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Braves sign Ervin Santana
Posted on 3/12/14 at 8:46 am
Posted on 3/12/14 at 8:46 am
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Posted on 3/12/14 at 8:58 am to DawgNation2012
He will help the rotation. That's clearly why we signed him. We'll see, I've always liked the guy as a pitcher.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 8:58 am to DawgNation2012
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Do you guys thinks he will be able to help the rotation?
for 14 million, I would hope so.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 9:01 am to DawgNation2012
Yes. Probably means we've seen the last of Medlen sadly.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 9:51 am to DawgNation2012
So wait...14mil AND we gave up a first round pick for the guy? I'm not seeing this as some kind of blockbuster deal. I know we needed to add an arm, but Santana is a marginal talent and that's a lot to give up for such.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 11:23 am to DawgNation2012
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Do you guys thinks he will be able to help the rotation?
In an ideal world he would be a solid middle of the rotation guy and not a number two, but shite happens. He is a talented guy no doubt, but depending on the park he is pitching in he can be a bit volatile, especially in the more hitter friendly parks.
Santana is a fly ball pitcher and his volatility comes from the fact that he gives up a decent amount of hard contact with his fastball, which he throws often. As stated before he is a flyball pitcher who gives up hard contact which in turn can lead to him giving up a decent amount of extra base hits.
In addition to the four seem fastball, Santana also throws a slider, changeup, and a two seamer. As far as durability, the dude just eats up innings, pitching over 200+ three out of the past four seasons which is important because of the amount of uncertainty at the back end of the rotation.
Ultimately, I think Santana will do fine for us because of the fact that Turner Field is one of the more friendly confines for pitchers and our starting outfield is one of the best defensively.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 2:09 pm to DawgNation2012
Playing for KC Royals where he got the lowest run support of all their pitchers, he still had 3.24 ERA, pitched 211 innings, gave up only 190 hits, 76 earned runs, 26 home runs, 51 walks, and had 161 strike outs, with an opponent BA of .238.
Just to give you an idea, KC scored 648 runs last year, the Braves scored 688 with two guys batting .150 (BJ and Uggla).
Santana is solid, and with fair run support, if he can keep around that .238 BAA, he'll give us 15 wins, which is enough.
Teheran is going to beast it up this year and get 20 wins and be in the running for a Cy Young. He's having an incredible Spring.
Minor is looking really good too and should give us at least 15.
And Wood could break out this year too. 5-3 in 11 games with a 3.13 ERA as a rookie. No doubt he should take a step forward.
Who knows what Beachy will be if he's already having arm issues. Maholm and Garcia are inconsistent, although Garcia is having a hell of a Spring too.
Add to all this that Uggla and BJ have both changed their swings completely and are having very good Spring's (Uggla is hitting .318, 7 for 22, w/ 2 HR's, and BJ is hitting .270, 8 for 27 w/ 1 HR), plus Ramiro Pena is back from injury and having an incredible Spring too, and we could have a huge offensive year behind a very solid starting pitching staff and a top 2 in the league bullpen.
Just to give you an idea, KC scored 648 runs last year, the Braves scored 688 with two guys batting .150 (BJ and Uggla).
Santana is solid, and with fair run support, if he can keep around that .238 BAA, he'll give us 15 wins, which is enough.
Teheran is going to beast it up this year and get 20 wins and be in the running for a Cy Young. He's having an incredible Spring.
Minor is looking really good too and should give us at least 15.
And Wood could break out this year too. 5-3 in 11 games with a 3.13 ERA as a rookie. No doubt he should take a step forward.
Who knows what Beachy will be if he's already having arm issues. Maholm and Garcia are inconsistent, although Garcia is having a hell of a Spring too.
Add to all this that Uggla and BJ have both changed their swings completely and are having very good Spring's (Uggla is hitting .318, 7 for 22, w/ 2 HR's, and BJ is hitting .270, 8 for 27 w/ 1 HR), plus Ramiro Pena is back from injury and having an incredible Spring too, and we could have a huge offensive year behind a very solid starting pitching staff and a top 2 in the league bullpen.
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