Santander

[Aglets]

1 minute ago, Tx Oriole said:

What team did the O's get him from? 

The Cleveland Native Americans.

[Cumberbundy]

7 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

My guess is that this is the plan. This means they'll have to carry him for around 75 days next year to keep him.

They won't be able to send him down next year right?

[clapdiddy]

3 minutes ago, Cumberbundy said:

They won't be able to send him down next year right?

I think after he hits the required games limit, they can send him down.   He'd still have options.

[Frobby]

4 minutes ago, Cumberbundy said:

They won't be able to send him down next year right?

No, they can once he's played 90 days in the majors (including his time this year).

[Cumberbundy]

Thank you, gentlemen. I don't know why I thought he'd need to spend the entire year here. The Rule 5 is a mystery I'm still trying to sort out. If they'd explain it in a Seinfeld episode Id have it locked in.

[interloper]

Do not sleep on this player. I'm telling you. 

[Cumberbundy]

6 minutes ago, interloper said:

Do not sleep on this player. I'm telling you. 

I'm fearful of going in the opposite direction. I'm ready to move him to the #1 spot in our prospects list. 

 

[schittenden]

21 minutes ago, Cumberbundy said:

I'm fearful of going in the opposite direction. I'm ready to move him to the #1 spot in our prospects list. 

 

Going to be hard for him to maintain that 2.212 OPS once he gets brought up.

[MCO'sFan]

3 hours ago, Cumberbundy said:

The hunters will one day become the hunted. Not a good way to do business.

Or, it could be a model that other teams follow. The O's don't seem to get hurt by the Rule 5 maybe it's an outcome of what is seen as our system lacking depth. It seems smart to me and completely within the rules. I am talking real injuries and not fake ones. Virtually no risk involved.

[SteveA]

2 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

My guess is that this is the plan. This means they'll have to carry him for around 75 days next year to keep him.

So the 31 days in Sept/Oct don't count?

[SteveA]

43 minutes ago, schittenden said:

Going to be hard for him to maintain that 2.212 OPS once he gets brought up.

Yeah he's bound to disappoint.

[Cumberbundy]

41 minutes ago, schittenden said:

Going to be hard for him to maintain that 2.212 OPS once he gets brought up.

I am not bashful about my enthusiasm, life's too short for too much rational consideration in sports. If Santander is a better player than Hays then we are in a pretty nice spot. Big if but obviously within the realm of possibility.

[MCO'sFan]

2 hours ago, Frobby said:

Why 75?    Won't he get to about 45 this year once he's called up in mid-August?

Hopefully he hits up here and renders the issue moot!

I think I read on this board that time after the rosters expand do not count but I am not sure. I found a FAQ online that talks about the 90 day requirement but doesn't mention September at all. So I cold be wrong. Hopefully, someone on the board will read my not so helpful post and correct me if I am wrong.

[Cumberbundy]

7 minutes ago, MCO'sFan said:

Or, it could be a model that other teams follow. The O's don't seem to get hurt by the Rule 5 maybe it's an outcome of what is seen as our system lacking depth. It seems smart to me and completely within the rules. I am talking real injuries and not fake ones. Virtually no risk involved.

If not in the rule 5, there are other ways teams can hurt the O's if they see a practice as beneath the dignity of their game. There are more unwritten rules in baseball than written. 

[99ct]

20 minutes ago, Cumberbundy said:

If not in the rule 5, there are other ways teams can hurt the O's if they see a practice as beneath the dignity of their game. There are more unwritten rules in baseball than written. 

Not sure if you're implying that taking players in the Rule 5 draft is somehow against an unwritten rule - but there are 10-15 teams doing it every single year, so looks like the dignity of the game may not be particularly high.