IDLE ’HAN

Foul Balls • FanHouse: Are Johan's Salary Demands Keeping Him In Minnesota?
This is what those English aficionados refer to as irony. The reason the Twins are looking to trade Johan Santana is because they know they won't be able to afford to pay him once he becomes a free agent. But could the reason they haven't been able ...

River Avenue Blues • For Boston, it was about the Yanks, not Johan
With the Winter Meetings over, is it any surprise that Johan Santana is still a member of the Minnesota Twins? Of course not. Not in this day of uber-competitiveness between the Red Sox and the Yankees. In case you need anymore proof of this ...

Teeoff Sports • MLB: New York, New York
The Mets are in hot pursuit of a pitcher…either Johan Santana or Dontrelle Willis. Apparently, D-train was a throw in to the Tigers, who may be planning on trading the pitcher to replenish their farm system. The Yankees were rumored to be ...

MetsBlog.com • Buzz: Will Twins Keep Santana or Not
According to the Boston Herald , it remains a ‘near certainty’ that the Twins will eventually trade Johan Santana before opening day, most likely to the Yankees or the Red Sox, ‘with the Mets a distant third right now.’  ...

Ryan Parker Songs • Throw In Hank
Dear Minnesota Twins, I hear you might consider sending Johan to Boston, Let me ask you to step back and consider what it's costing, Your team and your town cause all you'll get in return, Will be headlines that read how the Twins have been ...

BRING ’EM YOUNG
NASHVILLE - The Red Sox still were working through trade permutations with the Twins involving Johan Santana as the Winter Meetings concluded. The Mets believed they were back in the game for the ace left-hander. The Yankees? They left with...

JOBA: YANKS CAN WIN WITHOUT JOHAN
Joba Chamberlain said he knows how Johan Santana is, but if the Twins pitcher doesn't come to The Bronx, the Yankees will be OK. "It doesn't really matter," Chamberlain said when asked what he thought of the Yankees' pursuit of the left-hander...

TOO EARLY TO COUNT YANKS OUT
NASHVILLE - Bill Smith likes to work in the same shadows Brian Cashman enjoys. So, as the Winter Meetings closed yesterday at the Opryland Hotel, there was a feeling the GMs from the Twins and Yankees eventually will be able to get together on...

YANKEES AIM TO PEN DOWN RELIEF
NASHVILLE - The Yankees' No. 1 goal heading into the Winter Meetings was to land Johan Santana. When that didn't happen, the Yankees focused on upgrading a bullpen that has Kyle Farnsworth in far too important of a role. Yesterday, the bullpen...

JOBA: YANKS CAN WIN WITHOUT JOHAN
Joba Chamberlain said he knows how Johan Santana is, but if the Twins pitcher doesn't come to The Bronx, the Yankees will be OK. "It doesn't really matter," Chamberlain said when asked what he thought of the Yankees' pursuit of the left-hander...