Carlos Santana to Philly - 3-years/$60M

[Matt Breen]

3-years and $60M for the former Cleveland DH/1B. Bit of a surprise going to Philadelphia as most people thought Rhys Hoskins would slide in at 1B. I guess he's staying the OF. Money is pretty good for Santana. The move takes a good bat off the market.

 

Also a fourth year option worth $17.5M.

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/12/phillies-agree-to-terms-with-carlos-santana.html

[KeithStone53151]

3-years and $60M for the former Cleveland DH/1B. Bit of a surprise going to Philadelphia as most people thought Rhys Hoskins would slide in at 1B. I guess he's staying the OF. Money is pretty good for Santana. The move takes a good bat off the market.

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/12/phillies-agree-to-terms-with-carlos-santana.html

 

I think this is much more than people expected, Hosmer is licking his chops somewhere. If Santana is worth 20 million per, what is Hosmer worth?

[pacopete4]

What would it take to take Rhys Hoskins off their hands? He'd be fun to have on our team.

[Matt Breen]

 

I think this is much more than people expected, Hosmer is licking his chops somewhere. If Santana is worth 20 million per, what is Hosmer worth?

Yeah, Hosmer has got to be loving it. Six years, $150M? That's nuts - but someone will probably pony up the cash. Just don't want it to be us.

[bill hAll Star]

What would it take to take Rhys Hoskins off their hands? He'd be fun to have on our team.

 

Way too much. He'll be playing OF for the Phillies now, it seems.

[MadThinker88]

I was expecting Carlos to get above $18M AAV per season so the money is no surprise to me. Happy for him he was able to get 3 yrs plus option yr (17.5M).

 

As a Tribe fan first, I just knew the moment Edwin E signed, Carlos was gone at the end of the deal. Only place I didn't know was the landing spot. I had figured he was going to Seattle but the Mariners went other directions this off season.

 

Santana's D at 1st is much improved over the past year plus (in some places ranking ahead of Hosmer). His track record for drawing walks keeps his OBP high despite a BA between .225 and .250.

 

He is a notorious slow starter with his 2nd half consistently above his 1st half numbers. It will be curious to see how Philly fans react to a 'down' 1st half from him in 2018.

[monty57]

The Brewers already have two first basemen and five outfielders. Good to see money going off the table in positions the Brewers don't need.

[KeithStone53151]

The Brewers already have two first basemen and five outfielders. Good to see money going off the table in positions the Brewers don't need.

 

Couldn't agree more. Let some of these teams pay gobs of money to Martinez and Hosmer as well.