Santana to the METS!!!
Hello all,
Just listening to ESPN. The Red Sox are reportedly dropping out of the trade because of who the Twins want and the costly expectations for Santana's contract. The Sox were unwilling to both give up Lester and Ellsbury, and also pay a huge contract for Santana. The Yankees are reportedly offering Hughes as part of their deal to trade for Sanatana.
But ESPN is reporting the Twins have agreed to a four player trade from the Mets for Santana.
Read it and weep...Yankers,
Korbel
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7734380/Mets-reach-deal-to-acquire-Santana
All that is left for the Mets is to sign Johan Santana long-term.
After months of deliberation, the Twins agreed to ship the two-time Cy Young Award winner to the Mets for outfielder Carlos Gomez, and pitchers Phil Humber, Deolis Guerra and Kevin Mulvey, two people familiar with the deal said, speaking on condition of anonymity because no announcement had been made.
"If it's true, obviously, you're getting arguably the best pitcher in the game," Mets third baseman David Wright said.
The 72-hour window for the Mets to sign Santana to a contract extension is now open, major-league sources say. The trade will become official only after Santana passes a physical and an agreement is reached.
Santana, who turns 29 in March and is eligible for free agency at the end of the season, is expected to require a deal of at least six years and $20 million annually as the price for waiving his no-trade clause.
The Mets have indicated that they do not want to sign Santana for more than five years. But as they prepare to open a new ballpark next season, it is difficult to imagine that they would allow this opportunity to pass.
Santana is 93-44 with a 3.22 ERA in eight major league seasons, winning the AL Cy Young Award in 2004 and 2006. He has been less successful in the playoffs, going 1-3 with a 3.97 ERA.
"For our younger pitchers to develop under a guy like Pedro, a guy like Johan, you can't ask for any better situation," Wright said. "He's going to go out there and he's going to give you seven or eight innings every five days and he's going to get you a win. That's just what it comes down to. I've gotten a chance to get to know him a little bit the past couple years. He seems like a great clubhouse guy. He's going to fit in perfectly with the chemistry that we have."
The trade would mark a coup for the Mets, who appeared out of the running for Santana earlier this off-season, when the Red Sox and Yankees were more aggressive suitors.........
