Read: Santana is the Talk of Baseball
MLB.com’s Marty Noble shares a story about the Mets assistant GM, Tony Bernazard, and Joe McIlvaine (former Mets GM and current Twins scout) being in the Dominican Republic and seemingly out of the loop during the final stages of the trade.
“When [McIlvaine] bumped into Bernazard at the airport in Santo Domingo, he learned that Bernazard was unsure how far the talks had gone.
As McIlvaine recounted the chance meeting, he quoted their conversation — in a whisper, as if the news still were secret: ‘I don’t know. Do you? Do you know what players are involved?’”
…with all of the technology in this world i find it crazy that two key people may have been left in the dark when it finally went down, but an amusing story nonetheless…
Noble goes on to discuss Johan Santana‘s contract demands and quotes an unnamed National League GM…
“I’m not saying it’s an easy number. He’s going to cost them more than they paid [Mike] Piazza or [Carlos] Beltran. But there’s no way they’ll let him get away now.
Santana’s so good, though, he’ll do so much for them. There’s not much chance of buyer’s regret.”
…agreed, and anxiously awaiting the ‘signed, sealed, and delivered’ announcement, whatever the final numbers may be…
