Blue auto worth holding onto?

91Braves · 11-11-2012, 01:43 PM

So I pulled this Ravel Santana-

Anyone have any intel on him? Is it worth holding onto?

darealstunna · 11-11-2012, 02:32 PM

Barely but I would.

Youre not gonna max out profit now where the set stands.

He's a Yankee..they always fare well closer to opening day.

Let the offseason moves transpire hopefully he may get some hype.

Good luck with your decision

centereacan06 · 11-11-2012, 02:45 PM

He's still very young at age 20, has shown some success, but struggled a bit at A ball. I would see if someone could pay a good amount and if you're not satisfied with the offer, play it out and see how he does.

91Braves · 11-12-2012, 02:46 AM

That sounds like a plan..his stats on the back of the card make him seem great..but then you look up what he did after his promotion to A ball, and it wasn't pretty. But, of course he's still young and that's a small sample size.

JohnnysBench · 11-12-2012, 08:26 AM

No dought that I would sell him now, while his low a success is still in everybody's mind and he is still in a yankee uniform...

mscoon1 · 11-12-2012, 08:58 AM

put it one ebay as Bryce Harpers Best friend. I'm sure someone would buy into the hype and give a few hundred.

messier2 · 11-12-2012, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by 91Braves

That sounds like a plan..his stats on the back of the card make him seem great..but then you look up what he did after his promotion to A ball, and it wasn't pretty. But, of course he's still young and that's a small sample size.

Wow, I never knew people still read the back of the cards for stats! That's so old-school dude!

Jaypers · 11-12-2012, 01:01 PM

I asked about him last week.

@Jaypers413 (IL): What was the word on Ravel Santana this year? Is his ceiling still "considerable" as you labeled it last year?

John Manuel: Sadly for him, no. I had several reports that essentially said, "This is not the same guy." His power and athleticism were his calling cards; while he still was athletic enough to play center field this year, I was told he'd lost at least one step if not more, and his power was nonexistent. The Yankees clearly expected more; he played CF and hit 4th or 5th most every day for Staten Island. Debating hard whether or not to rank him in the Top 30, frankly. As JJ Cooper and I talked about on the podcast the other day, he's one of the guys where scouts who had New York-Penn coverage said, "I thought he was supposed to be a guy but I didn't see anything like what you guys wrote." So that ankle injury obviously set him back a ways.

Afton9444 · 11-12-2012, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by messier2

Wow, I never knew people still read the back of the cards for stats! That's so old-school dude!

there are words on the back of cards?????

messier2 · 11-12-2012, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Afton9444

there are words on the back of cards?????

Haha...other than looking at the serial number of the card and for grading purposes, I rarely look at the back!

11-11-2012, 01:43 PM	#1
91Braves Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 979 91Braves	Blue auto worth holding onto? So I pulled this Ravel Santana- Anyone have any intel on him? Is it worth holding onto?

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JohnnysBench Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Back in Nats Country!!! Posts: 3,376	No dought that I would sell him now, while his low a success is still in everybody's mind and he is still in a yankee uniform... __________________ " I hate ALL hitters, I start a game mad and stay that way until it's over..." (Don Drysdale)

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11-11-2012, 02:32 PM	#2
darealstunna Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Oologah, OK Posts: 2,949	Barely but I would. Youre not gonna max out profit now where the set stands. He's a Yankee..they always fare well closer to opening day. Let the offseason moves transpire hopefully he may get some hype. Good luck with your decision

11-11-2012, 02:45 PM	#3
centereacan06 Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Long Island Posts: 19,417 centereacan06 centereacan06	He's still very young at age 20, has shown some success, but struggled a bit at A ball. I would see if someone could pay a good amount and if you're not satisfied with the offer, play it out and see how he does.

11-12-2012, 02:46 AM	#4
91Braves Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 979 91Braves	That sounds like a plan..his stats on the back of the card make him seem great..but then you look up what he did after his promotion to A ball, and it wasn't pretty. But, of course he's still young and that's a small sample size.

11-12-2012, 08:58 AM	#6
mscoon1 Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 904	put it one ebay as Bryce Harpers Best friend. I'm sure someone would buy into the hype and give a few hundred.

11-12-2012, 01:01 PM	#8
Jaypers Bowman Scout Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: IL Posts: 46,645 cardboardconglomerate	I asked about him last week. @Jaypers413 (IL): What was the word on Ravel Santana this year? Is his ceiling still "considerable" as you labeled it last year? John Manuel: Sadly for him, no. I had several reports that essentially said, "This is not the same guy." His power and athleticism were his calling cards; while he still was athletic enough to play center field this year, I was told he'd lost at least one step if not more, and his power was nonexistent. The Yankees clearly expected more; he played CF and hit 4th or 5th most every day for Staten Island. Debating hard whether or not to rank him in the Top 30, frankly. As JJ Cooper and I talked about on the podcast the other day, he's one of the guys where scouts who had New York-Penn coverage said, "I thought he was supposed to be a guy but I didn't see anything like what you guys wrote." So that ankle injury obviously set him back a ways.