The Minnesota Twins have declined their $14 million club option on Ervin Santana for 2019. He’ll receive a $1 million buyout and become a free agent.
Santana missed most of 2018 and when he did pitch -- in only five starts -- he gave up 22 earned runs in 24 and two-thirds innings. That certainly explains not wanting to pay him $14 million next year, though at a lower price there are likely a lot of teams that’ll want to take a chance on him given that he’s a year removed from a 16-8 season in which he pitched over 200 innings.
Add him to the free agent pitchers list.