No idea what KC would want, but BTV gives Santana a surplus value of 5.3. Comparable Sox players include Groome (4.3), Darwinzon (4.4), Whitlock (4.6), Renfroe (4.8), Seabold (6.0), and Yorke (6.8)…
That’s actually how every rule in baseball is enforced. A lot of stuff people think are baseball rules (e.g. tie goes to the runner, fielder cannot drop the ball after making a tag) are not actual rules. They are completely left up to umpire discretion…