Send down Santana, bring back Saunders

by Neo8234 on May 24, 2007 11:58 AM PDT

Discuss.

This is absolutely ridiculous, there is no excuse for his performance and I have a really hard time believing that Saunders could not bring us more wins with the way Santana has been pitching. What does everybody else think? Will it actually happen?

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Send down Santana, bring up Saunders?

Yes

29 votes

No

17 votes

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Yeah

It was 1-0 when I last checked. I didn't have much in the way of expectations for this game, a road day game after all, but I check back in 2 hours later and its 10-0. Pathetic.

We can't afford an automatic loss in the rotation, and thats what Ervin is right now on the road. His trade value is probably pretty low right now. Maybe some games in AAA will help him.

Or we work out some kind of platoon, Bootcheck or Mosely starts on the road with Ervin in mopup relief, and Ervind gets to start at home.

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by RallyMonkey5 on May 24, 2007 11:58 AM PDT reply actions

What is now worse is

that Santana's trade value has evaporated...

by Rev Halofan on May 24, 2007 12:11 PM PDT reply actions

AAA

I think the only way to ever recover his value is to send him to AAA til he (hopefully) figures his shit out. Then if we can bring him back up to fill in for an injury at some point we can at least hope he's better.

by Neo8234 on May 24, 2007 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Rotate him

with either Moseley or Bootcheck out of the pen.

by higdog on May 24, 2007 12:15 PM PDT reply actions

I second that!

by PieceOfAase on May 24, 2007 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions

oh yeah!

Cut Oliver, move Santana to long relief. Sauders is new #5.

If it's a night game in the OC, then stick Black Magic in there and give all the starters an extra day off.

by elricsi on May 24, 2007 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions

i like that

that could work, but you know it will never happen. everything is going to stay the way it is, we all know this...

I still want to DFA Hillenbrand

by Hutch (someone took my name) on May 24, 2007 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions

why the hell?

why would you roll out the B-team offense, when you have your worst starter starting in the conditions he performs worst in (on the road, during the day, on a day ending with the letter "y", etc.)?

and if you're giving howie the day off, why bring him in in a blowout?

i'm not following scioscia's logic here.

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by pedro guerrero on May 24, 2007 12:27 PM PDT reply actions

We have a good lead in the division

a loss doesn't hurt so much now. Plus Santana has to work on his road problems and so guys just need days off.

by higdog on May 24, 2007 12:49 PM PDT reply actions

ONE WORD:

YUP

there's nothing to discuss. Santana needs to go. Bring on the Crimson Chin

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by ladybug on May 24, 2007 1:06 PM PDT reply actions

Done

How long are we going to let this gut work it out. Does he have to go 0-8 on the road before we pull the plug. If we were the Roayals I could agree with letting him work it out but we are competing for a division and cannot keep allowing Ervin to have one bad road start after another. And lets be honest I watched his last start at home and he was more lucky then good. He only gave up one run but a key hit by the other side and the flood gates could have opened up. Even in the games he pitches well there are points in the game where he struggles and he barely gets out of it. This guy needs to go back to AAA and get tough and learn how to use his head. He looks like a space cadet out there

by AMB07 on May 24, 2007 1:26 PM PDT reply actions

hey amb07

we're in first place in late may, calm down.

by SactoFan on May 24, 2007 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions

I say...

keep santana.

He WILL figure this shit out. He's got dominating stuff with a dash of flare, but for some GODDAMNED reason he just can't pull it together on the road.

Maybe his ass needs to go to bed earlier and quit drinkin the night before he starts.

by shiftyeyedgoat on May 24, 2007 1:29 PM PDT reply actions

Maybe you

need to follow the same advice before posting!

by Rev Halofan on May 24, 2007 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions

I still dropped him from my FLB team...

I'm not that drunk.

by shiftyeyedgoat on May 24, 2007 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions

We all need to follow that

advice.

But yeah, he will put together a solid second half. He has a higher ceiling than Saunders.

by Pwn on May 24, 2007 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions

I understand the frustration

But his trade value hasn't 'evaporated.' The guy is still going to be a valuable pitcher. Angels stadium isn't such a picher's park that his ERA should be double on the road.

That being said, a one-month trial swap with Santana and Saunders is in order. If Santana can string together 6 or 7 starts in a row in AAA, then we can explore the option of trading him or another one of our starters.

by iLoveLamp on May 24, 2007 1:46 PM PDT reply actions