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The Mets have traded for LHP Johan Santana from the Twins in exchange for four prospects, though the deal will only be official once a contract extension is agreed upon.
…from what i can gather, names of players will not officially be made public until a contract extension can be worked out…the Mets have 72 hours to work out an extension with santana and his agents, which started earlier this afternoon…
…Update…4:50 pm…
…after having talked with a few people connected to the team and the player, from what i can gather, though the Mets have yet to confirm the deal, a) everything in the USA Today report (see below) is accurate, including the players who are mentioned, and b) it should not be very difficult to reach a contract extension within the 72 hours, though this becoming public will certainly add pressure to get a deal done…
…also, from what i can tell, this deal never came down to whether or not the Mets would add Fernando Martinez…it was more about major-league ready talent, than it was ever about additional minor leaguers…but i am sure more on that will become public in the days ahead…
…what’s more, it appears that santana essentially gave the Twins an ultimatum…which is great to hear, since he had the ability to force the issue all along…
…Update…4:17 pm…
According to USA Today, the deal will include Carlos Gomez, Phil Humber, Deolis Guerra and Kevin Mulvey.
…man, if the USA Today addition ends up being correct, and i have reason to believe that it is, and the Mets pull this off without giving up Fernando Martinez and Mike Pelfrey, well, wow…
…USA Today reports it as a 48– to 72–hour window, but i’ve been told it’s 72…and with the way this process took, i would not be shocked if it took the full time frame…
…Update…4:28 pm…
…jeez, what took you so long, omar…
…well, as i had been saying, for me, this deal had to be done, if for no other reason than it is becoming harder and harder to acquire an ace on the open market…so, if one became available by trade, who was attainable, the trigger had to be pulled…especially if he comes at the cost of three pitchers, who the Mets believe will not be as good as santana during the next few years…
…and so, they pulled the trigger to create a 2008 rotation of Pedro Martinez, followed by Johan Santana, John Maine, Oliver Perez and Orlando Hernandez…
…with a healthy pedro, and maine and perez having learned from last year’s long season, and johan switching to a pitcher’s park in the national league, i am more than happy with this starting rotation and believe it is more than capable of helping to lead this team to the playoffs…
…what’s more, considering what the Mets had to part with to get santana, they can still lean on pelfrey should an injury strike…
…by the way, the best part of this is that all of the reporters, fans, talk-show hosts and critics, who convinced themselves that the Mets had no chance to get santana, now must spend the next few weeks cleaning egg from their face…
…that said, i’d like to give special thanks to La Velle E. ‘The Real Deal’ Neal III from the Star-Tribune and Jon Heyman from SI.com, both of whom kept on this story like white to rice, and did an outstanding job every step of the way…i’d like to think i was fairly accurate as well, while always writing and believing that the Mets had a chance, despite what others kept telling me…well done, gentlemen…and thanks for all of your hard work…
…now, let’s work out that contract extension, guys…
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
USA Today:
The deal is pending the Mets and Santana reaching agreement on a six- or seven-year contract extension and that Santana passes a physical; they have been granted a 48 to-72-hour window to do so. Santana has a no-trade clause that he will waive if agreement is reached on a contract extension.
The Mets paid a high price in prospects to land Santana, agreeing to send the Twins outfielder Carlos Gomez and pitchers Phil Humber, Deolis Guerra and Kevin Mulvey.
No F-Mart in the deal?!!
YESSSSSSSS!!!!! I KNEW IT COULD GET DONE!!!!!!!
Hey Mikey.. I think I said I would tell you I was wrong if I was.. and I am..
Good Job Omar..
Hey man, it’s all good … I’m just really happy! What a great job is right!!
extrawhitemeat — you are a good man… i did not think you would admit it.. I respect that a lot
I didn’t doubt him … honestly I would have done the same. EWM is a good dude.
All that matters is we got Johan and we kept our crown jewel! Excellent!!!!!!!
I just wanna play poker with Bill Smith now… I mean I just can’t believe that’s what he got for Johan..
I hope the people of Minnesota don’t pull a Steve Bartman his house or something… eeks…
sweet jebus, it actually happened. got santana and kept martinez. this can’t be real.
the narcy four is out from hiding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Santana a met!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Rejoice, F work, leaving now to get drunk!!!!!
I said wake me up when it’s over and thank God it’s finally over and we came out on top. We have our ace, now make sure he’s 100% healthy and get this contract extension done Omar!
i would have told him to pitch atleast 60 pitches for the mets for the deal to be done and see if he can reach 95 and throw everypitch comfortably.
I’m going to have to change my screen name to GOTANACE!
well i believe that this year phil humber was going to be healthy and that he was going to dominate and proove that he was the third pick of the first round pick. kevin mulvey he might have been brought up by the allstar break and we could see what he could do. and in 2009 allstar break we could see deolis guerra and fernando martinez oh yea i forgot we keep him and i dreamt that he got includedin the trade andwas injured for the rest of this year and that i was laughing at twins fans
Yeah baby!!!!! The start of a dynasty, the best pitcher on earth, this had to get done and all the signs of Johan were there all along, I always believed as long as Johan was a twin we had an above average chance of landing him. ……….Hey metsmerized, you were right all along, I just cant believe we stole him with this package of prospects. (Humber recovering from major surgury), garbage, Gomez is ok but will never be an all star, Guerra and Mulvey have potential to come around, around the time Santana’s contract expires in 2015. Omar is a god for playing his hand with style and patience. I do admit I was very wrong withmy trade prediction and happy I was. Now the Mets are highly competetive, and the Dynasy starts now.
Amazing!!
I’m so excited right now! If this breaks down or turns out to be a hoax I’m gonna cry.
This is the best news I have heard all day, week, month,…wow!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FINALLY.
Matt…now that the hoopla is over…and we got our man…what are you gonna do now? By the way…I love the baseball card! Rock on!
Singing “Meet the Mets” and dancing around the aprtment in underwear a la Risky Business!
Great job, Cerrone! You were one of the few in the greater baseball commentariat who said the Mets had a good shot all along.
Hmmm, time for Gipper913 to look at flights to Miami at the end of March.
Oooo-maaar Min-aya clap, clap, clapity clap!
Oooo-maaar Min-aya clap, clap, clapity clap!
Oooo-maaar Min-aya clap, clap, clapity clap!
IN OMAR WE TRUST
I second that…IN OMAR WE TRUST! Let’s break out the Presidente’s and eat some Mongu!
aaaaa Yo Yo Yo Yo Jo-han!…Yo Yo Yo Yo Jo-han!
Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I couldn’t have guessed better if I tried…. check out the comment I left on
Jan 21st
2008-01-21 10:12:17
My personal opinion is that a deal will be done sometime between Thursday (24th) and Tuesday (29th)… My reasoning? Superbowl coverage is heavy now and will continue to be for a few days… then, it will slow down a bit as we must wait the 2 weeks before the bowl. It won’t pick up again until about half way through next week.
This time frame is a perfect opportunity for The Mets, The Twins and MLB to make some headlines right smack in the middle of the NFL’s spotlight!!
Makes perfect marketing sense as after the Giants win the big game, all sports media will start focusing on MLB. What better way to grab attention than to trade one of the biggest names in the sport!
Wow, Wow, Wow
Finally. I knew it would get done. Now all the Omar haters can go eat crow.
Wow! I guess we got our 200+ innings guy!
Francesa and Russo are harping on why the Mets need to get this deal done; as usual dwelling on the negative.
2008 season can’t come soon enough now!
Is it real?!?!
As one of the guys not too excited about the idea of dropping 4 – 5 great prospects for Santana and paying him all that dough and years…I have to tell you…I”M DELIRIOUSLY HAPPY HERE.
Great job Omar by not getting fleeced. The price is right. 2 high end prospects in Guerra and Gomez and 2 mid level prospects in Humber and Mulvey.
Solid return for a guy in his walk year and about to get the biggest payday in pitchers history.
Glad we kept hammering away at this one without any BS ultimatums. I think we all read it right. We were negotiating against ourselves or the value of those 2 first rounders.
Well said. Let’s hope the Mets can work toward replacing a couple of those pitching prospects in this year’s draft.
Amen brother. 3 picks in top 32 or so…should go a long way. Plus add in the fact the mets seem comfortable going above slot and we can see 3rd and 4th rounders sign for big money…like 1st round money…if they are worth it and dropped due to signability issues
amen brother. And with 3 picks in the top 32…we should be able to get that done.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
WHAT!? I don’t believe you
YES!!!!!!
Holy cow…
Source please.
OMG REALLY?
AWESOME@
Anyone thinking this puts Pelfrey where he belongs…AAA developing his 2nd pitch?
Definitely. I say he gets called up and gets near 16 starts. Let’s hope for 32 games each from Santana, Maine, and Perez, and 24 games each from Pedro and Duque. Anyone think we still go after Livan?
NO WAY
NOWAY NWOATNASDNAOIJDN
GAME OVER MAN! We’re All going to die!
Finally my heart rate is back to normal……..
What a great day!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I JUST SCREAMED IN MY OFFICE!!! 4 PLAYERS…WHO???
I think I am crying right now
Dam it. What a waste of good talented players.
Just kidding.
Great job! No F-Mart either!
Oh man. Really? Which four prospects? I just screamed at work, I’m afraid I might get fired, but I don’t even care…
HAHA…both of us!
GET IT DONE WILPON!!!
SPLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is this a joke? I need to know now.
cerrone, how long have you had that baseball card ready to go?
anyways, I’m not going to celebrate until he’s signed, sealed and delivered. this just ushers in a whole new period of waiting.
HAHAHA!!!!! WOOOO!!! Thank you Omar!!
It’s so…..beautiful. <>
please be right matt
No f’in’ way!
Awesome! Just awesome!
Matt, you have been all over this from the start! Even when nobody else was…and a good portion of your own readership didn’t believe you! Thanks for EVERYTHING.
Awesome job, Omar.
Awesome job, Matt.
YESSSSSSSS!!!!!
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!! MATT, EXCELLENT JOB ALL THESE MONTHS OF WAITING, ITS ALL WORTH IT FOR THIS MOMENT!!!
LETS GO METS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What’s the source?
And we keep F-Mart, Church and Heliman. Woo-Hoo!
The only person I am upset about losing is Guerra, but you gotta give to get, so I’m okay with it.
Fantastic!!!!!! 2008 Here we come!
Where the heck is my Metsblog “In Omar we trust” shirt?
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POP THE CHAMPAGNE ITS JOHAN TIME
Now will everyone shut up about Minaya?
so many of you armchair GMs would not have F-Mart today
Agreed. Keeping F-Mart to potentially replace Alou is huge.
I’ve been saying it all along!
The Mets had the best offer without giving up F-Mart.
Omar is ‘da MAN!!!
Give Omar an extension (and Ollie, too)
yes, me you and stickguy from what i recall
A great day to be a met fan.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
WE KEEP F-MART!
Damn, its still a shame to part with Mulvey and Guerra
Are you freakin kidding me? We have Santan, Maine, Perez for a few more years. Pedro will extend. And Pelfrey will be ready in another year after he splits time in New Orleans and Queens.
We don’t need them. Hopefully, draft picks and guys in the minors will be ready when we need to replace the above.
I just peed my pants….
I just peed my boss’s pants
Now what do we do?
So much of my life has been wrapped up hitting the refresh button… what do we do now…. work?
great day to be a met fan
It’s so…BEAUTIFUL! ::sobbing uncontrollably between bouts of laughter::
Matt, you’re a beast, man.
Omar is THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We still have Fernando Martinez, Mike Pelfrey, Aaron Heilman AND Ryan Church!!!!!!!
May I be the first to tell those posters who said they would not get him to eat crow?
Oh, and what about the people who thought the Super Bowl mattered to these guys.
OMG IT’S OVERR WE WIN
OMG OMG OGM I JUST DIED
what does wagner have 2 say now?????
best pitcher in the game and we still have f-mart!!!
AMAZING METS.
ORGASM!!!!!
Woopee! I’m speechless. Have to get back to work, so I’ll just say this. Matt, you are a star. Not only are you probably the first one to report this, but you’ve been the only one reporting this trend for weeks and weeks.
Kudos to Omar, the Wilpons, Johan, the Greenbergs … and Matt Cerrone!
And thank you Smith for getting off that pot!
WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IN 0MAR WE TRUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IN 0MAR WE TRUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IN 0MAR WE TRUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IN 0MAR WE TRUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IN 0MAR WE TRUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IN 0MAR WE TRUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IN 0MAR WE TRUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IN 0MAR WE TRUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IN 0MAR WE TRUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IN 0MAR WE TRUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May I be the first to tell those posters who said they would not get him to eat crow?
I CANT WAIT TILL APRIL!!!!
If that’s the deal, and we keep F-Mart, then I’m agog. AGOG!!
Freddy Coupons can still screw this up
and if he doesn’t, please shut the he|| up about freddy coupons.
Thank you.
To quote Governor Tarkin in “Star Wars”,
“I’m taking an awful risk…this had better work.”
May I be the first to tell people who said they would not get him to eat crow?
This deal is exactly what a poster claiming to be an insider in an earlier post today said it’d be…..I guess he was the real deal. Way to go!
AHHH The radio in my office was playing Take Me Out to the Ballgame as I saw the great news!!
Its so good i want to freeze it and make it into ice and skate on it then thaw it and drink it.
Nice, and a Beerfest reference as well…
i looked at the calendar: it’s not april 1st. yes!
if it’s just those four prospects: unbelievable
fingers crossed: no f-mart
Best news ever
LETS GO METS!!!!!!!!
i cannot believe this. please let this be true!
hey matt you can double the price on those in omar we trust shirts….funny you probably couldnt give them away in december. but please someone give me a source.
What was that??? The sound of the phillie fanatic blowing his brains out.
Lets start the year baby!!!!
Whoopee! I’m speechless. Have to get back to work, so I’ll just say this. Matt, you are a star. Not only are you probably the first one to report this, but you’ve been the only one reporting this trend for weeks and weeks.
Kudos to Omar, the Wilpons, Johan, the Greenbergs … and Matt Cerrone!
And thank you Smith for getting off that pot!
YES!!!! I agree!!!
great job matt!!!! I am sooo excited right now!
k so, fire omar.
Why fire Omar he help us get this deal done so we should all be thanking him! So Go Omar Go Omar Go Omar! It is such a great day to be a Mets fan just like somebody said before !
Go Mets GO METS were the best ! LETS GO METS!
For all those suckers who said we couldn’t get him just like Matt said have fun wipeing the egg off you face! I just met s scum bag Yankee fan the other day who told me Johan signed with the Twins like a month ago and look who Johan is with now! Go METS all the way!
F YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*METSGASM ALL OVER THE KEYBOARD*
Finally my heart rate is back to normal………
And Mike and the Mad Dog drone on without a clue…….4:22PM
Dont blow this Freddy
shut up already
PLEASE just make it official official…..I cannot wait for april…….
JOHANNNNN BABY
Our Team Our Time
OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please be true.
Finally my heart rate is back to normal……
Nice scoop Matt. No one is even reporting this yet!
this is the best day of my life
OMG I FINALLY REMEMBER HAPPINESS AGAIN
wooohooo!!!!!!!
“In Omar We Trust.”
Yea Baby
WTB Fan confidence rating!
31 years old, one world series & a ton of heartbreak. Mistake after mistake made by our tea through the years.
Not anymore………………we’re back boys & girls!!! We are back!!!!
Someone should check on Mr. Met to make sure he is okay.
YES YES YES.
Lets run the confidence poll again!
I miss Glavine.
WOO HOO!!!! And we get to keep FMart and Pelfry, WOW!!!
Matt you are a beats. No go take a few days off after they sign him!
I am so happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LETSGOMETS LETSGOMETS LETSGOMETS LETSGOMETS LETSGOMETS……..
AWESOME AWESOME……can one other source please pick this up besides USAtoday??
I’ve been checking ESPN, WFAN, NY TIMES and no one else has anything on this.
Are we sure?
USA Today and si.com do :D
LOL What are Mike & MD doingg???
i will miss humber he was so hot
JOHAN I CANT BELIEVE IT
WHY IS BUSTER TALKING ABOUT ANDY PETTITE WHO CARES
grl i feel u
Why is no one else reporting this though? I’m a little worried.
YYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I GOING TO ORDER MY #57 JERSEY RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!
why is this no where else?
it’s just usa today, so i’m holding off my celebration…
it has the 2nd highest circulation in the country after the nytimes. it’s not a community newspaper.
Bob Nightengale is one of the more respected sports journalists in the country.
but everyone is citing the usa today report…
omar is officially a genius….what a steal!
usa today is the only source at the moment, so let’s hold off until we get another source…
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
*METSGASM ALL OVER THE KEYBOARD*
Yep thats the what makes the move so great! We keep F-Mart and Pelfrey!
Santana
Pedro
O.P.
Maine
Duque/Pelfrey
we have the best rotation in the NL!
Now time to buy a Mets home pinstripe jersey with the number 57 on the back!!!
it’s on usa today
A trade agreement is in place, the newspaper said, but the Mets must reach agreement with Santana on a lucrative contract extension to complete the deal.
Santana, 28, is expected to require a deal of at least six years and $20 million per season as the price for waiving his no-trade clause.
Where’s my Harry and David basket?????
sorry no money left after Johan takes it all, but please accept this laurel and hearty handshake
i swear if usa today is lying and it didnt happen i am gonna personallly hunt them down and …..well you know the rest
On the Mets side of the deal, this sounds too good to be true
Mike and the Mad Dog are raining on our parade as usual. They are saying this isn’t a done deal, does Santana want to come to the Mets, will he agree to the deal…blah blah blah. They suck
No, he doesn’t. He wants to be a Yankee like everyone who can tell a baseball from a meatball.
I wish this fat f**k would disappear already.
Watching them on Yes. Mike has such a puss on him. He is totally aggravated that his Yankees didnt get him.
He looks like Mr. Met just splooged in his coffee
phuck that phat phuck
Great, now I can’t use my ‘Mr Meh’ parody anymore ;)
YEAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The deal is not complete pending Fred Wilpon’s contract offer…
let’s ALL hand it to OMar…he waited waited waited and BOOM, it came TO HIM just as he wanted it!!!
is there a phillies blog site whos comment board i can spam??? hahaha
Show some class dude and DONT do that. its makes us all look stupid.
What’s the thoughts on the six – seven year thing? Will the Mets do this? Can they do 5 and an option?
I said I would say it.. and I will..
I was wrong.. well done Omar…
OMAR YOU ARE A FREAKIN GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey, has Hank offered us Hughes yet?
Fatso and Fruitloops are talking about it now.
Getting a WEEEEEE bit worried. None of the major sports outlets (ESPN, FOXSPORTS, CBS) have announced this today? USATODAY? Um… Yeah, someone probably sent them a “tip”
i think we have to give a lot of credit to the mets for drafting mulvey when they did…i have a feeling the mets saw something in him other teams didn’t
way to go scouting dept, way to go omar
let’s go mets!
I had to leave the site for a while to have a conference call…I just crapped my pants, I can’t believe it!!!!
It’s on Wilpon now, Omar got it done in unbelievable fashion keeping Pelf and Fmart…open up that damn check book.
One friggin’ big WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is it wrong to weep with joy???????
Woooo Hoooooo!
Omar, you are a god.
Now, Wilpons, pay Johan what it takes to get the contract done.
How do we know this wont be another Bedard Jones thing….I am still skeptical…..until someone else reports this….
Because thankfully Wilpon does not equal Angelos.
It’s being reported on every station – ESPN Radio, WFAN, USA Today, etc. It’s NOT a done deal – but the players have been agreed upon and it’s just up to the Mets and Santana to work out an extension
For the sake of every one’s psyche I hope is true.
Who pitches opening day?
that’s a great dillema to have…
Pedro over Santana, Matt? You’re nuts
Pedro over Santana.
Pedro
Santana
Maine
Perez
Hernandez
Pedro is an ace and the heart and soul of this team.
Ummmmm…..no.
Maybe if Johan wants to be extra-classy and respect his elder.
But Johan > Pedro
Yesssss. I’m getting my weeken tix package. I can have a life again. I think I still have a wife and a kid. Oh and I need to start making a baby boy, I promised I’d name him Johan Perez.
no complaining about another player from the southern hemisphere? dah.
nice job omar!
Actually. He’s from the Northern Hemisphere. Venezuela is above the equator. But I get what you’re saying.
i know. certain words are blocked from the site so i went with that…
omg PARTY TIME
FOX SPORTS SAY THEYRE CLOSE I GOTTA TURN ON THE FAN OMG OMG OMG
HOLY CRAP! PINCH ME! AND, they didn’t give up F-MART? IS that true?
i agree…i don’t see anyone else reporting…i am a little nervous…but hope this is true…i already added a five with masking tape in front of my reyes jersey though
It’s hard to believe, that’s cuz I’m a Mets fan. lol
Oh.
My.
God.
It’s been reported on ESPNews
The “Collapse” has now been followed by the “Conquest.”
Sorry Matt but you just lost a couple hundred thousand readers.
The four players to be named are Wright, Reyes, Maine, and Perez….haha just kidding.
Well they are talking about it on WFAN. but still nothing offiicial
The Wilpon’s are committted to making this happen. There is no way that the organization would have let this go public if they weren’t absolutely sure about signing him.
That said, I am impregnating my wife tonight and naming the baby Johan… boy OR girl!
smashed my hand on my desk while raising it in celebration, bleeding profusely, too numb to care
What were you doing under your desk….or were you under someone ELSE´S desk? Hrmm….
Break out a new Confidence Poll!!!!!!!!!!
If Pelfrey can nail down that 5 spot we’ve got Santana fronting 3 guys under 27, 2 of whom won 15 last year.
Who needs prospects?
LOL I hate Chris Russo.
“The Twins got ripped, they should have went with the Yankees package to get Hughes. I dont know much about the Mets prospects but i know they should have dealth with the Yankees.”
If you don’t know, then don’t make stupid statements you buffoon.
that is how he got where he is…you would think he wouldn’t make stupid statements because with the Gmen in the super bowl they aren’t relaying on pissing callers off the get them through the ridiculously long show
Give Chris Russo a break, he was too busy watching tennis to spend five minutes online researching the biggest trade of the baseball off season, even if it involved the Mets and the Yankees as prime suspects. He may not know much about Carlos Gomez, but I bet he can tell us all about San Francisco’s back up third basemen and that is SO important to WFAN listeners.
I’m going out tonight and getting absolutely hammered.
Tonight I drink to Johan and Omar!!
It’s overcast in Jersey but cotdamn it’s a beautiful day!
Where are all the Omar haters? I assume they wil think of something.
“How could he give up Guerra”
“Why couldn’t he do a 3 for 1 swap”
“Why couldn’t he just wait till next year free agency”
ALL BULLSH*T
WE GOT JOHAN SANTAN B*TCHES!
I wonder what JImmy Rolliins has to say about that…whos the first to go on that Phillies website to stir the sh*t?
Who knows whats the situation with the money. Gammons seems to think its certainly no small deal
I’m getting fired and failing out of school…but it was worth it.
Its pathetic but I think I need a cigarette after that.
espn news and peter gammons confirm
Mike and the Mad Dog are killing Gomez and saying they never heard of the Mets pitching prospects. They are also saying how the Twins got burned and should have taken Hughes when he is available. They are saying Hughes is going to be a “big time pitcher.” SHUUUTTTT UPPPP…
YEAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t wait to fly down to Florida in March and see Johan in a Mets uniform
Make sure to give him a huge welcome to the METS! And show what kind of Mets fans they have! Today is the best day for a METS fan! Go METS GO METS
Roger that
Your kidding me right? I never even knew that the Twins were considering trading Santana. This came out of left field. By the way, shouldn’t Cleveland be thinking about trading C.C. Sabathia? If we could package FMart, Pelfrey, and Heilman… help me please, I can’t stop…
you guys do realize that THE GMEN ARE IN THE PHUKING SUPER BOWL?!?!!!!!!!……………
do you realize that you’re on a METS BLOG?
Plenty of time for football. Today is not the day.
YES! YES! YES!
FINALLY!
We get santana and we keep pelfrey and f-mart! fantastic deal O. all the omar haters pony up and insert foot in rear end.
Santana’s a met. the amazin’s are back and here we come. watch out philly! YES!
espn radio is all over this, now saying gammons confirming
This has by far been my best Metsblog experience. Sharing the same anticipation as fellow Mets fans.
Matt,
Nice job on the Johan Santana Mets baseball card…how long have you had that ready? LOL
isn’t it an ‘86?
YaaaaHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let Pelfrey develop the confidence to CLOSE
Sign Lackey next year
Draft power arms and PAY THEM
Let Fernando be our lf’er of the future
Draft a decent outfielder
Save money*, build a great rotation and let Santana lead the way for years to come. Brilliant.
* If we do land him (7 year deal), look for Fred to decide to fall in love with Prospects over time ;)
Matt-
Omar deserves some credit but not before you man. Wow you truly killed yourself and kept all of our hopes alive about getting Johan even when almost every media person has been giving the Mets no shot. I love the line about Fatcesca great. He will eat it off his face and the angry puppy’s as well. We all owe you a lot for everything you have done keeping us up to date. And really the site did not crash. Simply amazing. Keep up the great work
Seconded.
Wow. I woke up from a power nap after school to look at my computer and see “News: Mets acquire Santana from Twins”.
Truly astonishing. I’m pumped. Thanks a lot Matt for keeping us aware of whats going on with the Santana alerts. To Omar, about friggen time, but good ass job. At this point i don’t care what they sign him to. Give him ARod money as long as he stays in Flushing. In Omar we trust.
Santana: The King Of Queens.
why couldnt omar “the genius” keep gomez and guerra and insert church and a lesser prospect? like vineyard? way to drop the ball omar
LOLOLOLOLOLOOLOLOLOL
dude….shut up.
yea really, go back to the bronx
guys, i was totally joking. i thought it was obvious. next time ill used OMG LOL ROTFL!!
guys, i was totally kidding. i thought it was obvious. next time ill be sure to use OMG LOL ROTFL!!
SI.COM – Breaking news ticker says Heyman confirms report of Twins trading Santana to Mets.
WHO CARES ABOUT THE FOOSEBALL! THE FOOSEBALLS FOR THE DEVIL! JOHANS AND CATCHERS REPORT IN alil OVER 2 WEEKS!
btw if they dont work out a contract, I vow never to go to another mets game again kthnx. =) thats my final offer
I’m hard.
I have not posted on this site in a long, long time. I even add to get my name back by re-registering but this news WAS WAY TOO GOOD NOT to share with all Mets fans….
YIPEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
I have goose bumps…amazing…they wont go away…its actually getting irritating…but seeing him on that “Mets’ card just keeps bringing them back.
Adios Gomez- we hardly knew you. Glad I was at your first game where you hit a double in your first at bat…nice catch too
Adios Humber- develop somewhere else…wait…that will be here in Rochester
Adios Mulvey- Think you will be a decent MLB player. See you next year possibly too.
Adios Guerra- Hardly knew ya…will def see you soon here in the Chester.
WELCOME JOHAN!!!! WELCOME!!!!
Yes Welcome Johan, your going to love our team! Big congrats to Omar for getting the job done! Now we can show all the people who said we weren’t going to Santana and all you have to do is have a little faith!
Amazing, nice coverage Matthew, great deal….Simply ‘Amazin, exactly what we needed.
wow wow wow im in TEARS i just found my old mets jacket
omggggggggg
IM already thinking of going to CBP to see the mets this year like i do every year with johan is the best poster
I WANT MY #57 JERSEY NOW
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you Matt. I love you.
Seriously, fantastic coverage. You have clearly proven you are one of the best in the business, Journalist or Blogger
I just looked up the meaning of Johan. It means God is Gracious.
God certainly is Gracious. Lets Go Metz.
is Johan on an ‘86 edition baseball card?
Oh yeah, 86 Topps!
ESPN.com is now reporting it.
I just went to all the phillies blogs – no reference to the trade whatsoever.
Si just reported confirmed by Heyman.
fap fap fap fap fap
AHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
thats like the best money shot ever…like d wade said its like i just lost my virginity
M E T S METS METS METS
HAHAHA……the last 2 months readign the same BS is all worth it!!!! I’m at Indiana University right now, Tuesday night is usually my night off from the bars…but screw that I’m celebrating tongiht!!!!
High comedy.
Gammons on the ESPNews interview. He honestly sounded like someone broke into his house and kicked his dog. He had nothing good to say about any of the Mets propects in this deal, and is practically in disbelief that his almighty Sox couldn’t pull the deal off considering the perceived lower than expected asking price.
F Gammons.
F Mike and the Lapdog
F Sox Nation
F Yankee Piinstripes
and most of all…..
F Tom Glavine.
i second that danny1986!! ……..”takin’ care of business” mets rule!!!
Suck it up Phillies!!!!!!!!
Muahahahahahahaaaaa!!!!
how did my comment not show up, but the guy that said “im hard” got through? moderation program must be microsoft.
Meet the Mets, Meet the Mets, head to the Park and Greet the Mets… can’t stop singing, laughing tearing up. Let’s Play Ball!!
What do we do now that Johan is a Met? Do we actually have to work instead of browsing metsblog.com?
lol, no we can just boast about having the greatest pitcher in the game until spring training.
hehe
WTF MIKE&MADDOG = now is not the time to talk Jason Kidd! Kidd rumored to be traded every year.
I don’t know. The Mets just got the best pitcher in baseball. As a Mets fan, I really don’t know what to do with that.
They’ve had the best pitcher in baseball before, like in ‘69 ‘73 ‘75 and ‘85 but yeah it’s been awhile hasn’t it. Enjoy it!
APRIL
18@ PHI
7:05 PM
19 @ PHI
3:55 PM
20@ PHI
8:05 PM
Oh Johan PLEASE pitch that Sunday night game. THIS IS AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGG =)
NOW WE’RE TALKIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WAY TO GO OMAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A lot of those dimwits calling for Omar to be fired should be eating a lot of humble pie.
PURE GENIUS.
To snag the best pitcher in baseball without giving away anything.
Yankee and Bosox fans should be incensed. Their GMs just let the catch of the season, nay last 7 seasons just slip through their hands. LOL.
Damn.
Hot.
Damn.
Fantastic!
But Matt, it’s Santana, then Pedro not the other way around.
Awesome.
umm, i disagree.
Pedro
Santana
Maine
Perez
Hernandez/Pelfry
HELL YEAH!!!!!!!
M&M sound positively sad that this trade went down. It’s kind of odd.
And now moving on to talk about Jason Kidd… nice!
I’m so happy right now…
I will eat and enjoy my Crow should the Wilpon’s and Omar work out a long term deal…
Kudos to Omar…
Go take a vacation, Matt.
wow, wow, wooooooooooowwwww!
no we have a bona fide ace to compliment a healthy pedro, two rising studs in ollie and maine, and a solid (pending no injuries) 5th starter in el duque (granted we dont sign his brother, which prob wont happen but still…).
wow im still shocked, mainly because our offer was not the best, the yanks could have easily gotten him with hughes jult like the sox with lester. but omar was persistant and did not give up with his offer….
GREAT DAY TO BE A MET FAN!!!
(remember this isnt over yet, we still have to sign him, even if it takes 6 or 7 years and 20 mil a year to do so..)
Well I’ll be dipped.
Sorry to all for my disbelief and negative remarks.
Mostly to Omar and Matt.
I am a very happy Met fan again.
I’m going to go repair the window over here by my computer now….
all the yankee fans in my office are raining on my parade…
Prediction…
Johan WILL win the Cy Young this year.
Typically, when a pitcher switches leagues (going from AL to NL) their first year ERA decreases by a full run per game.
Couple this with the fact that he will be leaving the homerdome to a pitcher friendly park like Shea, and you have the makings for an absolutely dominant season.
Bring it on!!!
Second place to Petey
i rather have pedro win it…cus he really deserves to be remembered as the best pitcher ever…cus some texan pumped steroids…
This is my first post saving it for a special occasion. I checked this sight everyday 100 times a day just like everyone else. Kudos to Matthew Cerrone for his amazing coverage of the Santana talks. You believed…we believed…and the NL East Gotta Believe!
There is a chill in Philadelphia and Atlanta tonight. I’m not going to say the Mets are the team to beat but the Mets just got back into the conversation in a big way!
HEY….YOU BROKE YOUR CHERRY!!!
Listening to the FAN… WHO CARES ABOUT JASON KIDD! HE WANTS TO GET TRADED EVERY YEAR….
Hey dipshits…. The Mets just traded for Santana…. No wonder you two schmucks weren’t picked for PTI
it stinks that wfan and 1050 have to talk football right now.
from phillienation.com
“Well, crap.
USA Today is reporting a four-for-one swap , as the Mets will send Phillip Humber, Carlos Gomez, Kevin Mulvey and Deoils Guerra to the Mets for the All-World left-hander.
More on this to come, but a few knee-jerk quick thoughts:
1. The Mets stole this one. They didn’t have to give up their No. 1 prospect.
2. The Mets are suddenly the favorite to win both the East and the NL.
3. We’re in trouble.”
they scared man
hahahahah be scared for life.
BEST DAY EVER! well so far this year!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
atta boy Matt and Omar! I’m buying you a beer at Shea if I ever see you there. where’s your seat. you the man!!
now just pass the physical Johan
from phillienation.com:
“Well, cr*p.
USA Today is reporting a four-for-one swap , as the Mets will send Phillip Humber, Carlos Gomez, Kevin Mulvey and Deoils Guerra to the Mets for the All-World left-hander.
More on this to come, but a few knee-jerk quick thoughts:
1. The Mets stole this one. They didn’t have to give up their No. 1 prospect.
2. The Mets are suddenly the favorite to win both the East and the NL.
3. We’re in trouble.”
they are scared
Oh My God, this is the greatest news ever! By the way, I’m new here, my buddy Saltzy23 turned me on to this site. I cannot believe we got Johan. I think we’re right here with the Yankees and Red Sox in terms of World Series favorites.
By the way, Saltzy 23 owns and wears a Braves jersey. Just thought I’d rib him a little bit in my first post. It’s a Greg Maddux jersey, so he justifies it by saying that he’s a great pitcher. But it’s a Braves jersey nonetheless…traitor.
Back to reality…this is the greatest news ever! Let’s go Mets!
you trying to get your buddy hurt? You shouldn’t rat on friends dude… lol
from phillienation.com
“Well, cr*p.
USA Today is reporting a four-for-one swap , as the Mets will send Phillip Humber, Carlos Gomez, Kevin Mulvey and Deoils Guerra to the Mets for the All-World left-hander.
More on this to come, but a few knee-jerk quick thoughts:
1. The Mets stole this one. They didn’t have to give up their No. 1 prospect.
2. The Mets are suddenly the favorite to win both the East and the NL.
3. We’re in trouble.”
they are scared man
Well think of it this way…
We got Santana for 4 of the top 5 prospects we have…
& Let’s also think of it this way too. I’m as happy as every other mets fan screaming in their office and getting carpal tunnel syndrome from this excessive typing, but I’m going to think rationally.
Say we sign Johan to 6 years 140 mil. How well will he hold up over that stretch?
What about Carlos Gomez? Will he become an Alex Rios type of player for the Twins? or will he become another Alex Escobar?
Will Guerra have success on a major league level? Or will he become another overhyped Mets prospect?
Will Mulvey be seasoned enough? How well will he do?
What about Humber? Is Tommy John Surgery going to hurt him?
I hate to ponder these questions now, but even if let’s say Gomez becomes Alex Rios, Guerra becomes Oliver Perez 2.0, & Mulvey becomes Ted Lilly…we still lucked out on this trade. We scored.
regardless of what the prospects become, it is a good trade from the standpoint of not crippling the team in 2008, while still keeping guys for 2009 (Pelf, possibly Martinez).
Now they have to avoid a huge rash of injuries, and likely dip into FA pool next year.
Now lets hope he is healthy, and the next wave of prospects come fast.
Crap, does this mean we’re out of the Kyle Lohse sweepstakes?
Oh my god No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We can’t be.
Kyle Loh-she > ALL
Doesn’t he want like 4/40? He is serious? I love baseball.
Gotta take this time to join my fellow fans in celebration!
Woo-hoo!
Can’t wait for the season to begin!
sorry…my post got deleted
Everybody Clap Your Hands
CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP
what an awesome trade! know what i’m sayin?
YESSSSS!!!!!!!
Now on Mets.com SWEET!!!!!!!!
This is just crazy. I am as big a Mets fan as the next guy (or girl) on this site, but how the hell did we pull off this steal? We gave away very little for what ESPN keeps referring to as “the best pitcher of the last decade” and “the best pitcher on the planet!!!”
Awsome HUH! I bet even the Omar haters are congratuating him cause he got us the better deal! Sucks to be a Twins fan I bet! GO METS GO METS GO METS GO METS GO METS
Beerleaguer: The sounds of our “small splashes” never sounded so small, because this is a tidalwave, causing a flood that will submerge the rest of the National League East for six or seven years. Baseball’s best pitcher belongs to the Mets, set to anchor the rotation for years to come while canceling out our best hitters head-to-head.
Introducing the winner, and new champion, of the 2008 off-season, and possibly much, more more: Johan Santana and the New York Mets, who’ve just stuck it right up the Phillies’ butts.
at least the ticket price increase is justified…!!
DIBS on the getting the first #57 jersey!
From MetsBlog on December 8, 2007
…since the Yankees and Red Sox will not part with more than one or two of their best prospects, acquiring up to five or six semi-developed, high-ceiling players from the Mets is starting to be Minnesota’s most attractive option, and they’re comfortable with that – especially considering that santana can ‘strongly suggest’ he end up in Queens, seeing as he has a full no-trade clause…as such, the Mets and Twins have essentially agreed upon what players can and cannot be involved in the trade, and so it’s now up to santana and his agents to frame out a contract extension…
Thank you Matt. You had this thing from the start and it was really really impressive.
Nice job all the way Matt!!!! It has been a pleasure to follow this story on this site.We all have gone nuts together. I wish I could hug you all.
In Omar we trusted he did it. Fantastic job.
Now Fred will do his job and spend the money. Fantastic also.
I am so excited. We’ll analyze this later but what a great deal, we keep FMart and Pelfry. Everyone gets better…the starters, the offense, the bull pen.
OH Man I can’t wait for the season to start. I started to doubt at the end but kept believing that Omar could pull this off. AND HE DID.
Number 57 is coming to Shea.
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
A. If the ebb and flows of this story and its ultimate culmination does not validate metsblog.com as not just a fan site but a legitimate media source, I don’t know what does.
B. This is truly wonderful news, and once its a done, done deal, I will be even more elated. The Mets needed this so badly, not only from a talent-perspective, but from a PR perspective. I have always worn my mets hat with pride, now I hope some others will too and the wave of negativity that had overwhelemed this fan community since last September, will finally come to a calm.
Good to hear from you, Constanza. Where ya’ been? Fleeing from the habitual whiners and “Fire Omar!” cretins who’ve tried to colonize the site?
I’d like to see them try to find the dark cloud in this news.
Point B is very well said.
dont listen to M&MD – they keep harping on if the mets will get the extension done, saying it would be ripping the jersey off his back – ughhhhhhhhh !!
angry Yankee fan! That’s awesome
I used to like fatscesa but I can’t stand his arrogance anymore. Who ever proclaimed him genius?
Four guys in our rotation that can easily win at least 15 games
we’re going streaking!!! fine, just running without my hat and scarf…
mike f. just can’t say anything positive about the mets…they pull off a great trade, and all he can say is “they better not go down that road, unless they want to get to the end of the street”
hahaha i was sittin in class pressed refresh and i saw that we got him and the kid behind me is a mets fan he saw it and then we jsut started goin nuts!! dont remember wat happend after thatl lol but wee goot johann
YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAA
M&MD SUCK! If he was a Yankee today, you’d NEVER hear the end of it. I have to listen to Ian Eagle talk about the Nets and now have to listen to Antonio Pierce.
They phoned in that coverage and gave us NO vig. So let down by those clowns.
i’m born again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! after last year i just want something like this happens. now to get ready for spring training
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thats all i can say.
LETS GO METS!
Where is that video of Johan pitching again I’d love to see that now haha.
Can it be that we got him for only these 4 players?
I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Hey Matt…Are you going to post a new CONFIDENCE RATING POLL? I know you posted one earlier, but with the Santana news, I want to see how high the confidence reched!
This feels just like the day we got Carter. Woo-hoo!
My sentiments exactly. I remember that day well, because I was jumping up and down and pumping my fists in the air just like we had just won the World Series… which we eventually did… haha !!
I told you. I want to pitch for the Mets, now I pitch for the Mets. Let’s go win a World Series. Free tickets for everyone on MetsBlog.com to boot (part of my contract).
Hey Johan…Can I have your auto-graph?
hey johan stay away from the ny taxi cabs for transportation please
Yea Johan while your buying everybody tickets can you send us all your autograph so it will be worth alot when you go into the Hall of Fame! Oh yea and welcome to the best team in the Major Leagues!
From Beerleaguer:
The sounds of our “small splashes” never sounded so small. This is a tidalwave, causing a flood that will submerge the rest of the National League East for six or seven years. Baseball’s best pitcher belongs to the Mets, set to anchor the rotation for years to come while canceling out our best hitters head-to-head.
Introducing the winner, and new champion, of the 2008 off-season, and possibly much, more more: Johan Santana and the New York Mets, who’ve stuck it right up the Phillies’ butts.
Hey Matt, can we get a new confidence poll going right now?
10
10
10
10
10
10
Johan is a helluva hitter.
So do we start the Mark Teixiera watch now!??!?
We’re on a roll here!
I don’t think I could deal with that for another 12 months.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATS ALL ON A JOB………………….DONE!!!!!!!!
Holy crap you gotta love turning on the radio and hearing that news!!!! Wow I think the people on the parkway thought I was nuts but who cares we got JOHAN!!!!
Great post nychurch111.
The Mets are in PRIME position to win the NL East now. Omar has done a great job this offseason, starting with the Milledge trade. Sure, he could be a good player for the Nationals next year but getting Brian Schneider and Ryan Church to fill 2 huge holes will be extremely important. I think Church will have a big season batting in our 7th hole. Having said that, I think we need to sign Kevin Mench or trade for a guy like Matt Murton (who is on the trading block in Chicago) to platoon with Church and play against lefties. Omar has also made some nice moves to help the bullpen (Wise, Register, Stokes). He got rid of Mota and his contract for nothing. He picked up Angel Pagan as an emergency outfielder which I think will be key if god forbid the injury bug appears. With the Santana trade, we were able to keep F-Mart (our #2 objective during this process, next to getting Johan himself, of course) … AND we keep Pelfrey who will be able to go back to AAA with no pressure on him to start the season and get back into the same form he was in during last year’s spring training. I am EXTREMELY excited about what this team will be able to accomplish after all of these upgrades, including the acquisition of the best pitcher in baseball (how great does it feel to say that!!)
Awesome awesome post.
Dear Mr. Minaya,
HOLY CRAP…THANK YOU…
Love,
diehardmetsfan
ps…the coverage by metsblog has been amazing because I was able to get minute to minute updates, seeing that I checked the page about 15 times today before I found out
VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for this blog. It took ESPN 30 minutes to post the news.
Just posted this on that Phillies blog…
A Beer at the new Citi Field – $10
Authentic MLB Johan Santana Mets Jersey – $150
Projected Salary for Johan Santana – $23 Million annually
Collective groan coming out of the rest of the NL East – Priceless
Hey J-RollS, got anymore predictions?
LETS GO METS
priceless
I cant wait until Johan strikes out Rollins at shea stadium and the place goes absolutly nuts!!
Ryan Howard was spotted taking right handed battting lessons
Congradulations guys. I hope we (the Twins) get a decent return on our investment. He is a special player to watch. When he is pitching try and get seats on either base line inside the bases to watch pro hitters look foolish when he pulls the string on his pitches. Nothing better in the game to see. This is a vey sad day for Twins fans.
You do get some very good prospects in return though. A prospect is a prospect but you get some nice ones.
Twins fan, you are ALL Class, bro. Thanks for the well wishes. May Gomez and Guerra get you into the 2016 WS, right after Johan retires.
Gotta give it up for Teams and fans like the Twins that do not have (or are unwilling to allocate) the funds like the Yanks, Sox & Mets of the MLB.
The Twins Scouting is prob. the best in baseball. You guys will be fine, but will never be able to keep your guys if managment doesn’t open their wallet.
You are getting a potential star in Guerra. Gomez & Humber will be serviceable, and the Jury is still out on Mulvey but he has a very high ceiling as well.
Good luck, and I can’t wait to see the first game Johan pitches.
I think you will be more than happy saying the same thing about Guerra in a few years. And Gomez, if he can handle that roof will catch anything and everything in CF.
Its a great day to be a Mets fan indeed, but I think the Twins have restocked well, and given themselves a young team capable of contending for a 3-5 year run after a down year or two.
Very Classy comment from a Twins fan. Now dont all you idiots who went to the Twins and Phillys sites to talk trash feel like the low down white trash you really are?
Excellant post from a classy Twins fan, Now don’t you white trash mets fans feel real low and sorry for going to other teams blogs and taking trash?
Thanks for that comment & showing class by not booing your general manager about getting better prospects. Hopefully this works out in the long run for both sides, & hopefully Gomez becomes a top notch OF, Humber, Guerra, & Mulvey become part of the Starting Rotation or Bullpen w/ Liriano…
Good Luck to you next season, & you have some bright spots in your future…that comment was one of the best I’ve seen all day.
why did matt take the baseball card of johan down off his post? i need more than one source…
Again… does anyone have that link to that johan pitching performance that was up recently?
Tears of joy…
Pay the man Freddie. Pay the man!
I came.
It is a saying that has been around since the day after Abner Doubleday first tossed a small round ball in Cooperstown, NY. “Pitching and defense” wins pennants. The Mets have improved their pitching and defense this off summer. ‘Nuff said about the Met’s offseason.
before you guys criticize Francesa all he is saying is that if for some reason the Mets don’t sign Santana all of us would be heartbroken.
But why is he discussing that? The Mets just traded for Santana, and know what it will take to sign him. Why would they have agreed to the players if they won’t agree to the money? OF COURSE they will sign him, and the fact that he keeps bringing up IF they don’t is just bitter, unecessary, and the reason I only listen to ESPN 1050 Radio now.
If the Skanks got him MFran’s comments on the contract negotiations:
“Dog, its a done deal. No way they announce this and not make the deal. No Way!”
It won’t let me retake the Confidence Poll. My vote just went up two notches!
Johan just do me a favor stay away from the taxi cabs as your transportation I beg you
huh?
please explain.
duanar better play that bitc* speaking of taxi incidets
glavine duaner both got into taxicab accidents
Do I hear anyone cryin over a Mr. Glavine now ????? WOW!!! who would have thunk?????
metscam — I guess you are the moron after all.
go on sny they have been talkin bout johan since 5 its amazin
speaking of taxi cabs. Duanar Sanches is actually gonna play this year right? or is he still gonna be a bitch and not play!
Hes going to be in the bullpen for sure! I just read about it somewhere ! I thought he was hurt last season and thats why he didnt play!
(AP) Police in Atlanta and Philadelphia report a mysterious upsurge in suicides.
::considers quitting job to follow the mets around the country::
To think about what the Omar doubters are doing right now… Is the biggest pleasure of all time.
Is Duanar gonna play or still be a bitch speaking of taxi incidents
now we can pontificate on weather or not he will be able to preform in New York
so it looks like its gonna be:
1)Johan Santana
2)Pedro Martinez
3)Ollie Perez
4)John Maine
5)El Duque
I would like to think El Duque will be in the pen
1)Johan Santana
2)Pedro Martinez
3)Ollie Perez
4)John Maine
5)Mike Pelfrey
I doubt it.
Pedro
Santana
Maine
Perez
El Duque
Pelfrey starts the year in AAA.
i think i shed some tears inbetween jumpin up and down and screaming in joy
Where is Firemetsmanagement now??????
I was about to say that.
What happened to the part of the articvle that said a fat radio host would eat the egg off his face. CLASSIC!!!
I guess this means we won’t be retiring Eric Valent’s #57. I.O.W.T.
I have to sing, I’m so friggin’ happy:
You’ve got to change your evil ways… baby
Before I stop loving you.
You’ve go to change… baby
And every word that I say, it’s true.
You’ve got me running and hiding
All over town.
You’ve got me sneaking and peeping
And running you down
This can’t go on…
Lord knows you got to change… baby.
When I come home… baby
My house is dark and my pots are cold
You’re hanging ëround… baby
With Jean and Joan and a who knows who
I’m getting tired of waiting and fooling around
I’ll find somebody, who won’t make me feel like a clown
This can’t go on…
Lord knows you got to change
wow .. just wow ..
so is El Dugue a shoe-in for that 5th spot or does pelfrey have a shot?
I think I’m actually drunk
Thanks for the sny tip!
I’m just gonna put this out there….but everyone really needs to truly appreciate how great of a source we have in Matt and everyone at Metsblog. He has come through time after time with as legitimate of information as there is. That’s something that can’t be undervalued. That being the case, we should all consider sending in a little present $$$ showing our appreciation. After all, this is his job. Why not tip him after an incredible job. I know I will be
100%. He is THE ONLY reporter/journalist/blogger who had a beat on this Santana thing the whole time
He still takes tips, even with the SNY Deal?
Time for all you Omar bashers to eat some crow and jump back on the bandwagon!!
Great trade for us, a steal if you will. Its a shame though that it will go to waste because or bullpen is still garbage, our shortstop is still going to break down when it counts, our third baseman is a flaming homosexual, and John Maine and Oliver Perez our two other “Aces” are only seen as good by our biased fanbase when in reality they are drastically overrated.
Yeah right Mr Yankee86. Your insecurity is showing Hank.
I was thinking more like MrPhillie86
Any body else want to kick MrMet86 in the balls! You got any more rude comments to say about our awsome team! I don’t think you can bring us down though this is the best day for any Mets fan this year so far!
tuh-roll
When did A-Rod become our thirdbaseman?
can any one photo shop a mets jersey with santana on the back with 57
mets got johan no martinez included,but i really wanted to keep carlos gomez. but the mets want that champion ship so bad this year could be it. signing johan no problem
isee six years 130 million and an option
This couldn’t have worked out better if the four players are true.
Even with Johan, Pelfrey would be missed this year as a 6th starter option. Humber and Mulvey are guys who can be more easily replaced. Gomez, despite his talent and great humble personality, wont really be missed, but FM would be. They gave up just enough, and kept what they will need in the near and not so near future.
In the words of Clark Griswold….. HALLELUJAH!….. HOLY $HIT!….. WHERE’S THE TYLENOL?…….
Thank you sooooo much Omar………
the man can pitch and the man can hit as well.
the last 4 years his numbers are just superb. 183 hits allowed in 219 innings. add in 235K’s and you know he has great stuff. He did give up 33 homers so let’s face it, he is not superman. In fact he is not Pedro Martinez in Pedro’s dominating years. He’s just the best pitcher in baseball the last 4 years.
Frankly I would like to reduce his innings to around 200. We will need him for the post-season so keeping him strong is important.
I think he should get the opening day since he is our ace.
nice pick-up!!!!!
Time for all you Omar bashers to eat some crow and jump back on the bandwagon!!!
these are the first two comments on the trade as cut and pasted from AaronGleeman.com (mostly Twins site)
Smith blinked on the Delmon Young trade and included Morlan instead of Rincon.
Now it appears that Smith blinked in the Santana trade and didn’t force anyone to include a premier prospect.
I can see other GM’s already circling like vultures looking for a Nathan trade.
NIH | 01/29/08 – 4:44 pm | #
Gravatar I cannot believe this is the deal we made….
We went from Cabrera/Hughes or Lester/Crisp/or Ellsbury to this???
Well, we’ve now traded two changeup throwing, Cy Young Award winning lefties to the Mets…
Frankie Machine | 01/29/08 – 4:47 pm | #
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Hmmm. . . . Well, I think they’ll be pleasantly surprised by Gomez. Not sure about Humber or Mulvey, but Guerra could be a beast, too. If both Humber and Mulvey can be serviceable ML starters, they’ll have made a stellar deal, considering the fact that what they gave up was one year of Santana. And OH YEAH — where exactly was Smith’s leverage, Twinkie fans?
omg i have checked this site literally, probably every 10 minutes since october, and i would like to say…that it was all worth it!! Im so excited im gunna piss myself, i may actually get drunk tonight, even though its tuesday and i have a huge speech due tomorrow… :-) :-)
Link of Johan pitching from a few weeks ago. Watch and drool. HE”S OURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cut and paste:
startribune.com/video/11669006.html
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!! Just launched T-Shirts for everyone!!!!!!
I’m excited we kept FMart… Think he’ll be something special.
Did you read from SI.com that Omar almost snuck Sosa in there instead of Humber? Good try, Big O.
I’ve thought all along that 6/120 will do it.
Why do people keep asking the Mets should go 5 years at 22 or 25 a year, instead of 6 at 20. Is it insurance?
But, wouldn’t you rather have Santana for 6/120 or 5/115?
The union will pressure Johan to get more than Zito. And, yes the 5 yrs is an insurance issue.
Link of Johan pitching from a few weeks ago. Watch and drool. HE”S OURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cut and paste: startribune.com/video/11669006.html
Link of Johan pitching from a few weeks ago. Watch and drool. HE”S OURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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startribune.com
/video/11669006.html
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Ignore this last one. Thought I had to hide the web address to not be blocked.
Ignore last post; thought I had to hide the web address.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!! T-Shirts for everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi, folks, can I have my jock strap back?
We still have to sign Livan and move Pelfery and El duque to the pen
It’s a great day to be a Mets fan. We got the best pitcher in baseball and did not even have to give up our top prospect.
Johan-Pedro-Maine-Perez-Duque/Pelfrey = World Series
Words can’t describe how ecstatic I am…. seriously…
It was hilarious watching Peter Gammons break this on ESPN, seeing as how he’s been saying all along that our prospects sucked and that we didn’t have the players to even make a deal happen.
Ah, but he’s the INSIDER who is BREAKING THIS NEWS . . . .
Ah, “BSPN”. . . .
Looks like head scout of the Twins, Joe McCalvaine, who wanted the Mets trade the whole time, made up for his Dykstra/McDowell for Juan Samuel trade.
It scares me that I liked that trade when it happened.
I just woke up new jersey by saying “YEAH BITCH”
Fatso & Fruit Loops:
“So the Mets take Santana off the Twins’ hands…”
I am lovin’ it.
How much is MLB Extra Innings on DirecTV and MLB.tv for the entire year? I gotta plan now as I´m an out of the country insane Mets Fan. Haven´t felt this good since they announced the signing of Carlos Beltran one afternoon years ago.
Thank you Omar. Thank you so much.
Go Mets!
Tomorrow is my Birthday….. and I couldn’t imagine a better present than this!!!!!!
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thank god we dint give zito all that $
Over/under on the PCT of Ryan Howard’s ABs against Santana that result in Ks?
thank god we didnt give all that $ to zito
Jock strap? Back?
Sorry dude. It must suck to be a fan of such a small market team. That said, the Twinkies have excellent souts and you got a lot of upside in thie deal for, what is in effect, one year of Johan plus the honor of paying him $150 million to the Mets.
What is this we hear from olney and such clowns about Johan “breaking down” and possibly failing the physical? Clue us in, Twins fans!
this is for all the doubters, SUCK IT. Omar delivered, he got it done. Mets in ‘08!
I was doing an all-day photo shoot for a client and I just found out! My brother left me frantic voicemail and I came straight to metsblog! I am so psyched for Omar and the whole Mets franchise! Matt, you did a whale of a job covering this story through all of the (real or percieved) twists and turns. Oh yeah, and NRMAX- whatever the he’ll the rest of your handle is…you can kiss my hairy beanbag, you know-it-all know-nothing. It’s a great day in Metsville!! Where’s the grain alcohol?!!
thank god we didnt give zito all that $
Congrats, Mets fans, our our selection of Bill Smith as GM. This may be the single worst deal at the time made in the history of baseball. Ok, I’m being dramatic. Second worst.
Don’t worry, when we win the World Series will put a 50 second memorandum to the twins on the jumbo-tron
Twinsfan, we feel your pain. Remember we were the team that traded young Nolan Ryan, and then Tom Seaver in his prime. Not to mention that Rick Aguilera guy. Tough it out dude, better days are ahead for you, too.
and just like that all eyes on the mets this year.
i expect alot of more mets fans now.
mets win 101 games this year
and now u can start clapping and cheering for omar minaya and he will get a extension and start buying them johan santana jerseys baby
Omar’s earned a reprieve after a ver disappointing 2007 season/off-season. Now the Wilpons have to pony up some of their unending stash of cash, and all will be good.
Down the line, this may turn out to be a Viola-like deal. Monster years to any starter is always asking for trouble, and the Twins certainly are getting some promising, cheap youngsters and they have a top notch system to develop them in. The worst thing for them to do is to stick Gomez in CF this year. That kid seriously needs a year at AAA. But hell, that’s their problem.
For the Mets. BAM, instantly top of the heap again in the NL East, and all of a sudden, that’s a scary, eclectic mix of arms they’re throwing out there (Johan, Pedro, OP, Maine, El Duque, Pelfrey) even if a couple of them breakdown along the way.
Plus with F-Mart still in the fold, the teenage Latin pipe still humming and 3 picks in the top 33 coming up in June, the farm will be replenished fairly quickly.
can someone give Omar a pat on the back? For all those haters, saying he was sleeping, doing nothing, this is for you. He got it done, he did it. Simply amazing. Goes to show you that hyper reactive fans on metsblog are what they are, clueless.
I agree! In Omar we believed………and he delivered!!!!
Yes, Omar, we now know what you were sayin.
This was a tremendous trade!!!! Everyone comes out a winner!!!! Twinkies got some real good talent. Mets got themselves an ace and DIDN’T OVER PAY!!!!!!!!!
LETS GO METS!!!!
Matt,
What are you going to write about now?
Haha
OMG i was following this whole afternoon…on my 1000000000000000000000000 refresh click of the day, there it was “mets land santana” i was jumping for freaking joy. I told everyone right away.
METS ACTUALLY HAVE HIM
we may not have the best 1,2 punch…but we have the best 1,2,3,4,5 punch=)
Matt if you’re looking for a quote for tonights show I dont think you can go wrong with the earlier post:
Comment by Juuu know what I’m Sayin?
2008-01-29 16:46:10
I’m h@rd.
Pithy and to the point
YA GOTTA BELIEVE, BABY ; YA GATTA BELIEVE!!!!
Well…..let’s start with all the “Omar Haters” who kept up with the “JUST ADD F-MART AND GET IT DONE ALREADY !!!” comments……..
Great negotiating skills there all !!
Can’t wait until he signs the extention so I can target the “FREDDIE COUPONS” clowns !!!! :-)
Way to be patient Omar !!!!
Yay! Santana! Will there be pressure on Santana to help the Mets Rebound from 2007? Hopefully theMets don’t get too dependant on him
WOW We did it, CONGRATS OMAR! I’ll be watching EVERY game next year for sure now!
/me puts on Met cap
LETS GO METS!
Wow, some fan you are, You weren’t going to watch the games? Only wear your cap when the Mets get good news. Poseur.
LOL
Great trade, great day to be a Mets fan, but lets be sober about what we gave up. Bill Smith did a good job, all things considered. Gomez, while far from a sure thing, is likely going to be a pretty good player. And I’m willing to bet that at least two of Humber, Mulvey and Guerra will be winning pitchers in the big leagues for years to come. The Twins must believe that too, because as we all know, their scouts and talent evaluators are among the best in all of baseball.
Once again, we can all rejoice in our outstanding GM, who did what he had to do and got this deal done without having to give up FMart, Heilman, Pelfrey, or Church. Great job by Omar for holding out.
Great job Omar
AND Now what did you think about OMARRRRR???
Thank you, Omar! Met fans……God bless us, everyone one!
Oh yeah, and F you Mike Fatsesser! You Yankee blowhard! ESAD!
Yay!
But wait! With Gomez gone, who is going to smell our bats to make sure that they don’t have corks in them?
WOW. Just….WOW
I was over at my girlfriends place for her birthday, so I COMPLETELY missed out on all this craziness, and then I come online at the beginning of my night class and see this. I almost shouted out with joy….this is INCREDIBLE. First the Giants make the Super Bowl, then the Mets get Santana a week later…it’s a good time to be a fan right now (of the Mets/Giants anyway).
By the way, can you say: METS ARE THE TEAM TO BEAT.
also, I just went on some ESPN forums, and the Twins fans seem pretty depressed about how they got fleeced. It sure feels nice to finally be on the right side of one of these trades…
I grew up with Shea and the Globe outside my window. A few years ago my brother decided he was not a Yankees fan along with my other brother. This year is going to be great for me and the rest of my Met Lovin family. I’m proud for Omar and what he’s accomplished. He’s made us all proud.
A great day for Mets fans everwhere. Now, after Omar signs Johan to a nice 6-year extension, he can focus on locking up O. Perez to an extension as well. Also, a Kevin Mench-type to share time with Church in right would bring it all together. I’m ready for Opening Day!
omar got him by default, but give him credit for not caving on martinez. still, he was third best here, but had the most interest. anybody could have made this deal, even steve phillips.
no steve phillips would have given up reyes and wright and maine and perez and FMart and everyone else. Omar did good, but he didnt pull off a miracle
Matt, I think you are due a measure of gratitude for your reporting. For me, you became the main source of information about the Santana saga and the only source that remained untainted by the anti-Met bias which pervades the New York media. From the beginning, driven by the likes of Buster Olney (whose distaste for the Mets dates back to his days with the Times), it was unthinkable that the Mets could ever secure Santana in the trade, running down the entire Mets farm system in the process. Metsblog, to its credit, paid little heed to the New York media and national media which appears to have taken its lead from the New York media and looked, instead, to the Minnesota press which had a far more honest assessment of the situation. Though the Minnesota press was reporting that Santana preferred the Mets from the beginning, the New York media (Olney, Francesa et al) ignored that fact and kept at the Yankees-Red Sox dance in play. One thing that I believe you did report a while back, but has gotten little attention since is the relationship between Santana and Luis Castillo. Why the signing of Castillo was viewed as a good albeit rather boring move, I wonder if the decision to sign him was to help lure Santana to the Mets. It certainly didn’t hurt if, as you reported, the Mets were Santana’s first choice. I also wonder if Santana’s drop off in the second half had more to do with Castillo’s trade that with any physical problems that Olney, Stark et al were injecting into the drama. Many thanks for a great job!!
The Mets win! The Mets win it! The Mets win the Santana sweepstakes!!!
Kudos to Omar for not overpaying. We gave up real value, no doubt. I expect to see at least two of the prospects we sent to MPLS grow up to be excellent major leaguers. Johan should bring us into real contention and hopefully, playoff success.
Yes, yes, yes, it was all worth it, following this painful drama from day to merciless day.
Now let’s sign ‘em and get this done!
ALMOST 500 COMMENTS!!!!!!!!!! AND ITS WORTH IT, WE GOT JOHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is just goooooodddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
when i hurd he was on the market this offseason i was like he’s a met…got a little scared when they talked bout the redsox deal during the gm meetings i was like well hes a bosox but then things turned…and he didnt go anywhere few weeks later mets got into the convo…i was like he’s ours its up to the twins….
the magic eightball says ask later
huh?
i agree with signing a RH platoon for RF, but let el duque pitch from the rotation. the idea got thrown around on this site but omar has said el duque will be a starter and rightfully so. We all got teased by the idea because his last 3 appearances were in relief and he did well but lets not kid ourselves. This guy is a starter! He has been his whole career and can still go out there for 6 innings and fool any hitter in baseball. When you have Feliciano, Heilman and Wagner backing that up, I say El Duque is the right man to take the ball every 5th day.
I was, as well. This is the precise package I thought might be appropriate, but I didn’t think Team Twink would take it. I hereby bar myself from any future criticism of this deal that doesn’t acknowledge that I thought it was a great trade at the time.
I completely agree with you LUNT101 el duque is a better starter I think he just can go out there in the begining of the game for 6 good innings! I also say that El Duque is the right man for the 5th spot. I have total faith that he will do a good job as a starter than a closer in the bull pen.
Mine is October 15th, the day the Mets in 1986 emerged victorious in that monster of a game against Houston. Here’s to that happening again this year!!!