Ervin Santana is willing to sign a one-year deal. Would you want the Jays to sign him?

Ken Rosenthal tells us that Ervin Santana is willing to sign a one-year contract  and would like to sign it right now. And:

Sources add: Santana wants to sign with a strong offensive club. Both #BlueJays and #Orioles fit that description and have shown interest.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) March 8, 2014

I'm happy Kenny considers us a strong offensive club, since we were about league average in runs scored last year. I would also think that Santana would prefer to pitch in a more pitcher friendly park, if he is going to going to sign a one-year deal and then go through the fun of free agency again after the season.

And he wants to sign now:

Santana unwilling to wait on 1-yr deal, even though he would be exempt from ’14 qualifying offer after Opening Day. Wants to be in camp now.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) March 8, 2014

I do feel sorry for Ervin, but I really don't want him. I'm not sure how much money he would be wanting. Buster Olney tells us there might be something in his elbow that is putting teams off:

Whatever is in Santana's medical history about his right elbow ligament scares the heck out of teams. The fact that Santana is tied to draft-pick compensation has hurt him, but the bigger problem for him -- and the reason why the $100 million-plus request on his behalf had absolutely no chance of happening -- is that teams are scared of his elbow blowing out soon. Some team evaluators have said there's no way they'd invest significant money in a player who appears to be that close to a major blowout.

Those fears are exacerbated by the fact that Santana threw highest percentage of sliders in 2013 of any pitcher in the majors, a pitch that is notoriously tough on elbows.

We'll put up a poll.

In other pitching news:

#BlueJays sign RHP Radhames Liz to minor league deal. He led Korean majors with 188 strikeouts last year, according to @MyKBO

— Matt Eddy (@MattEddyBA) March 8, 2014

Liz is 30 now, he has a 7.50 ERA in the MLB, in 28 games, 21 starts for the Orioles. I figured, if we signed him, he must throw a knuckleball....but I guess not.