Ervin Santana Rumors: Saturday
 

Ervin Santana Rumors: Saturday
11:04am:*The Rockies will **t sign Santana, Troy Renck of the Denver Post tweets.

10:53am:*The Blue Jays are "optimistic" about landing Santana, although they have **t yet reached an agreement with him, FOX Sports' Jon Morosi tweets.

9:08am:*The Blue Jays are willing to offer a deal in the $14MM range with ** incentives, Heyman writes. The Orioles may be a bit behind the Blue Jays. The Rockies, meanwhile, may be out of the bidding, as Heyman tweets.

8:47am:*Santana is currently negotiating a deal near one year and $14MM with the Blue Jays, Orioles and one National League team, possibly the Rockies,*CBS Sports' Jon Heyman writes. Of those teams, the Jays and Orioles are the most likely to get Santana, who could pick a new team "in the next day or two."

8:05am:*Ervin Santana will sign a one-year, $14MM contract with an AL club, Dionisio Soldevila of ESPN Deportes tweets. That team is **t the Orioles, Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com tweets. The Royals have also recently indicated that they are ** longer pursuing Santana.

Last night, it was reported*that Santana had begun looking for a one-year deal, amidst further reports about changes in his representation. AL clubs recently connected to Santana have included the Mariners, Rangers and Blue Jays.

$14MM would, of course, be very similar to the $14.1MM qualifying offer Santana rejected from the Royals. A $14MM deal would be a very disappointing result for a 31-year-old pitcher coming off a 3.24 ERA with 6.9 K/9 and 2/2 BB.9 in 211 innings. But Nelson Cruz's deal with the Orioles demonstrates what a severe effect the qualifying offer has had in depressing the salaries of certain free agents.


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