Jays acquire Sergio Santos for Nestor Molina

Post #1 » by **Rhettmatic** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:47 pm

jonmorosi Jon Morosi
Sergio Santos traded to #BlueJays, sources tell @Ken_Rosenthal and me. #WhiteSox

http://twitter.com/#!/jonmorosi/status/ ... 6157026304

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

Trilogy · Post #2 » by **Trilogy** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:49 pm

Nestor Molina?!

Post #3 » by **Schad** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:49 pm

Wow. I absolutely hate that deal.

Post #4 » by **Rhettmatic** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:50 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:Wow. I absolutely hate that deal.

Me too. I can't believe it.

Post #5 » by **5DOM** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:51 pm

Read Santos' wiki page and I must say this is at least an interesting story.

dagger · Post #6 » by **dagger** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:51 pm

Pretty high end prospect to give up for a closer. Not impressed. But at least he's not beyond prime or overpaid.

dagger · Post #7 » by **dagger** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:52 pm

Pretty high end prospect to give up for a closer. Not impressed. But at least he's not beyond prime or overpaid.

Wally West · Post #8 » by **Wally West** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:52 pm

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?

vaff87 · Post #9 » by **vaff87** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:52 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:Wow. I absolutely hate that deal.

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

Post #10 » by **Rhettmatic** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:52 pm

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

Trilogy · Post #11 » by **Trilogy** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:53 pm

This is just awful.

LBJSeizedMyID · Post #12 » by **LBJSeizedMyID** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:53 pm

What the?!?! Seriously? This has to be a trade to be used in another deal.

Post #13 » by **Morris_Shatford** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:54 pm

Isn't Nestor Molina one of our best pitching prospects?
and didn't we already have Sergio Santos?

Post #14 » by **Rhettmatic** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:54 pm

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...

Kapono · Post #15 » by **Kapono** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:54 pm

WTF.

Really pissed off now.

rarefind · Post #16 » by **rarefind** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:54 pm

what the **** AA?

torontoaces04 · Post #17 » by **torontoaces04** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:54 pm

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.

Post #18 » by **Schad** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:55 pm

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.

WpgPage · Post #19 » by **WpgPage** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:55 pm

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.

Post #20 » by **5DOM** » Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:55 pm

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