Discuss! Thoughts on the Ervin Santana trade?

The Kansas City Royals made the first big splash of the offseason yesterday when the acquired right-hander Ervin Santana from the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for left-hander Brandon Sisk.

The Angels didn’t want to pay Santana $13 million in 2013, but they also didn’t want to let him walk for nothing. Los Angeles realized there was a market for Santana, and though the return doesn’t appear to be spectacular the team did acquire a left-handed pitcher. Kansas City also won’t have to pay the $1 million it would have cost them to buy out Santana’s contract.

The Royals, meanwhile, acquire one of the "real" starting pitchers they said they would target this offseason. Santana had a rocky 2012, but Royals’ fans should take some solace looking past his 5.16 ERA to his less-awful 1.270 WHIP.

Santana is 29 years old and maintained an ERA of 3.65 over 66 starts during the 2010-11 seasons.

What are your thoughts on the trade?