What I will say is that Santana (unless some team still finds a way to overspend) should look for a new agent next year. His agent ridiculously overpriced him heading into the offseason, and it caused teams to immediately look toward other options before considering Santana. His list of suitors is narrowing by the day. With Arroyo, Burnett and Yoon going to the Diamondbacks, Phillies, and Orioles last week, it looks like the Blue Jays, Mariners, Rockies, Yankees and Indians may be the teams left standing.
This is problematic for Ervin, as all of these teams aren't in a huge need of a starting pitcher and have professed that they're not looking to spend a lot more through FA (with the Rockies and Blue Jays previously refusing to negotiate with Ervin's reduced target of 4/60).
Sure, it's possible that Ervin will still catch lightning in a bottle, but it's much more likely that's he's going to make much less than he could have with a different agent. Add in the fact that his agent OPENLY bashed David Glass over twitter, and it's unmistakably clear that his agent was in over his head with handling Ervin's demands this offseason.
TLDR: Ervin's agent sucks, caused Ervin to lose out on potential suitors and openly trashed David Glass over twitter.
Last edited by Chiefspants; 02-13-2014 at 05:09 PM..
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