BimboColesHair
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After this year, yes.
Better than in the middle of an eventual 4 WAR, .850+ OPS, 30+ HR season, right?
After this year, yes.
Let's not act like Santana's walks weren't down last year
Better than in the middle of an eventual 4 WAR, .850+ OPS, 30+ HR season, right?
What kind of a contract do you think we'd offer him?
What kind of a contract do you think we'd offer him?
Mildly irrelevant- he wants to test the market, which means highest bidder. He already gave the Tribe a hometown discount once already. If the market is for some reason sluggish like it was for Encarnacion, then maybe they come up with something- but have to wait and see.What kind of a contract do you think we'd offer him?
Will the Indians finally give up on Carlos Santana?
Unless Santana decides he wants to stay here and takes a pay cut we are not keeping him after this season. Now I cannot tell ya who will replace him in the lineup/on the roster, could be a stop gap type of signing (Aka what we did with Napoli last season) or converting someone over to 1B. Our top 1B prospect is Bobby Bradley who likely will finish 2017 in AA, so we may look at other options, but Santana will be a main guy for us in 2017, whether he bats first or behind EE he will need another solid season for us.
If Tampa were to be open to moving Kevin Kiermaier in the right deal after trading for Mallox Smith and signing Colby Rasmus, would any of you be opposed to the Tribe moving Mejia for him?
If Tampa were to be open to moving Kevin Kiermaier in the right deal after trading for Mallox Smith and signing Colby Rasmus, would any of you be opposed to the Tribe moving Mejia for him?
Oh man that is a tough question, since it would make sense for both teams in short terms since Kiermaier is a Gold Glove CF but he does lack a bit of hitting. He isn't going to be a free agent until 2021 so he is a guy who the Indians would trade for. I would say can we get a deal done without moving Meija, Zimmer, but deal from our surplus of young Starters. I know pitching we can never have enough of, but the depth in our organization is in the middle infield and Starting pitchers.
Ideally, my money the deal would have to be around like Kaminsky/Morimando, Allen and someone else (Might have to part with Aiken) Hopefully we could avoid using Meija in a trade since he would be replacing either Gomes or Perez in a few years. I mean it wouldn't be the worst loss, but we should avoid using Meija in any trade since I feel worst case scenario is like Carlos Santana type of player in the pros, who even though isn't the best liked of a guy, is a solid enough player worst case scenario for us to make sure we keep Meija.
Yeah...that is an awful comparison, Santana and Mejia.
Mejia has multiple Gold Glove talent from the C spot. Santana was a much higher ceiling offensively as a prospect, but you knew he wouldn't last at the C spot.