Carlos Santana Named AA Eastern League MVP

[Cavs1]

another good one to follow Sandy Alomar and Victor Martinez? I sure hope so...

 

[MoFlo]

God forbid we go through 1 god damn Indians or Browns thread without a lame joke or making fun of the team.

As for Santana, he should be our starting catcher for about 7 or 8 years (3 years automatic contract, and that's when we usually lock em up to long term deals to get through the arbitration process and have them hit free agency a year or 2 later than they normally would)

 

[Chris]

God forbid we go through 1 god damn Indians or Browns thread without a lame joke or making fun of the team.

As for Santana, he should be our starting catcher for about 7 or 8 years (3 years automatic contract, and that's when we usually lock em up to long term deals to get through the arbitration process and have them hit free agency a year or 2 later than they normally would)

Hahahahahahahaha

Good point about the contract though.

 

[MoFlo]

Hahahahahahahaha

Good point about the contract though.

I'm guessing that's what we'd do..

That's how we usually treat our young talent, anyway, so I don't see why it would be any different with Santana..

Hart started it all by locking up all of his young guys before they hit arbitration, so as to avoid that, and then locking them up for 4 or 5 years, so as to postpone them hitting free agency by a year or 2..

Shapiro knows we can't compete with the big boys money wise, so we need to lock up our young guns while they're still young (yes, there is a risk involved), before they hit arbitration, and lock them up through arbitration and then some..

If we can't afford them, might as well keep them for as long as we can before they do hit free agency.

 

[Damage]

I'm guessing that's what we'd do..

That's how we usually treat our young talent, anyway, so I don't see why it would be any different with Santana..

Hart started it all by locking up all of his young guys before they hit arbitration, so as to avoid that, and then locking them up for 4 or 5 years, so as to postpone them hitting free agency by a year or 2..

Shapiro knows we can't compete with the big boys money wise, so we need to lock up our young guns while they're still young (yes, there is a risk involved), before they hit arbitration, and lock them up through arbitration and then some..

If we can't afford them, might as well keep them for as long as we can before they do hit free agency.

It's an extremely risky move but an effective one, especially with a mid-market team such as the Indians. It's weird that nobody thought of it prior to Hart.

 

[macbdog]

Santana is actually a better C prospect than Vic was- has more power from both sides of the plate, he has a cannon for an arm, and is more athletic. Kind of scary, huh?

GMa thought of doing what Hart did- but a # of factors made it possible. For starters, after the opening of the Jake, the Tribe was able to pay for all of those youngsters on longterm deals. Remember, the club saves longterm by paying above-arbitration salaries the first year or two of the longterm deals. There is also the risk of a clunker deal or two killing payroll flexibility. Hart got kind of lucky; many of the longterm deals panned but several didn't. Having the club ending the cashcow known as the Jake made it much easier to absorb those goofups. If you want an example of a club that got burned following this strategy, look at the late 90s Pirates.