Quote: Yankees to Make Decision on Johan
Yesterday, Yankees VP Hank Steinbrenner told the Daily News that his team will now begin work on a ‘final decision’ regarding a trade for Twins LHP Johan Santana.
According to the report, the Yankees best offer is likely to still be Phil Hughes, Melky Cabrera, pitching prospect Jeff Marquez and another prospect.
…well, like i had written, and so many others had as well, the only the way the Yankees get considered is if hughes is involved…the thing is, from what i can gather, the Twins value Carlos Gomez and Jacoby Ellsbury more than melky, and who wouldn’t…the thing, despite this report, and hank’s spin, there has been more than enough buzz suggesting the Yankees remain reluctant to trade hughes…
Yesterday, at his blog for the Journal News, Peter Abraham writes, “There are no indications that the Yankees will suddenly get back into the mix for Santana.”
Last week in the New York Post, Joel Sherman wrote that the Yankees are still unwilling to trade Hughes and are reluctant to give Santana a six-year contract extension.
In the end, the Daily News writes…
“Some in the game believe the Mets eventually will land Santana, if only because they might need him the most and might be convinced to overpay.”
…the only bit of buzz i picked up yesterday is that, assuming the Twins intend to make a deal, a trade for santana is likely to happen within the next week or so…from what i can gather, each of the three teams have essentially made their final offers - so the Twins need to accept one, get out of the way and let santana and his potentially new-club work out a contract extension…
Lastly, according to the Boston Globe, Santana is said to be seeking at least a seven-year deal, worth $140MM, ‘and the Red Sox are fine with that.’
