Yankees still eye Santana

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MLB Rumors: Erik Bedard & Hank Steinbrenner's Latest Condition For Signing Johan Santana
Published 1/9/2008 at FakeTeams
Newsday reports Hank Steinbrenner said via phone yesterday, "There's definitely still a possibility" for the Yankees to obtain Johan Santana.  There's nothing new there but this is new.  Hank says the team will not go beyond a five-year deal if the Yankees did obtain the right to extend Santana.   ...

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Published 1/9/2008 by mr. met at the metropolitans
Are you sitting down? The Yankees are still interested in Santana. Wow. It is also good to see that Brian Cashman is powerless again as well. ...

Hank: Yanks Would Not Exceed Five Years On Johan
Published 1/9/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Kat O'Brien spoke to Hank Steinbrenner yesterday, and learned that the Yankees' take on Johan Santana has not changed.  They're still in on him.  One new tidbit: Hank said he wouldn't go past a five-year extension for Santana.  Since he's already signed through 2008, an extension would go through 2013. ...

Buzz: Only Five Years for Johan
Published 1/9/2008 by Matthew Cerrone at MetsBlog.com
... Yankees VP Hank Steinbrenner recently told Newsday that his team will not give Johan Santana more than a five-year contract if they acquire him from the Twins. ...

Hank: We’d give Johan only five years
Published 1/9/2008 by Ben K. at River Avenue Blues » River Avenue Blues, A New York Yankees Blog
... In a story in which she utterly buries the lead, Kat O’Brien reports that, while nothing new is going on, the Yanks are still interested in Johan Santana. That buried lead, however, comes at the end where she quotes Hank Steinbrenner saying that the Yanks would be inclined to cap any deal for Santana at five years through the 2013 season. “I wouldn’t do it if it were a six- or seven-year contract,” Steinbrenner said. “I wouldn’t go past five, on an extension.” Now, that’s some sensible talk from Hank. ...

Santana Update: Yanks Won’t Go Past 5 Years
Published 1/9/2008 by McFleece at MLB FLEECE FACTOR: Providing MLB rumors and deciding who gets FLEECED.
... Hank Steinbrenner is at it yet again.  This time, the blowhard “leader” of the new Yankee brass is meddling with Johan Santana trade talks by saying that Yankees will not offer Santana a contract extension for more than 5 years, according to Newsday.  Says Steinbrenner, “I wouldn’t do it if it were a six- or seven-year contract.  I wouldn’t go past five, on an extension.” ...

Hank's Daily Johan Update
Published 1/9/2008 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
From Kat O'Brien : Yet nearly two months after the Yankees first engaged in trade talks with the Twins over Santana, the Minnesota ace is not off the Yankees' radar. "There's definitely still a possibility," Yankees senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner said by phone yesterday afternoon. Steinbrenner acknowledged that there are several concerns that give the Yankees pause about trading for Santana: The high level of players the Yankees would have to give up in a trade, the large and lengthy contract Santana ...

The story that wouldn't die
Published 1/9/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
We bet you thought that headline referred to the continuing Roger Clemens vs. Brian McNamee saga. And normally, you'd be right. But this time we're discussing Johan Santana. Again. (Or, to be more precise, still.) Naturally, the latest Santana information comes courtesy of Hank. He answered the phone when Kat O'Brien called yesterday , and told O'Brien there's "nothing new", but also added "There's definitely still a possibility." The sense we're getting is that the Yanks aren't leary about the players they'd have to give up, but are wary of the money and years it'll ...

Published 1/9/2008 by Bronx Liaison at Bronx Liaison
... Hank: We'll Only Give Johan Five Years Hank Steinbrenner says the Johan Santana situation "is my decision," though he will not give the lefthanded ace more than a five year deal, Kat O'Brien reports. "There's definitely still a possibility," Yankees senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner said by phone yesterday afternoon. But, Steinbrenner cautioned, there is "nothing new" with regards to Santana. Steinbrenner acknowledged that there are several concerns that give the Yankees pause about trading for Santana: The high level ...

No More Than 5 Years for Santana
Published 1/9/2008 by jscape2000 <info@pinstripealley.com> at Pinstripe Alley
... Newsday is reporting that the Yanks are still involved in negotiations for Santana, but they'd be unwilling to go passed five years for his extension. ...

More Santana talk from Hank
Published 1/9/2008 by JMM at MY BASEBALL BIAS
Hank-Stein told Newsday that he is unwilling to go above five-years for Santana’s services: The payroll would just be out of this world this year,” Steinbrenner said of potentially adding Santana, “but only for this year. When you’ve got to trade top young talent and pay a lot of money, it gets very risky.” If the Yankees do complete a trade for Santana, Steinbrenner said they would not go beyond a five-year contract extension (one that expires after the 2013 season). “I wouldn’t do it if it ...

As The Santana Turns - Hank’s Pockets Not So Deep
Published 1/9/2008 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... There’s really nothing new about how the talks about a Johan Santana trade have progressed with either the Red Sox or the Yankees. But Yankees loudmouth Hank Steinbrenner did say that he wasn’t willing to give Johan more than a 5-year extension. ...

Published 1/10/2008 by Aaron at AaronGleeman.com
... Asked earlier this week about Santana, Yankees senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner said that the team isn't interested in going beyond five seasons for a potential post-trade contract extension. Santana has the right to veto any trade and there's little reason for him to accept a five- or six-year commitment when Barry Zito got a seven-year contract, which would seem to significantly lessen the odds of the Yankees acquiring him. ...