Sox get P Victor Santos from Phillies

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

Not quite the trade I was expecting... or honestly even knew about (CJ Chatham was dealt back in January???).

https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2021/07/boston-red-sox-complete-trade-victor-santos-21-year-old-pitching-prospect-acquired-from-phillies-as-player-to-be-named-later-for-cj-chatham.html

"The 6-foot-1, 191 pounder from the Dominican Republic began the season at High-A Jersey Shore where he posted a 1.33 ERA (20 ⅓ innings, three earned runs), 1.08 WHIP"

Anyone have any better info on this guy? At one point, I recall Chatham being pretty highly ranked... but probably at a low point in the Sox's system

 

[Cesar Crespo]

He's a RHP who sits around 90 and tops out at 93. He gets by on control and is advanced for his age but will probably struggle as he moves up. He throws a 2 seem fastball that is well below average, a solid slider and a plus split change.

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

He's a RHP who sits around 90 and tops out at 93. He gets by on control and is advanced for his age but will probably struggle as he moves up. He throws a 2 seem fastball that is well below average, a solid slider and a plus split change.

Seems likely to be a mid-innings bullpen arm at best. Always valuable but basically fungible, yeah?

 

[cmaxwell's silver hammer]

Two solid pitches, particularly if the split change is that good, could make him a very effective situational reliever.

 

[jmanny24]

A couple ticks more velocity and there could be an interesting starter there

 

[shaggydog2000]

Not quite the trade I was expecting... or honestly even knew about (CJ Chatham was dealt back in January???).

https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2021/07/boston-red-sox-complete-trade-victor-santos-21-year-old-pitching-prospect-acquired-from-phillies-as-player-to-be-named-later-for-cj-chatham.html

"The 6-foot-1, 191 pounder from the Dominican Republic began the season at High-A Jersey Shore where he posted a 1.33 ERA (20 ⅓ innings, three earned runs), 1.08 WHIP"

Anyone have any better info on this guy? At one point, I recall Chatham being pretty highly ranked... but probably at a low point in the Sox's system

I'd assume Chatham was a 40 man roster thing. He was then released and eventually resigned by the Phillies for roster reasons. So I'm assuming Santos is a pretty lowly ranked prospect.

(I checked at Fangraphs and he's the 37th ranked prospect in the 28th ranked farm system)

 

[Ale Xander]

If he can approach his 6.44 K/BB career miLB ratio in the majors, that’s always valuable.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Insanity! I'm happy. I'm surprised. Can't believe we got em.

 

[Sin Duda]

Saturday night's loss felt like the baseball gods were a against us. So Chaim goes out and trades for the Victory Saint. I like it, can't believe Chaim pulled this off

 

[NYCSox]

Insanity! I'm happy. I'm surprised. Can't believe we got em.

If this was a trade by the Yankees we'd be hearing from certain posters about how Santos is awesome and amazing just like all other 35 pitchers in their system. But since it's the Sox we'll get posts about how a seven game sample means he can be traded with Dalbec to get Trout.