in the playoffs which literally no one can predict
Well they were better positioned heading into the playoffs last year compared to previous years. #1 seed throughout vs having to play in that 50/50 wild card game. I guess the good news for Toronto is no team in the AL East separated themselves in the off-season.
For sure but that has as much to do with competition as anything else, which will be the case next year. If they win 94 games again in 2026 no guarantee they win the division
They won the AL East…
Tony Taters isn’t looking like a good contract now. Hopefully the Jays are able to salvage at least the back half of his contract…
Tony Taters will be manning the fry machine in the Rogers Centre food court…
The Jays won a lot of games without him and despite his bad year when he was out there. I think a lot of their success offensively especially was because they’re a team that puts the ball in play and makes things happen. Santander is a boom or bust guy. I liked what Lukes brought to that lineup and they can get some other guys more burn that quite frankly, bring more to the table. The money they spent on him looks bad, sure. But as far as on the field results, I don’t think it’s that big of a loss.
Orioles dodged a bullet with him
From what i remember, they did ok without him last season.
Ok, how do Jays react? My suggestion after both Francis and Santander go to long term disabled list, resign Bassitt for 1 year( I suspect he already knew Francis/Bieber injury issues and has been waiting for things to be official) and sign RHer Mike Tauchman to rotate with Lukes/Loperfido in LF. He can be signed for limited $$$ for 1 year. His numbers in limited ABs last year were good.
Bassitt for sure is a fit because he could easily slot in to the pen down the stretch again
Correction on Tauchman, he’s actually LH. Looks like Jays are back to rotating Schneider with Lukes/Loperfido in LF. Worked great last year. Hopefully Santander heals well and can DH in 2027 with Springers free agency.
Barger is the RF. Easy solution.
@WadeBoggsWildRide
Barger is terrible in right.
Worse than Santander?
@WadeBoggsWildRide
Yep. From ’24 to ’25, in about 1300 innings Santander put up -9 DRS and -4 OAA. In ’25 with about 400 innings under his belt, Barger had -4 DRS and -4 OAA. Barger would have to get better to be as bad as Santander.
Ouch!
Unless Ohtani was closing games for them, wouldn’t have made a difference.
Just great…
I’m not even upset at having an excuse to not play him.
Ooff, swinging and missing on Tucker looks worse now.
I love Anthony but I had my doubts when he was crediting chiropractors
and alternative medicine for his improved health 2 years ago. I Guess
Mike Elias et al now feels vindicated. The same may apply to Jeff Hoffman down the road. Anthony was the heart and soul of the O’s in 2023-2024.
I miss his post game interviews with “my boy!” Spanish translator Q,
Brandon Quinones after another game winner. Keep spending recklessly
Jays!
Wasn’t Santander originally a Rule V guy back in the day ??
Yes!!
Santander was one of the most successful of Baltimore’s many Rule 5 selections over the last 10-15 years. Drafted from the Cleveland organization.
This was always a bad signing they made out of desperation after apparently losing out on Pete Alonso. They immediately shifted to the next best home run option. He didn’t fit what they were doing so I don’t know why they even signed him. They need a bit more power in the line up so the home runs are nice but everything else is terrible.
So…he still has a right arm.
Perhaps he could use it to vacuum the seed shells from the clubhouse,
home run jacket man
Knew the Santander deal was going to be terrible
Time for the Jays to reach out to Cards or Marlins to see what they want for either Nootbaar or Stowers
Bring back Teo !!!!
Stowers still has 4 years of control, they aren’t trading him (yet).
The unraveling begins.
the Jays are not winning the division next year. they saw the O’s get better, Sox get better, and yanks basically stay the course with pitching reinforcements coming. yes they have pitching help but the lineup basically all had career or close to career years. they were anticipating Santander bouncing back so that they didn’t have to rely on schneider and Luke’s to produce again.
they can still be a playoff team potentially but doubt they win the division.
what they should do is sign bassitt. with Bieber hurt, they are relying too much on Berrios and Lauer to carry the backend and Ponce to produce like in Asia. Bassitt would bring stability and can be shifted back again if Ponce works out for the season and Bieber returns.
Yes agree on Bassitt. However I’m more hopeful on our existing OF to pick up the challenge again
Bassitt looked really good the few times that I saw him last year. It may come down to Bassitt returning to the Jays or signing for a similar role with the Braves.
Its not that bad, its only 97mill. Its year 2/5. He’ll be back by end of year hopefully and replace Springer in 2027.
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Blue Jays are better off, Loperfido, Schnieder and Heineman are going to get more at-bats as a result and Santander gets his shoulder repaired and a full season off to get his game on track.
Welp More playing time for mustache man.
That might not be a bad thing
Tattoo yelling “Da plane! Da plane!” ?
Except for all of the worse ones, yes,
Teams need to be more cautious of players the Orioles let walk away. The O’s know. The Angels will be next to find out with Grayson Rodriguez.
Yikes, not that he was a factor last season either, but that hurts that offense a bit. I think with Bo leaving they probably hoped from more from this dude.
That Santander deal could easily go down as the worst contact this side of Anthony Rendon.
Orioles GM Mike Elias must be thanking his lucky stars for saying “no” to a longterm commitment to Santander.
He makes $68.6M for 5 years (after deferrals and for CBT purposes)
That is a drop in the bucket. Even if he were to never play again, no one is losing any sleep.
68 million$ for the jays is the equivelent of me loosing 6 thousand dollars .and i wouuld loose sleep. i could overcome it,but id be upset if one of my employees, just stole 6 thousand bucs.tell me DIGGY,what size bucket does 68 million $in american money fit in.?its not a drop in a bucket.steve cohen is the richest baseball owner in baseball and even he knows what 68 million means.
Santander is not yet a graduate of the Render vacations during season, but he is on his way.
Questionable off season for the Jays, not getting a bat now looks even more horrible. Their offense keeps getting worse. Okamoto better hit 45 homeruns.
He’s never faced mlb level pitching. I wouldn’t count on much from him.
It think Toronto will be happy if they get a 100 OPS+ out of him. If they had any major league outfielders, they’d probably platoon him at third with Barger. But they have to play Barger in right, with minor leaguers in left, and Varsho in centre when he’s healthy. They have a second baseman at short, a utility infielder at second. and some here are claiming they will be competing with the Sox and NYY. I don’t see it. I don’t see them competing with Baltimore to be honest.
Let’s circle back during the year and compare Okamoto to Caleb Durbin, both for outcome and for value/$.
Good analysis, Best.
The only concern that I don’t share in quite the same degree is your “second baseman at short” comment. Gimenez looked better to me at SS than many second basemen would in the postseason and has played excellent defense at 2B the last several years.
Same news report also has pitcher Bowden Francis out for year after shoulder surgery,
Jose Berrios is getting traded to the Phillies for Nick Castellanos. Watch it happen.
That’s funny, but naw
If Dombrowski pulls that one off, he’ll regain his place on the A-list of MLB executives.
Nick Castellanos is available and he never gets hurt….
Phils pay 10mil down and get a lottery ticket…
He didn’t like being removed from play, whereas Jays are constantly being removed from play to keep the line going. Not a fit for us
Probably would have been hard pressed to give him many AB’s anyway. His batting profile doesn’t mesh with the Jays hitting philosophy.
It sucks to hear about Bowdon Francis, that’ll be the bigger lose. Santander, seems fishy however they didn’t have him for most of 2025 anyways. Jays can make a trade for a bat.
Usually I think it’s lame when athletes wait until the offseason is almost over before getting major surgery. Call it the Shaq: “I got hurt on company time, so I’m going to heal on company time.” But in Santander’s case, it seems like there was some type of physical setback with his rehab.
That being said, horrible signing by the Blue Jays. Santander suddenly seems to be made of glass, while his skill set fell off a cliff last year. Feathered his nest, and now will milk out that paycheck until retirement. Anthony Rendon syndrome? I’ll be shocked if Santander contributes anything positive to the Jays, during the entirety of his deal. One of the most unfortunate contracts in MLB, for sure.
Why not have that surgery in November and wait till mid February
Literally forgot about him last year. This year the forgetting starts earlier
I have a silly but useful suggestion for GM’s. When doling out contracts maybe take a look at fantasy baseball ADP and use that as a barometer. I remember the year that the Giants paid $126 million for Barry Zito and yet he was drafted in round 17 of my 16 team league. We all knew he was mediocre and yet they paid for above average. What ended up happening is that it was a mediocre to bad contract that the average fantasy GM wouldn’t have offered. Silly but I bet if a GM used this as a side tool they’d be better off!
Meh, anyone else feel like this contract will pan out like Rendons in LA.
Hopefully he comes back healthy for next year
Their failure to add offense this offseason is going to sink them in 26.
Clement, Lukes, Straw will all come back to career norms. The fools hope of Santander is now done. Springer’s body is going to fly apart like the Blues Mobile after last season’s miracle, count on it.
Will Kirk’s weight catch up to him at age 27?
A 29 year old rookie who has never faced mlb level pitching?
Gimenez can’t hit, but he didn’t contribute with the bat last year.
Varsho is a bottom third of the order type hitter.
Almost ready to compare him to Anthony Rendon, but will give it a few more seasons before actually compare them.
We see this all the time. Player has a career year in the final year of his contract, then is never the same again. Funny how that happens.
There are certainly exceptions, but more often than not, free agents don’t return anywhere near the full value of the contract.
Anthony Rendon 2.0.