Hopefully we trade him to a contender to weaken our competitionIs there any chance Santana gets moved by the deadline considering he could walk this offseason?
Is there any chance Santana gets moved by the deadline considering he could walk this offseason?
Is there any chance Santana gets moved by the deadline considering he could walk this offseason?
One under the radar pitcher that I could see the Indians taking a run at is Dan Straily on Miami. Having a great year with a 3.32 ERA (3.06 since start of May). Team control through 2020.
Marlins have an awful farm system and just acquired Straily in January from Cincinnati
OMG Tribe is in on VOTTO!?
Crazy!
I think b00bie's answer of "no" summed up the the likelihood of Santana being moved. No team is going to give us an upgrade at 1B in exchange for 70 games of Santana.
*Braces for the Santana hate crew to say anyone at 1B is an upgrade to Santana*
A rebuilding team with a bad contract would send us that bad contract for Santana and prospects. It would allow them to get the contract off their hands. That being said, Cleveland isn't looking to take on a contract the size of Vottos anytime soon even if it does upgrade us this season, it will completely and utterly hinder us long term and that is something the FO isn't willing to do. (He is due 25 million for the next what 5-6 seasons and a buyout the season after that). We are still paying on Chris Johnson's contract this season who we acquired for Swisher and Bourn a few seasons ago. A trade like that is not impossible, just extremely unlikely to happen since we are a small market team.
Why would the Reds or any rebuilding team in this hypothetical be interested in Santana being included in the deal?
A hypothetical trade like this is so unlikely that you might as well chalk it up as impossible.
Let's move on.