Twins to Sign Veteran Free Agent First Baseman Carlos Santana

[KirbyDome89]

13 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

very much so,. Also, it shows an issue with season long stats that peanut butter value....he was the best player in ball for 2-3 weeks, then he was not, then he barely played. It's like rolling a 6 and a 1 and saying you were average......

This. 

I think his HR total overstates his value. Clearly others don't. What can you do...

[arby58]

On 2/3/2024 at 8:37 AM, arby58 said:

Some people are half full types, and I won't apologize for being one of them. The above is the equivalent of 'half empty' thinking. So the 'nice 32 year old relief pitcher had one year of success' - which happened to be last year, and it was very successful, and done in high leverage situations for a play-off contending team. The one-time slugging first baseman/DH who should help more as a coach' had a WAR last year that would have been third best on the Twins - and he would have led them in RBIs by 20. Given what may be new-found revenue, they also may not be done. Meanwhile, no additional value is provided for what should be full seasons by very productive rookies from last year. Yes, the starting pitching isn't as strong, but you hit as well as pitch. I believe this year's offense will be much improved over last year. All they have to replace offensively is the half year of Polanco and the full year of Taylor, which doesn't strike me as a heavy lift.

Santana now has home runs in three consecutive games - laugh all you want, Boof.