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In today’s New York Post, Joel Sherman writes that the Red 
Sox remain the ‘strong favorite’ to acquire Johan Santana from the Twins.
According to Sherman, a) the Yankees are still unwilling to trade Phil Hughes and are reluctant to give Santana a six-year contract extension, while b) the Mets lag because Minnesota still wants to get back one or two players who can instantly contribute at the major-league level.
Therefore, Sherman concludes…
“For the Mets to land Santana, they would probably need these stars to align: a) The Twins feel they must deal their ace before spring training and, thus, take the best package available some time in the next six weeks; b) The Mets assemble a package that severely depletes their system, the Twins decide to accept volume as the key to the deal and neither the Red Sox nor the Yankees alter their offers.”
…again, as i have been saying, it’s all about hughes…if the Yankees will trade him, they’ll be able to acquire santana…now, whether they’ll pay him remains to be seen…on the other hand, if the Red Sox stay pat in their offer, the Mets are going to need to over do it, such as Carlos Gomez, maybe Fernando Martinez, and a variety of pitchers, which could include Aaron Heilman…this is why the Mets keep telling people they are ‘monitoring the situation,’ because there is nothing they can really do right now, short of including Jose Reyes, which is not an option…otherwise, Omar Minaya has no choice but to wait and see how the Yankees intend to behave…once that is decided, or the Twins get antsy, whichever happens first, it’s going to come down to whether the Twins want less players, who are more immediate (from Boston), or a lot of players (from the Mets) with high upsides who need more time to develop…
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are you sleeping or wishing we signed zito?
if that’s what your wishing, that is a very sad statement…Zito? really? ugh…worst contract EVER.
haha…i didn’t want zito, even for milledge at the deadline in ‘06. i could just see those “z” placards (not sure that should be plural in this case) hanging up at shea for his strikeouts.
PLEASE no more JOHAN Posts. When he is wearing our uniform post then!
If the Yankees hold all of the cards right now, then it is going to stretch on for weeks. King Hank the Moron loves his power trips: “It is my decision only.” Jerk Off……
Please no more posts that stem from Joel Sherman articles. That’s all I ask.
Don’t you get tired of cutting and pasting this? You forgot your most insightful points that the Mets will get Santana if 1) the Twins want him out of the AL, 2) Yanks won’t give up whoever, 3) Red Sox aren’t willing to give up whoever, 4) the Pope intervenes, 5) Red Sox sell their farm system to the Mets…
On a much less significant note, who cares about Clemens at this point? If the guy is so determined to convince everyone he is clean, go on Letterman and have them strap a lie detector on him.
If I were him I’d do Oprah instead.
Good call. Or Barbara Walters so he can cry.
Everyone knows Maury Povich is the kind of lie detector tets.. and he get some paternity tests while hes there too..
Gotta be some crack whore somewhere who will swear Clemmens is the father of her child?
Do Oprah? No thanks.
Well, maybe in ‘94, not so much in ‘95. Maybe ‘96, but eh, not ‘98. Maybe again in ‘99, but no shot in ‘00. I think i would have done it before Thanksgiving ‘01, but not in ‘02. Possibly, if I was drunk in ‘04, but certainly not in ‘05. Maybe today. But only if it was in the middle of Gamecocks stadium.
The whole thing makes me sick to the point of not wanting Santana anymore.
What happens if the Mets unload the whole farm system, sign him to a 7 year, $150m contract and the guy blows out his arm?
It’s akin to trading a million draft picks and drafting and signing Eli Manning. A franchise set back for years and years.
If you have issues with Eli, you should read that book written about Ernie Accorsi, GM, where the guy follows him around during his last year. There is a copy of his scouting report on Eli which basically says his problem in college was because of the bad team around him and how he would be better than Peyton. When you read it, it totally sounds like he was trying to convince himself. It does not reflect the real Eli (horrible and scared) at all.
Ouch.
The guy has made the playoffs three straight years. Know how many teams in the NFL have done that?
I agree, he isn’t his brother, nor should you expect him to be. He isn’t a great quarterback. He isn’t even a really good quarterback. He is average. But you know what? It could take them 10 years to find a QB as good as he is. Look at all the teams that have been looking and had complete first round busts in the past 10 years.
Like it or not, he’ll be the QB for the very forseeable future. As well he should be. Was he worth a first round draft pick and a later pick that turned into Merriman and Nate Kaeding? No.
okay, really, read the posts above. it’s all about what the giants PAID for this mediocre QB, who’s team makes the playoffs DESPITE his horrific play down the stretch.
Ernie Accorsi wanted to go out with a bang
He should have hired a h0oker, then.
So I hear the Sox are the front runners for Johan.
Actually, the Mets are still in the mix. You see, they can get him if A) the Twins trade him to the Mets, B) The Mets trade for Santana., C) The Twins don’t trade him to anyone but the Mets and D) No one else trades for Santana.
I think by “Mets are in the mix”, Matt was referring to the new Mets Chex Mix available at Stop & Shop along with the cook book.
yeah we are in the mix… Like an olive in a martini..
We’ll turn out to be the Martini w/o the olive.
damn..I like olives more than martini’s.. On a different note.. What do we got to do to get Joel Sherman fired.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
I think hacking into the Post’s high tech system and producing a sexually discriminatory and abusive article might work…..unless Cablevision owns the Post.
fire isiah
I appreciate the idea. Maybe we can work out something that gets Isiah and Joel Sherman fired if Cablevision owns the Post. We just need turn Johnnie Cochran into a prosecutor.
This troubles me because we REALLY need a stable pitcher to add to the rotation. Santana would obviously be a great addition, but i fear the Mets will wait on him too long and ultimately lose the chance to get him and miss our opportunity to aquire Blanton as well.
One more Santana post and I am changing my vote in the tournament!
Actually, the Mets are still in the mix. You see, they can get him if A) the Twins trade him to the Mets, B) The Mets trade for Santana., C) The Twins don’t trade him to anyone but the Mets and D) No one else trades for Santana.