1B and corner outfield have been equal wastelands in recent years so wherever he sticks is fine by me.D-train wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2019 5:25 amI would be fine with that. I would also be learning him up on the fine art of 1B.bpj wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2019 5:19 amI'd offer 4 years 40 million.
Buys out his next 2 arb years, 2 free agent years. Gives Santanas family financial security with and the Mariners a low risk high reward contract.
I'd take 4/40 on a guy like Santana over another 200 million on trying to buy a free agent outfielder for the same production, or trying to rely on Jake Fraley and Mallex Smith to replace his production.
I think it would be a win for both sides. Santana is stacking up hits like Ichiro, except that his hits go out of the infield and put runs on the board.
I can think of worse things than a 1B/DH jobshare between Vogey and Santana.
However, until Mallex Smith can prove he's not the .600 OPS player he's become again, he's easily the odd man out in my outfield.
