where do you get that from? how is he mouthy and rude? because he told ownership to get on the ball and take the team to the next level? HOW DARE HE!

Well yeah, actually, pretty much.

Johan should know that as a great player who is constantly being quoted by the media should shut his damn mouth. Didn’t his grandmother teach him a couple of lessons?

By insulting the front office he insults his teammates by saying “You guys aren’t good enough to win. I am, you’re not.”

he’s absolutely right in doing what he did. the twins have been stuck in neutral for years now. they get into the playoffs and it’s considered a success. they lose their homegrown talent because their owner, carl pohlad, who is cheaper than wilpon refuses and pay his talent.

god forbid a player who cares who’s been the standard at his position sees great talent around him and wants ownership to fill in the gaps. that’s not being a loudmouth, that’s telling it like it is.

I have a few relatives that live and Minnesota and follow the twins closely. They say Santana has always been a stand up guy and kept his mouth shut. Apparently though Castillo and Santana are close and he wasn’t happy at all about him being traded. They were still in it at the time and a lot of people were surprised and upset by it. That’s when Santana made those comments which wasn’t more than stating what everyone else was thinking. Either way just one more reason he would want to join the mets if Castillo is still around (which he will be, my guess on a two year deal with an option) I wouldn’t trade the farm system for him but I think there is a better then even chance he hits free agency and if he does I believe the mets will sign him.

As Abraham Lincoln once said:

“Why have a mind, if you don’t have the right to change it?”

OK. I was wrong about Johan.

However, even if I like him, I know that he AND A-Rod aren’t going to be Mets in 2008. Alex Rodriguez probably won’t put New York on the top of his list to begin with, and the Mets probably won’t waste too much money on him with Reyes and Wright in his positions. However, the Dodgers are in need of a starting third baseman. They have money and a desperate need for a big bat in the middle of the order. They will spend the money and give the years.

In order for Johan to be a Met, the Mets would have to trade Mike Pelfrey, Lastings Milledge and another young player such as Heilman or Humber. Should the Mets post this bid, they still might get topped. With A-rod the Dodger for the long term, they won’t need top prospect Andy LaRoche. With 4 rotation spots filled, the Dodger may push for Johan with LaRoche, starter Clayton Kershaw and another arm like Scott Elbert or Jon Meloan. The Twins would take the Dodgers offer in a second.

Of course, with no starting pitching in the agency and Johan and A-Rod probably Dodgers, I would like the Mets to get Kosuke Fukudome. Supposedly he’s a good all around hitter, with a nice glove. Signing him would make Milledge available. Hopefully the Mets can get Blanton for Milledge. I suspect Billy Beane to be smart enough to ask for Heilman as well. So trade Milledge and Heilman, ditch Sele, Mota and Show, sign Linebrink and Romero. For second base, do the only sensible option and sign Luis Castillo. For catcher, sign Lo Duca and Castro to be his backup. With Posada likely to be a Yankee, there really is no other option.

You think that the Mets wouldn’t spend the money on both A-Rod and Johan, but you think that the Dodgers would? What sense does that make? Has it occurred to you that A-Rod and Torre didn’t really get along in NY? He may lobby against signing him in LA.

The Mets would spend money on Johan.. that’s not an issue

Spending the bank on A-rod would be dumb, and Minaya knows it. He already has good hitting and top flight SS and 3B.

The Dodgers were 82-80 last year. They want a change, and desperately need a big bat and a third baseman. They’re hungry and they have money. They’re going to have A-rod.

The issue with Santana is that the Mets can’t send over a good enough package for him.

I would also like to add, Mr. Wrightstuff, that I am very glad that you are not in the front office, for if you had signed A-rod for that vast amount of money, we would end up being a team similar to the post-2000 Yankees. I don’t think that this is a road fans are willing to take.

you mean making the playoffs every year? considering the mets can count their total playoff appearances on barely two hands, i’ll take it.

I’m not worried about making the playoffs, I’m worried about winning while we’re there.

“I would also like to add, Mr. Wrightstuff, that I am very glad that you are not in the front office, for if you had signed A-rod for that vast amount of money, we would end up being a team similar to the post-2000 Yankees.” lol, yeah i’m sure i would be run out of town for signing the best player in baseball and to see him become the best #4 hitter in the history of the New York Mets franchise!! Are you Fred or Jeff in disguise?? Stop thinking cheap all of the time and realize Wright and Reyes need other great players to take the focus off them. this will cost money but we can afford it as much as anyone in baseball, including the Yankees! The front office had a chance the last 2 years to go all the way but they sat on their hands when they needed to acquire a bat or pitcher to take them over the hump! I will say this again ,but i hope i’m wrong ,that as long as the Wilpons’ own this team, we wont win a World Series period!!!

How about flying off the handle at reporters? Would you say the same about Albert Pujols if he were available because he was talking smack about Glavine during the NLCS?

I’ve seen nothing to suggest that Santana isn’t a class act. He’s not a prima donna like A-Rod. He’s a high quality player who wants to win. The Twins weren’t doing that. So what if he said something about it? Not everyone with the balls to speak up can be as personable and pleasant as David Wright. I can only imagine how you’d have felt if Carlos Zambrano hit the open market. He’s got 10x the mouth Johan does. I wouldn’t mind having either of em at all though.