Buzz: Santana seeing Boston, Mets Watching
…well, over the last day or so, i have talked with essentially the same group of people that i normally do, who are connected to and have knowledge of what the Mets are up to, and the sense i get is that while the team still feels confident 
in their ability to acquire Johan Santana, people around santana currently think the Red Sox are back to being the front-runners…which makes me wonder if Boston recently stepped up their offer to the Twins…also, from what i can gather, the Rangers are the third team in this mix, not the Yankees, Mariners or Angels, but i do not believe they have much of a chance to get him anyway…
…at any rate, if there is a sticking point with the Mets, again, as i said over the weekend, it could be that santana wants a seven-year deal, and the Mets remain uncomfortable with that sort of contract for a pitcher…also, despite agreeing and understanding that the Jose Reyes-caliber player is off the table, yet any other player can be had, the Twins now suddenly want more or less every single pitching prospect the Mets have…seriously…last weekend, when i relayed the phrase, ‘the Mets are willing to flood the Twins with prospects,’ i took that to mean two top-pitchers, two top-outfielders, and a player like Aaron Heilman…now though, while i have not heard any specific names mentioned, it is sounding to me like the Twins want Carlos Gomez, Mike Pelfrey, Philip Humber and Kevin Mulvey, among others…so, basically, the Twins want the whole lot…and the Mets are reluctant to do so, and i can’t say i blame them, especially if they are having reservations about such a long-term contract…
…nevertheless, people connected to the Mets still seem positive, though i keep hearing that they’ll continue to ‘monitor the situation,’ which hardly invokes confidence from me…at the same time, people around santana, who prefers to pitch for the Mets, are back to seeing Boston as a likely destination…so, there is a definite disconnect there, which i am having very a difficult time figuring out…what really drives my crazy, speaking as a fan who badly wants to see santana end up in queens, is that every conversation i have had, no matter who it is, always ends the same, which is with, ‘well, you never know, things could certainly change.’…ugh…no kidding…
…by the way, this is why i never got in to investigative journalism…i’m a writer who blogs his experience about being a Mets fan, which now happens to include conversations with people who tend to know what’s up on the inside of this organization…and so i write about it…that said, i’m not going out of my way to research a story…i prefer to just sit back and watch it develop…at the same time, when people contact me, or talk, i listen…and then i write…so, if my account of minaya’s pursuit comes off as flip-floppy, or running in circles, that’s because it is…
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