AND THAT'S A WHITE SOX WINNER!

[Balta1701]

He always reminds me of Broadway, and that scares the hell out of me.

Lance Broadway didn't have a fastball.

[southsider2k5]

As I mentioned elsewhere - I think the game thread, which has been archived - Santos threw 28.2 IP in the minors in 2009. It's a small amount of innings, but for s***s and gigs, I looked up his first 28.2 from last year.

 

1.88 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 4.7 BB/9, 10 K/9, .234/.341/.290/.631 against, .329 BABIP

 

That is not including his next outing in Minnesota, where he got a blown save and went 0+ IP.

 

His final 23 innings, including the Minnesota fiasco...

 

4.30 ERA, 1.70 WHIP, 4.3 BB/9, 9.4 K/9, .292/.364/.396/.760 against, .371 BABIP

 

He had already been getting pretty unlucky on balls in play during the first portion of that, but it went to a monumental new height afterwards. .371 is entirely unsustainable and with any luck at all, his line looks a bit better.

 

So, if that holds true, Santos should be pretty good this year until about September, but hopefully at that point his body is conditioned enough that it will be able to handle an extra 10-20 innings.

 

He's definitely a keeper.

 

You could tell he hit a wall at the end of last season. With the IP numbers he has, it is totally understandable. I hope he can make it through the season this year, especially if he is going to be the closer.