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3 minutes ago, Beef Supreme said:

Santiago has allowed a high rate of home runs through his career. His HR/9 keeps rising along with his ERA. I think he is a bad match for OPACY for that reason.

 

Oh, I'm not advocating a Santiago signing.   I just see him as someone we'd pursue.   I agree with your assessment.

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1 minute ago, clapdiddy said:

Oh, I'm not advocating a Santiago signing.   I just see him as someone we'd pursue.   I agree with your assessment.

That's how I have felt at times about Vargas - that the Orioles would sign him for 2/$22 and by July Vargas would be demoted to the bullpen.

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I'm not completely opposed to a Hector Santiago signing. Nor am i opposed to bringing back Tillman. Nor am I opposed to our reported interest in Hutchinson. The issue is that these are all good names for the No.5 spot, but not viable options for one of the top 3 spots.

I'm actually okay bringing in a pair of the above names to compete with the in-house options for the final two spots, but we absolutely NEED a much more established arm in addition.

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