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    Santana headed to the Twins

    Sources: Twins finalizing four-year deal with Ervin Santana

    By Jeff Passan 1 hour ago Yahoo Sports














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    Ervin Santana pitched 196 innings last season. (AP)

    The Minnesota Twins are finalizing a four-year deal for around $54 million with free-agent right-hander Ervin Santana, sources told Yahoo Sports. The deal will include a fifth-year option that vests depending on innings pitched, sources said, but the specifics are unclear right now.
    Santana, 31, pitched for the Atlanta Braves last season after signing a one-year, $14.1 million contract in March. He went 14-10 with a 3.95 ERA in 31 starts and struck out 179 in 196 innings.
    Santana debuted with the Los Angeles Angels in 2005 and spent the next seven seasons with the club, posting a 4.33 ERA during his Angels tenure. He pitched for the Kansas City Royals in 2013, putting together one of his better seasons with a 3.24 ERA in 211 innings.
    He is a durable pitcher who has started 30 or more games in a season seven times and pitched 196 innings or more six times.
    Santana is prone to giving up home runs, allowing a league-leading 39 homers in 2012 with the Angels. Time will tell how he performs at Minnesota's Target Field, which played relatively neutral last season.

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    He's no Johan but he'll help the Twins next season.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigSpoon View Post
    He's no Johan but he'll help the Twins next season.
    The twins need all the arms they can get

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