Breaking down the Santana trade, Twins style

RandBall posted 1/30/2008 from ww3.startribune.com [flag]

Several factors shaped the Twins' trade of Johan Santana, making it hard to judge just from a player-for-player standpoint. [link]

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Changing Our Evil Ways, Hopefully.
Published 1/30/2008 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... . Michael Rand argues this isn’t necessarily the case, though — more highly touted prospects in the deal from the Yanks or the Sawx doesn’t translate to them panning out, and ...

Blog-O-Rama: Joakim Trying To Be American Idol?
Published 1/30/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... • RANDBALL examines the Johan Santana trade from the Twins’ point of view. ...

PM Roundup: Her Toy’s Name is Tom Brady
Published 1/30/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... one thought: Gooden, Larry Hughes and Boobie Gibson for the Olympian. The Nets would be fools to do this. (Cleveland.com) * Well, that’s four people who read Gregg Easterbrook. Gluttons for punishment. (Sports Media Journal) * Who’s coaching football at Hofstra, Jerramy Stevens? (Newsday) * Very impressive strike. * Really attractive Russian “bodyguard” was carjacked and subsequently killed. (Daily Mail) * 79 percent of Twins fans don’t think the rookie GM got enough for Johan. (Randball) * ...

THE AFTER PARTY
Published 1/30/2008 by DCScrap at Epic Carnival - Pop Culture, Sports, Celebrities, Babes, Rumors, Innuendo
... pep talk ever. (Deuce of Davenport) Enough with Pete Carroll to the NFL. (Rumors and Rants) Aaron Rodgers on the Super Bowl. (Throwing Into Traffic) Pettitte to nail Clemens in Congress? (Steroid Nation) Blog Show XXXXXXLIVCDSQ. (Burly Sports) Female sports writers are embarrassing. (Naughty American) Super Bowl trivia. (World of Isaac) Breaking down the Santana trade. (RandBall) The most pathetic Super Bowl commercials. (Intentional Foul) The best ...

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Twins agree to deal Santana to Mets for prospects

The 'Ropolitans :: NY Mets Baseball Blog found this 1/29/2008 on www.usatoday.com

The deal is pending the Mets and Santana reaching agreement on a six- or seven-year contract extension and that Santana passes a physical; they have been granted a 48 to-72-hour window to do so. Santana has a no-trade clause that he will waive if ...

That's What It Took To Get Johan?

The Zoner posted 1/30/2008 from zonersports.com

Tell me--did it take more to get Nick Swisher or Johan Santana? I'm not sure. And if the Cubs are going to trade 3 of their best prospects for Brian Roberts, they couldn't go for Santana?

Red Sox News & Notes - 1/30

beisbolct posted 1/30/2008 from soxanddawgs.com

That sound you heard about 4:30 PM across Red Sox Nation yesterday was a collective sigh of relief when it was announced that the Twins and Mets had reached an agreement on sending Johan Santana to Queens. Three of the Red Sox players involved in the trade talks, Jon Lester, Jacoby Ellsbury and Jed Lowrie, involved in the talks were quite relieved as you can imagine.

Breaking Down the Santana Trade

The Soxaholix found this 1/30/2008 on www.baseballmusings.com

Aaron Gleeman looks at the details of the Santana trade. In a perfect world Santana would christen the new ballpark with an Opening Day start in 2010 and wear a Twins cap on his Hall of Fame plaque, but for...

Vote on the Johan Santana Trade

Camden Chat found this 1/30/2008 on mlbfleecefactor.com

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