My E. Santana/Hairston Jr. for Tejada/Pavano? WHIR

[angels7777]

Not sure if I need Tejada with Reyes coming back, but he might be able to fill in my UTIL spot I guess....

[jmlevy]

I wouldn't. Pavano is useless to me and Ervin is too talented to not turn it around...

[woowoo crew]

i'd stick with hairston until reyes is back. i'd wait for santana to have a couple of good games, then try to trade him.

thanks for your help.

[Roger LaFrancois]

I think that E. Santana is a risk of being demoted when Escobar is activated from the DL. The other candidate would be Palmer, but he (unlike Santana) is now pitching well. Weaver, Saunders, and Lackey are not going anywhere. The last rehab start of Escobar would be yesterday (Monday) making his next start Saturday. That just happens to be the day that E. Santana is scheduled to start next. The next start for Palmer would be Friday.

Of course if Santana is demoted, he will lose value in trade. I don't know for sure if he will be, but I definitely think that he might be.

You should be able to pick up a Pavano equivalent on the WW. And it sounds like you really don't need Tejada.

So in my mind the issues are whether you can wait for Santana (including the possibility of a demotion) and whether you can find use for Tejada (including spinning him off in another trade). And what pitching is available on your WW to replace Santana.

I can't give you a definite recommendation here, but these are the issues I would consider.