Cleveland Indians (2018)

[LordJeffBuck]

Addition by subtraction....

 

[NFBuck]

Addition by subtraction....

 

[LitlBuck]

I do not know. I would have rather kept Shaw or Smith and let McAllister go. At least Shaw and Smith could eat up some mailings.. At times they were not the best quality innings but much more reliable than McAllister. However, the money that Shaw and Smith got is just ridiculous.

 

[buckeyemania11]

Shaw pitching regularly at Coors Field Good Luck

 

[buckeyemania11]

Santana signs with the Phillies

http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2017/12/phillies_reportedly_sign_carlo.html

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- First baseman Carlos Santana, who has spent his entire big league career with the Indians, has signed a three-year $60 million deal with the Phillies.

Jon Heyman of Fanrags was first to report the deal. The deal includes an option worth $17.5 million for a fourth year.

 

[buckeyemania11]

It's ok though, They signed Melvin Upton JR to a ML deal. Championship!

 

[Bucklion]

Santana signs with the Phillies

http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2017/12/phillies_reportedly_sign_carlo.html

Well considering how much they overpaid Ryan Howard’s corpse in his last contract, I’m not surprised.

It’s a shame to lose him, but he goes through too many deep hitting slumps to get Edwin money

 

[NFBuck]

$20M/year for a guy who rarely hits before June and is prone to extended slumps? No thanks. He's had some big moments, but he's not worth that kind of money.

 

[tsteele316]

$20M/year for a guy who rarely hits before June and is prone to extended slumps? No thanks. He's had some big moments, but he's not worth that kind of money.

Especially going to the nl where you can't DH him. He definitely strikes me as a contract year type player.

 

[OHSportsFan]

That is...perplexing. I like Smooth, been a huge part of the rebuild, but yikes. No thanks.

 

[NFBuck]

I was always perplexed by how he could never even seem to hit his weight before about mid June. Seemed like every year, he'd be hovering around the Mendoza line for the first 60-70 games.

 

[LitlBuck]

Especially going to the nl where you can't DH him. He definitely strikes me as a contract year type player.

Disagree. You do not have to DH him. He is one of the better, if not, the best defensive first baseman in the ML and probably should have won the Gold Glove for this past season.

The Tribe has made some big mistakes with contracts but they were with signing Kipnis and Brantley for what they send them for and now they are probably stuck with at least one of those guys.

 

[buckeyemania11]

Yonder Alonso is Santanas cheapish replacement.

 

[NFBuck]

Yonder Alonso is Santanas cheapish replacement.

He's actually a reasonable Santana analog at 40% of the cost.

 

[Bucklion]

I wanna know how you hit 28 dingers and only drive in like 65 runs