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Cafardo: Johan to be Dealt After the New Year?
Published 12/23/2007 by Mr. Fleece at MLB Fleece Factor
... According to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, the Minnesota Twins are expected to deal Johan Santana after the New Year, as they analyze the best possible “final offers” from the teams involved. Sound familiar? We’ve heard rumors as such for weeks now, with nothing new to report. ...

Latest Johan Santana Rumors
Published 12/23/2007 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... The Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo has the latest on the lingering Johan Santana saga. The Red Sox are standing pat with their offer of Coco Crisp, Jon Lester, Justin Masterson, and Jed Lowrie.  I've said it before - I consider this an excellent offer, though I might try to find a permutation that involves Jacoby Ellsbury and another player rather than Crisp/Lester.  The Twins seem to like this offer too; they just want to see if the Yankees crack and ...

Quote: Ortiz Doesn’t See Santana on Sox
Published 12/24/2007 by Matthew Cerrone at MetsBlog.com
... Meanwhile yesterday the Globe reported that the Red Sox are not budging from their their offer of Coco Crisp, Jon Lester, Justin Masterson, and Jed Lowrie for Santana, who the Sox may consider giving a seven-year deal to. ...

No Santana Claus in New York or Boston Until After the Holidays
Published 12/24/2007 by Pat Lackey at FanHouse
... couldn't tell by the level of activity here at the MLB 'Haus over the last couple days (and at other baseball blogs all over the internet), baseball pretty much shuts down for the holidays. It's the one sport that's smack in the middle of its off-season in December, so it makes a lot of sense. Accordingly, there's not much movement on the biggest story of the off-season, the exploits of Johan Santana. Still, that doesn't mean the deal is dead. Nick Cafado at the Boston Globe had this to say yesterday: Since the winter meetings, nothing has changed with ...

Twins Back Down On Santana Demand
Published 12/26/2007 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Nick Cafardo wrote a few days ago that the Red Sox are standing pat with an offer of Coco Crisp, Jon Lester, Justin Masterson, and Jed Lowrie for Santana. ...

Twins Lower Price for Santana?
Published 12/26/2007 by joe at Mets Today
... Based on this turn of events, a Yankee package for Santana would presumably include Phil Hughes, Melky Cabrera, and Jeffrey Marquez as the main chips. Compare that to the Red Sox’ supposed “final offer” of Coco Crisp, Jon Lester, Justin Masterson, and Jed Lowrie. One would think that if the Twins are willing to consider those offers from American League teams, they should be equally interested in a similar package that would send their Cy Young ace out of the league. ...

Twins no longer demanding Kennedy
Published 12/26/2007 by Joseph P. at River Avenue Blues
... It appears that the Twins will soon be looking for the best, final offers from the Yanks or Sox — though we’re still not sure if the Yankees are putting anything on the table. We’ll see, though. ...

Friday Links (28 Dec 07)
Published 12/28/2007 by Geoff Young at Ducksnorts
... MB at Friar Forecast examines bullpen usage in the NL West in 2007 and offers suggestions on how the Padres might better leverage the back end next year. Joe Hamrahi at Baseball Digest Daily offers his thoughts on the revamped Padres rotation. Among other things, Joe includes a link to this video breakdown of Mark Prior’s delivery done by friend of Ducksnorts (and now enemy of Padres Nation) Carlos Gomez. Ex-Padre Gaylord Perry weighs in on cheating and the Hall of Fame ...

Santana update: Has Bill Smith’s patience cost him his leverage?
Published 12/28/2007 by Daniel Rathman at The MLB Source
... A second option is for Smith to set his own deadline for interested teams to submit their best offers. The Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo recently reported that this was the route the Twins were taking, though Stark’s sources seem to refute that theory, and this course of action also comes with considerable pitfalls. For one, there’s a distinct possibility that the Twins would receive the same unsatisfactory offers that they’ve already been pondering for over a month. Or, less likely, Smith might receive no offers at all, with teams ...