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Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:47 pm
by Rhettmatic
jonmorosi Jon Morosi
Sergio Santos traded to #BlueJays, sources tell @Ken_Rosenthal and me. #WhiteSox


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jonmorosi Jon Morosi
#WhiteSox acquire Nestor Molina from #BlueJays for Sergio Santos.

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:49 pm
by Trilogy
Nestor Molina?!

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:49 pm
by Schad
Wow. I absolutely hate that deal.

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:50 pm
by Rhettmatic
Schadenfreude wrote:Wow. I absolutely hate that deal.


Me too. I can't believe it.

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:51 pm
by 5DOM
Read Santos' wiki page and I must say this is at least an interesting story.

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:51 pm
by dagger
Pretty high end prospect to give up for a closer. Not impressed. But at least he's not beyond prime or overpaid.

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:52 pm
by dagger
Pretty high end prospect to give up for a closer. Not impressed. But at least he's not beyond prime or overpaid.

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:52 pm
by Wally West
Schadenfreude wrote:Wow. I absolutely hate that deal.

What an absolutely terrible deal! :S Out of all the guys to give up, why Nestor Molina?

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:52 pm
by vaff87
Schadenfreude wrote:Wow. I absolutely hate that deal.


Me too. My favorite prospect. **** closers.

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:52 pm
by Rhettmatic
Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
The numbers of Nestor Molina, the pitcher acquired by CWS today in Santos deal, are other-wordly: 16 walks/148 Ks in 130.1 IP in Class A/AA

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:53 pm
by Trilogy
This is just awful.

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:53 pm
by LBJSeizedMyID
What the?!?! Seriously? This has to be a trade to be used in another deal.

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:54 pm
by Morris_Shatford
Isn't Nestor Molina one of our best pitching prospects?
and didn't we already have Sergio Santos?

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:54 pm
by Rhettmatic
I might feel foolish saying this in a few days, but...

This deal indicates to me the depths of Rogers' cheapness. We'd rather bleed a high-end prospect for a so-so closer rather than signing one outright and perhaps overpaying by a few dollars? When our payroll is nothing as it is?

I wasn't in favour of throwing big bucks at a closer, mind you, but if the alternative was giving up Molina...

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:54 pm
by Kapono
WTF.

Really pissed off now.

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:54 pm
by rarefind
what the **** AA?

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:54 pm
by torontoaces04
Wow, well I guess we've got our closer.

Awful deal by AA, is the fairytale over now? Giving up Nestor Molina instead of spending a little money on a closer is sickening. I'm dumbfounded, and disgusted.

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:55 pm
by Schad
Santos isn't bad or anything; he's a fireballing reliever signed to a very reasonable deal with three options. But that's a high price to pay for any reliever...Molina could be a very good starter in the bigs, and quite soon.

Odd sidebar: it's a trade of two pitchers who were only stuck on the mound after failing as position players. We acquired Santos, then a no-hit infielder, in the Glaus deal...the White Sox later turned him into a reliever after we released him. Molina only began pitching at 19.

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:55 pm
by WpgPage
Fair deal one I would not have made but I can see the logic. His #'s are all trending upwards and he is signed to an insanely team friendly deal. Ill call it fair for now.

Re: Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Posted: Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:55 pm
by 5DOM
Rhettmatic wrote:
Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
The numbers of Nestor Molina, the pitcher acquired by CWS today in Santos deal, are other-wordly: 16 walks/148 Ks in 130.1 IP in Class A/AA


Wow. lol