The Twins made a big splash to start the offseason by trading GoGo to the Brewers for shortstop J.J. Hardy. It’s a great trade for the Twins because they dealt from arguably their only position of surplus — they have young OFs in the minor league system and enough MLB starters to field a strong […]
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The Rangers found out how much it really hurts to be a loser. It turns out that Johan Santana could have given the Twins a green light on a trade to Texas, but his lack of enthusiasm scared the Twins from moving forward with Texas.
I expected Torii Hunter to go to the Rangers, maybe […]
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Every year, you “get the sense” that attendance at Metrodome for the Twins is healthy when compared with previous years. That’s how Dick and Bert talk about it, right? But the numbers don’t paint a pretty picture. In fact, the attendance has topped-out at no. 19 in MLB during the […]
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Star Tribune’s LaVelle E Neal III gave Johan Santana space to make a statement tonight on his blog. As classy a professional athlete as there is… Johan will be missed.
I would like to thank the Twins organization for the opportunity they gave me to be a part of this team during my time in […]
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Updated 6:15pm SI.com reports:
According to sources, the deal is believed to be for $150.75 million total — $137.5 for six years on top of the $13.35 million for 2008 his Twins contract called for. It is believed about $7 million of the new money will be paid as a signing bonus, bringing Santana’s ‘08 take-home […]
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WFAN reports:
“According to WFAN, the Mets asked to extend the deadline two hours to 6pm CST.”
MetsBlog’s Latest:
According to MetsBlog, the Mets and Johan Santana will likely be granted an extension if they are unable to reach a contract agreement by today’s 5 p.m. EST deadline… hey, that’s RIGHT NOW.
From MLBTradeRumors:
“Santana is meeting with Mets […]
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Apparently nobody is worried about the possibility of a deal not being reached between Johan Santana and the New York Mets. But what would happen IF they can’t get it done?
In any scenario, it would be most devastating to the Twins. Johan would be fine. Mets fans would be livid, but the team would probably […]
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Thanks to Kelsie Smith for compiling these in the Pioneer Press:
JOE NATHAN
“There’s definitely going to be a different feeling. But (the Twins) are not going to do this deal unless they got the right guys for (Johan Santana). Most of us really don’t know a whole lot about them - from what we hear, these […]
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MLB Trade Rumors reports on John Heyman’s latest:
“The Mets are offering Gomez/Humber/Mulvey/Guerra but not Fernando Martinez. If they get Santana, the Mets will commit to only five years but with a high average annual value of $22-25MM.”
Again, if Fernando Martinez is included in a Santana deal I will be genuinely excited that the Twins have […]
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According to MetsBlog.com via a NY radio show, the Twins made a new offer to Johan, but he rejected it:
“…[C]iting ‘the word,’ Johan Santana recently turned down a five-year, $100 million contract offer from the Twins, because he is still holding out for a seven-year, $140 million deal.”
This is the height of spreading rumors: One […]
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