Santana to New York
Well its finally all over… Santana has been traded to New York. Not the Yankees though, but our cross town rivals the Mets. I am glad that this deal went through because 1: we can stop talking about this now and 2: the Yankees still have the big three (Joba, Hughes, Kennedy.) The Twins will receive outfielder Carlos Gomez, and pitchers Philip Humber, Deolis Guerra and Kevin Mulvey in return for the ace. All that remains now is for Santana to pass a physical and accept a contract extension with his new team.
Once the Red Sox took Lester off the table and the Yanks removed Hughes, the Twins probably realized they had held out too long, so they decided to take the Mets up on the offer before they backed out. This move hasn’t been officially announced by either team yet, but it is being reported by several sources. This is certainly a good move for the Mets since they have now added arguably the best pitcher in baseball at the moment to one of the top teams in the NL. If they don’t make the playoffs this year, then something there is seriously wrong. But, in all seriousness, I think the Mets will make it this year and go as far as the World Series. Yankees, Mets, subway series… sounds good doesn’t it?
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Jan 31 2008 at 2:29 am
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