News: Mets Acquire Santana from Twins

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Mets Land Johan Santana
Published 1/29/2008 by Ben at Fantasy Sports Experience
Omar Minaya got his ace. MetsBlog is reporting that the Mets have landed Johan Santana for a package of players whose names are being withheld until New York can agree on a contract extension with the left hander. ...

Breaking: Twins trade Johan Santana to Mets
Published 1/29/2008 by kingcritical <amazinavenue@gmail.com> at Amazin' Avenue: Front Page Posts
Per Metsblog, the Mets have acquired Johan Santana from the Twins for Carlos Gomez, Phil Humber, Deolis Guerra and Kevin Mulvey. ...

Santana Headed To Flushing, Finally [Johan Santana]
Published 1/29/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
... The Mets gave up a lot, but not so much that Metsblog is worried. They're still trying to figure out a "six-or-seven year contract extension," which means it's possible, when this contract is over, we will be on our 46th president, and Citi Field will already be outdated. ...

Joke's on us: Santana traded (for real)
Published 1/29/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... . Ken Rosenthal says the deal is getting close, but USA Today -- not to mention our favorite "enemy" blog -- is reporting that it's a done deal. Well, like we said today, we've cared for our requisite four seconds, and now we can celebrate: 1) keeping Joba; 2) keeping Hughes; 3) keeping IPK; and 4) not having to sign a pitcher who could be on his AL decline to a seven-year deal. Frankly, it makes far more sense for Johan to go to the NL now, where he'll likely dominate the league with sub-3.00 ERAs for a few seasons. He'll pitch to far worse 8th and 9th hitters in ...

And The Santanamania Goes To...
Published 1/29/2008 by Yankees Chick at Yankees Chick
... According to MetsBlog the deal won't be dunzo until a (sizable!) contract extension is agreed upon, and they have 72 hours to get that hammered out. The Met Jrs that will be heading to Twinsville won't be officially announced until that time, but it looks as though the Twins will be getting 3 pitchers ( ...

For Fucks Sakes, Trade Him Already!
Published 1/30/2008 by TheNaturalMevs at Diamond Hoggers
... that the New York Mets are closing in on bringing Johan Santana to Flushing as the next big ticket. Honestly, before I had woke from my after work nap and even heard this; this was going to be my post title. I'm tired of hearing about it. Santana to Boston, Santana to New York, Santana to the other New York. ENOUGH! Get him out of Minnesota and into the Big Apple immediately. ...

Santana Traded To Mets
Published 1/30/2008 by Vegas Watch at Vegas Watch
... -I think trying to value Santana in 2009 and on is very interesting. He is going to be getting paid a lot of money (6yrs, $150MM is the figure everybody throws out there). It's difficult for a player to be worth much more than that. But as MetsBlog points out, when you have an opportunity to acquire a guy of this caliber, you almost have to. This is just so far beyond what you can get via free agency. For example, would you rather pay Barry Zito $18.5MM in 2009, or give Santana $25MM? Even after factoring in the prospects/draft picks that you give up, this is ...

Seeral winners in Santana Sweepstakes
Published 1/30/2008 by ETVal at Valentine's Views
So, Johan Santana will be a New York Met. The long, dreary Winter of Santana has finally come to an end. From this vantage point, this looks like the perfect ending -- everybody wins. The Mets win because, well, isn't it obvious? The Mets win because they get Santana, arguably baseball's best pitcher the past five seasons and an ace who is not yet 30 and likely has another 5-7 years of dominance remaining. MetsBlog puts it this way. As I had been saying, for me, this deal had to be done, if for no other reason than it is becoming harder ...