Buzz: Don’t Count Out Omar Minaya
According to Andrew Marchand, from ESPN Radio, citing a ‘major league executive with knowledge of the Twins trade talks,’ a) Omar Minaya has had talks with Twins, and b) the Mets should not be counted out of the Johan Santana Sweepstakes, since ‘the Mets may have more of a willingness to include more top prospects, which could entice the Twins.’
The Mets are also ‘investigating’ A’s RHP Dan Haren and RHP Joe Blanton and the Marlins LHP Dontrelle Willis, says Marchand.
By the way, during a recent appearance on ESPN Radio yesterday, ESPN.com’s Buster Olney said that the Red Sox and Yankees seem to be ‘leaning towards the idea’ that it makes ‘no sense’ for them to trade, say, Phil Hughes or Clay Buchholz, in exchange for Twins LHP Johan Santana, who will require ‘at least six years and $150 million’ on his next contract, which will also cost roughly $3 million per season to insure.
As such, Olney says that his guess is that Santana will not be traded, since it may end up making more sense for the Twins to start opening day with him, and not risk making a poor trade that will haunt the organization forever.
Meanwhile, in today’s New York Post, George King and Joel Sherman write that it will cost far more than the just Hughes and Cabrera, to land Santana.
Additionally, according to King and Sherman, citing all sorts of sources, teams like the Dodgers, Angels, Mariners and Cubs, all of whom hold top center-field prospects, could be players for Santana, as well.
…again, and i will keep repeating this until a deal is made, but, it’s not about who has more to trade, it’s about who is willing to trade it, and then be forced to give six years and $150 million the following day…so, yes, i understand that the M’s have Adam Jones, and that the Cubs have Felix Pie, but will they pay and then pay again…
During his weekly appearance on WFAN, SI.com’s Jon Heyman said the Twins have no interest in Yankees 2B Robinson Cano of RHP Chien-Ming Wang, because they do not even want to pay that type of salary.
…if this is the case, i have to assume the same idea applies to Jose Reyes, and the like…
Lastly, in a recent interview with Hot Foot, Twins fan and blog super-star Aaron Gleeman said, if he ran the Twins, he would ask the Mets for two of Lastings Milledge, Fernando Martinez and Carlos Gomez, and then try to get one of Mike Pelfrey, Phil Humber or Kevin Mulvey, since the Twins ‘should be targeting impact bats.’
For more, check out the following clip of Peter Gammons during his recent appearance on ESPN’s SportsCenter, in which he says he will never count out Omar Minaya and the Wilpons.
