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According to Ken Rosenthal from FOXSports.com, during an appearance on SNY’s Daily News Live, Johan Santana is in the 
room with Mets representatives and his agents while negotiating what could end up being a seven-year deal in total, with an eighth-year option.
…next step has got to be a signature…
…sign, johan…sign…
…Update…5:50 pm…
…for what it’s worth, supper has been delivered to the negotiating table…i kid you not…
…Update…6:02 pm…
…seriously, this has to be a done deal, i would think…they’re not all together, in the same room, eating dinner, only to rip up the deal and go home, you know what i’m saying…
…Update…6:44 pm…
The Mets have issued a statement saying negotiations are complete and Santana is scheduled to take a physical.
…from what i can gather, the physical will be tomorrow…
…Update…6:46 pm…
…i have reason to believe the deal is for a guaranteed six years, and $137.5 million…as expected, he’ll stay under contract on his current deal, but paid roughly $7 million on top of that…i can’t confirm that with people connected to the team, though…
…Update…7:02 pm…
…santana’s agents also rep Jose Reyes, who has been invited to the press conference, which will almost certainly be next week…
its only a matter fo minutes now
i dont know but if they only gave them 2 hours it must be close their probably just working out the money for his incentives
SNY should host the press conference in the middle of 7th ave. MAKE A STATEMENT TO YANKEE YANKEES FANS. STOP TRAFFIC.
The 6:02 update is one of the greatest Matt Cerrone quotes of all time — let’s not forget that Matt is, above all, a fan — and even he needs some confirmation from his fellow fans sometimes that this is gonna get done.
i was a fan of the supper one
Dearest Met fans,
This has been a long three days off sweat, blood, tears, and sweat mixed with blood and tears. I would just like to wish everyone a happy hour of hope as we come down to the wire in this ridiculous event of baseball offseason trades. God knows we all need a little bit of Johan in times like this. Henceforth, lets all grab a pen, and a piece of loos-leef and all at the same time write in script. Johan Santana. Then cross the t. After, pray that voodoo is real. Im bored. Lets go mets. Thank you thanks a lot everyone. We all need Jesus. Thank you.
yo son….lets get johan…then trade him for barry zito
get this deal done now damnit
Did they order any champagne?
Is it Really done???? Give us the story Matt! Numbers? Years? He really signed? Come on Matt! I cant take it. You cant just say its done. What are the particulars?
You knew it was going to happen, especially with the two hour extension, however, it still made me uneasy till I heard that Santana signed!
beatking
HOLY SHNIT please GET THIS DONE
you mean…Holy FLURKING Shnit
You fargin sombastiches, you fargin eyesoles, I’m not even Swedish!
Knock down that wall. Knock down that wall. And knock down THAT fargin’ wall!!
baking powder?
Kang & Kodos are not Swedish
He Signed! YES BABY GO METS!
8 years
I’ll be dead by then
Johan is a Met guys, face it. My boss just scratched his eyes out waiting for this to happen….
He is in the Room and about to sign the contract. It can’ get any closer than this. Go METS!
its over im loving it
Please God, I promise to stop masterbating for 1 week……….2 days if you just let this happen. Amen.
hopefully u dont see a woman walking naked in her apartment, or hopefully rfk dosnt want to date you
IM OUT!
Oh c’mon! You’re the master of your domain, aren’t you???
that was JFK Jr.
yesss
JOHAN IN THE HOUSE! lol
Waiting for the “group hug”….
come on Johan…let all these people, including me take a collective breath because this has been a killer day….SIGN THE PAPERSS
I believe I saw the flares going up … I rolled out the red carpet and supplied the food and beverages!
OMFG FINALLY! party at Mathew’s house!!!
so close….sooo close
to quote David Starsky (Ben Stiller): “Do it….do it” Could be a landmark day in Metsville….
Yeah…this is happening. Too many positive factors at once. I am breathing easier now….
Around 7pm I expect to to open a nice bottle of bubbly.
Come on brother, sign the deal! :)
get out the Miller High Life soon!
Oh god, please…
Lets do this…… I have to go to work soon
Hey, What is all the hub about. Did they win? Oh, no, they just refinanced the new house that you will all pay for in double!
5:40 News: Johan just picked his nose.
5:42 News: Johan has picked up a pen.
5:47 News: Johan just put the pen back down
5:51 News: Johan just left the room to take a leak
5:55 News: Untold millions of Mets fans across New York just suffered sudden and permanant carpal-tunnel syndrom from hitting refresh over…and over…..and over….and over
Sign it Steff! I want you to! Sign it!
(From the movie “All The Right Moves” :-)
I am going to have a beer! I have never been involved in something like this before. I can’t get anything done. I wanted this to happen for the mets for a long time. Let hope he passes the physical. Just kidding! Way to go everyone great comments!
I have unstoppable diarrhea and I just threw up in my mouth…give him the pen FFS!!!!!
DO IT!!
My explosive diarrhea just exploded all over my new kittens face. He started to lick it. NOW I KNOW JOHAN WILL BE MINE!
Johan has entered the building! Next step, PEN TO PAPER!
did I read that right? 7 year deal with an 8th option? When did the contract get up to that many years?
Most likely counting this year as one of them
ah, thanks!
Just sign the deal so we can all relax and celebrate already! PLEASE!
Jooooooooooohannnnnnnnnn
Jooooooooooohannnnnnnnnn
Jooooooooooohannnnnnnnnn
the pic makes me happy, usually whenever cerrone puts up a picture depicting future events it comes true just like when we were up 7 with 17 left and he had this pic of mr met and the philly phanatic….oh wait
why ya gotta break balls…..
Sock Cucker
Can we please get the puff of white smoke now????
Johan’s new favorite english word:
LEVERAGE
yeah… i mean… wow… 8 years…
white smoke from the chimney…
LOLOL Very good.
An EIGHTH YEAR OPTION???? ISN*T THAT NEWS????
who said it’s a done deal????
We should all be invited to the press conference for suffering through all this.
DUDE…..
get rrrr done !…. I am just curious if anyone can help me ….when this extension is signed (please god) when will the physicals be done ?
Just don’t hurt that elbow while signing buddy.
Sign with your right hand johan…
AN EIGHTH YEAR? ISN’T THAT NEWS????
it’s not really news. Johan from the start wanted a 7-year extension. I think we all misinterpreted that to mean a 7-year contract. This contract is essentially a 6-year extension with an option for a 7th year, which I guess is the compromise that Johan’s camp made.
The Mets knew what they were getting into here. None of this should have been a surprise to them.
I’m getting the sneaking suspicion, or rather I’ve had it all along, that no one has any idea whatsoever what is actually being discussed in this contract. Right now you could find an “up to date” report, that says 5 years. ESPN actually is writing that the holup is over a 6th year added onto 5. All along we heard 6 or 7, 5 came out of the woodwork a couple of times, and now 8. Whatever. Give me the terms when it’s done.
Yeah, I think the confusion is between “extension” and “contract”. Johan is already signed for 2008, so when you hear 5 years, that means an extension after 2008, or effectively a 6-year contract.
I think this is where a lot of the confusion is coming from.
74 hours of discomfort is a small price to pay for 7 years of bliss…
You sound just like my mother on my 7th birthday when I complained about the quality of the presents.
Wow, what a week. I’m a Giants and Mets fan and I can’t figure what to concentrate on more, Johan Santana or the Super Bowl!!!
Johan, baby.
Johan.
All depends on what happens in the Super Bowl, bud.
Lets go Giants! (coming from a Jet Fan)
Butterfield 8 tonight to celebrate fellas. I’m bartending. Hooking up all Met fans. 38th between 5th and Madison!!
I thought he was on vacation?
COME ON JOHAN!!! SIGN!!! JUst grabbed a cold beer cause i DID SH&T at work today but refresh this website
Any truth to the rumor that Johan was seen standing in line at at a bodega in Flushing?
lmao
probably not.
who granted the extension? was it Twins or MLB? ESPN reports Twins…
ESPN is a bunch of idiots. The twins have absolutely nothing to do with this.
more drama cerrone!
Can’t wait until this happens. I do not have to listen to the “Just make it happen people” and the “Stop being cheap and just sign him people”. Even if they were in complete agreement of wanting to sign a contract, when you are talking 150 million it is a SERIOUS contract. It can’t just be jotted down on a napkin with an IOU on top. There is a lot to figure out about how the money gets paid out. Finally, the anxiety will be over for the worriers.
I will be happy when this happens just so i won’t have to hear the stupid phrase “Get Er Done!” again for awhile…
time out. . .seven with an optioned 8th year? i mean i get they had to. but wow. thats a massive contract.
I’m thinking a six-year Mets deal with an option seventh year, making it a seven-year deal total with an option eighth year (since year 1 is the Twins contract plus Mets bonus money). At least that’s how I read it. Of course, I”ve been wrong before….
IN OTHER NEWS: According to Rosenthal, Feliciano just signed to avoid ARBY– 1 year for 1.025M.
(Which makes me wonder who’s not in the room with the Johan Santanas.)
Nice.
I think Santana gave it to him…
espn news gonna talk about this next
Did Johan request a list of the area schools yet? Maybe that is the hold-up?
why arent comments posting????
Matt, if you ever get the chance to meet Santana you have to print out comments from all these posts and show them to him.
dont…it will put ridiculous pressure on him and i dont want to risk having him fold under that…although he has to know going into this that he is being looked at as a messiah come to take us to the ship.
Let’s play a game. Who can guess what’s going on in the conference room? Humor is allowed as long as its clean… also, refrain from curse words. Here’s my opinion:
INSIDE THE CONFERENCE ROOM:
Omar: Just sign the contract.
Santana’s agent: Not until we get that extra year.
Santana: I want to be a Met.
Omar: Then sign the contract.
Santana’s agent: Not until we get that extra year.
Santana: I want to be a Met.
Omar: Then sign the contract already!
Santana’s agent: Not until we get that extra year.
Santana: Let’s do a staring contest… whoever wins decides the final decision.
Omar: Deal!
Omar: Pass the salt please.
Santana: (Reaches for the salt)
Santana’s agent: (Elbows his player while whispering): Don’t do it…
Omar: Please pass the salt.
Santana’s agent: Not until we get that extra year.
Omar: Johan, I realize your last name is Santana. Have any songs you can play for us?
Johan: Yes
(Awkward Silence)
its being signed right now
Take out that Mount Blanc and sign away baby !!!!!
I feel like that dog in the Bud Light commercial except that I’m saying “Santana! Santana! San….TANA! Please!!! Santaaaaaaana!” instead of “sausage.”
hmmmm if they dont get johan this will be Omar and jeffs LAST SUPPER
And mine too as a Met fan. Just kidding. I’m a better person for all the disappointment. It’s like we’re a bunch of china on a dining table and someone always pulls the damn tablecloth out from under us.
They are forcing him to eat liver and onions until he signs.
I love liver and onions!
I just want this done and over with already…this WAITING GAME has sucked all the excitement I had about getting santana
freaking hell man, i want to go home…sign that shit dude…
ONE.
lol i love the supper update, cmon stop teasin us already and announce the deal!
matt ur doing a great job with the updates, keep em coming.
if santana goes to the bathroom we want to kno it! lol
What i wanna know is what the guys are eating haha
Yeah, but what’s for dinner? Come on, Matt….
“…Update…5:50 pm…
…for what it’s worth, supper has been delivered to the negotiating table…i kid you not… ”
What did they order?
Chinese take-out?
Chimichangas
whatever santana wants
MOFONGO!!!!!
I have decided that the NO ALCOHOL warning labels on the pills I am taking for my back are really more of a guideline, not a rule.
I need a beer to get through this nonsense!
Or, maybe they’re making him taste some nice NYC style cheesecake. He’ll fall in love with it, take 1 million a year, but 1 cheesecake per day.
We ain’t talkin’ Blanton here homey…hahaha. We’re talkin’ JOHAN!
Hopefully he doesnt fall in love with it like Livan Hernandez
Di everyone catch the update that dinner was literally delivered to the negotiating room? Geez we are not going to know until 7 it looks like
Once this deal gets done, can we officially bury the Freddy Coupon nickname we have been dealing with for years? The guy isn’t afraid to spend money, he just didn’t want to spend it on garbage like zito and meche. We aren’t the yankees and thus, don’t have to anticipate Carl Pavano’s salary coming off the books next year.
Yes indeed. When this deal gets signed we should never, ever hear about the Wilpons being cheap again. They ponied up for Piazza, Pedro, Beltran, Reyes and Wright when they didnt have to yet, and now for Johan freaking Santana. Arent we all glad now that we didnt foolishly spend on Zito? If we had signed Zito we wouldnt have Johan right now. We would be stuck with that bum and his albatross of a contract. The only gripe I had was with Vlad Guerrero. However I understood their hesitating due to his injury history. Zito as it turns out was a waste of money. They arent cheap, rather they just spend wisely. So all those who love to say Freddy Coupons, apologize and put it to rest. Lets Go Mets!
And while on the subject of spending money wisely I hope Omar takes a second look at Kyle Lohse’s career numbers before going after him. He is garbage. The better signing is Livan Hernandez to a 1 or 2 year deal. He is a horse who eats 200 innings a year. Great for the fifth spot and allows for El Duque to go to pen and Pelfrey to pitch in AAA where he belongs this year. Wilpons=Smart Spenders
Next sign Livan Hernandez. He is a smarter signing than Lohse who is terrible. Livan eats 200 innings a year and perfect for the 5 hole. Wilpons=Smart Spenders
freddy Garcia. That way we can see pelfry try to earn that 5 spot while Garcia rehabs.
They probably needed the extension because they couldn’t decide where to get takeout.
omg they better have the press conference on tv and on DVD later if he gets signed :D i would totally buy it
i hope that for this supper, Johan says “dont worry guys, i got the check”
Chinese? Did they negotiate over who would pick up the check?
It’s odd to me that the first we’ve heard of 8 yrs is coming from Rosenthal, who has really remained out of the mix, for the most part through this whole thing. That kinda leads me to buy it more than a lot of the other stuff, because it’s conceivable that this is the first time any solid info is actually available. I’m assuming that everything written by Stark or Olney was complete excrement.
This will be a great day for New York Mets Baseball.
maybe he’s asking if the new stadium will have International food stands?
Matt — did they say that champagne was being served with the supper?
Yes, and Willie is racing up to the room with his bottle back from September….
if they are, i HOPE no one says “now the champagne is that much sweeter”…cuz thats a jinx
Great….next time plant a bug on the dinner tray….and we will be all set…
Chinese? And did they negotiate over who would pick up the check?
BTW ….who uses the word supper anymore?….sorry it has been a long day..
i was thinkin the same thing
according to wikipedia. Supper is the term used for a late evening meal around 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM whilst dinner is a term referenced for a meal around 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
matt, what are you a fly on the wall outside the conference room or something?
Maybe they are eating pizza
I heard they are driving around NY looking for Dominican Food. Duaner’s driving.
If Subway sandwiches were the dinner that has just been delivered , my message to Johan is : “EAT THE SANDWICH!!!!!
and “SIGN THE PAPER”
Are you gonna finish that?
here we go again. Countdown. 1 hour.
This is like groundhogs day…which incidentally is tomorrow. Uh ohh.
hahahah…. can u imagine having to live this day over and over again???
NO! I have so much heart burn right now. Can’t do that agian.
Anyway congrats all you positive, funny, intelligent posting mets fans. We really got him!
Ahhh what the hell. Congrats to all the anoying randy quaid like fans a la the movie major league too.
Now let’s just pass that physical with flying colors.
I’m getting drunk tonight!!!!
Johan!!!!
I think the sticking point is that Santana wants to participate with the Pepsi Party Patrol once a month!
I’ll have one of the Santana jerseys, freakin’ pinstripe jersey with the ol’57 on it.
Next to the 17 Hernandez ‘86 jersey, oh man, that’s my wardrobe for the next damn year!!
COME ON!!!
DINO: Heh. After placing an order for Ye Olde 57 yesterday, I’ll have the same two in my regular rotation.
The Mets can’t give up all those prospects just for one year with Santana
Jon heyman sayign on SI.com its pretty much done. it has to be - they only ask for 2 more hours? they just need to cross the T’s and dot the I’s
They must be really work hard at it if they need to have dinner delivered. Its kinda like a trial and the jury can’t make a consective decision and were the audience pacing ourselves!
If the dinner they just delivered is from SUBWAY, my message to Johan is: EAT THE SANDWICH!!!!!!!
and SIGN THE PAPER.
Im glad they are eating bc i threw mine up when 5 came and went without a signature…
I’m having a disturbing mental image of everyone agreeing to the contract, backslapping and shaking hands, and just about to put a large, feathery pen to paper… just as a gigantic clock buzzes. It’s 7:01, and Santana gets magically whisked back to Minneapolis.
Any truth to the rumor that they were thinking of ordering the shrimp fried rice and kung pao chicken, but negotiations broke down?
The deal was to order those dishes respectively for each party but then SPLIT an order of pork dumplings. Negotiations fell through when Santana’s agents discovered that they didn’t steam dumplings at this place, only fried.
wow supper has been served? what’s next? tents have been delivered to the negotiating room?
Can companies check how many times you refreshed a page….I think i’m on about 9,999.
I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE SAYING.
This is almost as exciting as game 6 in Houston in ‘86
I think they basically asked for the extension so that they could negotiate the appetizer. They’re just farking with us at this point. :)
Come onnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Updated at 6:10 PM: FOOD FIGHT! Johan is hurling pieces of Sesame Chicken at 95 mph across the room at Mets execs.
Good to know he’s up to 95…
Fred dodges 3 in a row, then gets fooled on a nasty sesame changeup.
Omar got stabbed in the eye with a chopstick, while wrestling with Peter Greenburg about who has better shoes. Turk Wendell came in and did a quadruple back flip while wrestling with a bear. He soon caused an avalanche after his bite to the bears neck made the bear yelp with extreme pain. Turk rescued them with shark tooth and all and carried them (In mid-air might I add) to taco bell. They are having the negotiations in the bathroom. God Bless You Turk!
Um, why would they eat take out if they were so close to signing. You don’t think they’d sign then go out? Perhaps they’re settling in for another extension and negotiating into the night. It’s early for dinner.
He’s having a bagel, slice of pizza, eggroll, meat pie,quesadilla, shwarma sandwich. It takes awhile to eat all that. Contract gets messy.
i hope he went to Mamoons for the Shwarma. Extra Tahini please.
Thanks Omar I’m starving and you don’t invite me!
On more pressing news, what did they order?
Sorry, just keeping busy.
We need another extension, please! Jeff Wilpon just spilled Red Bull all over the contract papers!
santana, since your eating supper dont get any grease on that damn contract! lol
Why isn’t SNY in the room?
omg why did the picture of the pen disappear? it’s an omen!
Speaking of dinner….where the hell is my food I ordered like an hour ago?
I heard they were talking about ordering the shrimp fried rice and kung pao chicken, but negotiations broke down when Johan wanted to add a scallion pancake.
Damn, man. I love scallion pancakes.
Yeah, I made myself hungry as hell with that post.
I heard that he wanted 4 scallion pancakes, but that Fred would only do 2 pancakes, promising 5 more at an unspecified dinner negotiation.
In other taste-related news, I can’t feel my tongue anymore.
can this get done? am about to have a heart attack if htis goes longer and will never get to see him pitch in orange and blue
yes johan, they’re toasted
Thanks, you just gave me the title of my next post if and when this deal goes thru.
its a done deal
the suspense is killing me!!! close the deal already! give santana 150 mil, and he comes and plays for us for 7 years.
This may be a repost:
Updated at 6:15: Johan Santana has initiated a food fight. He is hurling pieces of sesame chicken at Mets execs. Owner Jeff Wilpon was reported hit in the face by a slider.
lol… we need more posts like this..
everybody breathe and laugh!!!
it wasnt funny the first time
A sassys slider
I have this crazy image in my head right now of all of them sitting in the room going…….
“how much do you think they are all sweating out there right now?”
“Ha-ha-ha-ha !! “
dont forgot some “mollie coolies” for dessert
Wow Matt has got access! The man know that they odered dinner. What did they get? Did they oder anything over from Korea town in Willets points? Or did they have something brought in from Green fields on Northern Blvd?
This thing is going to get done, and I am pleased that we no longer see $170M mentioned. I think having a six year deal, including this year works out well, because the Mets stick their five year deal mandate, but Johan gets his six years of $22M.
I’m going with tacos :D
come on already - my bladder is only so big
I have figured my Jersey size, and am deciding on if I want the Home pinstripes or the home whites. Of abviously the number is going to have a #57 on it.
Pinstripes, of course!!!
Road grays hide beer/arepa/mofongo/kimchee stains better. I hear.
I dont know what I am waiting for more — the announcement of this deal or the Scmooze to come on the air and add his 2 cents———
I’d love to see them give him his own merchandising tent and an office at the new park !!
personally, I never got nervous about this, things like this take time. Now, I truly can’t wait until Santana has his first bad game and everyone on here starts b* tching about him and the doom and gloom starts, saying we overpaid, blah blah blah, he’s overrated, blah blah blah. It’ll happen, believe me, always does…sorry to be negative, but this site does it to me. My own personal thoughts are I can’t wait to see him pitch, its great to have him aboard.
this is getting ridiculous…someone make a move
This is a great day in NY Mets history.
Omar; you did a great thing.
omar didnt do anything yet… when he is signed and all players have passed physicals then he did a good job but up until then nothing is set in stone for this deal. we got a half hour more~!
i hope dinner was on johan
This is killing me.
This needs to be done so I can get back to work….
I’m gonna fail out of lawschool because this is taking so long.
lol hope is all we have
ESPN flashed Johan on the screen. It was only the countdown. Aholes.
I’d love to see them give him his own merchandising tent and an office at the new park :-)
NEW YORK — The Mets and the agents representing Johan Santana were close enough to an agreement on a contract as the 5 p.m. ET deadline approached Friday that they requested and were granted a two-hour extension by the league office. A person familiar with the decision confirmed as much at 5:25 p.m.
But some 20 minutes later, a person with contacts in the office of Santana’s agent, Peter Greenberg, said, “It’s not done by any means,” and “It wouldn’t surprise me if it got done or didn’t.”
where did you see that?
Looks like another Beer down the hatch while i wait…
I love these reports “A Person” Give me a FING BREAK!!
Must be that text buddy from last night.
C’mon, what did Johan order for dinner? What’s with this shoddy reporting?!
=)
Apparently Tony Bernazard ran out for some inauthentic Venezuelan cuisine. Santana was highly offended. They deal may be off.
please tell me that’s a joke
good one.
The Johan comments from Metsbloggers have been some of the funniest.
Wow, I see the humor is still alive, good to see! lol I just recommend not taking Johan Santana to see Mama Mia’! Look what happened to Carl Pavano.
I have been at work for an extra hour cuz i dont wanna miss anything! Come on people!!!!!
Update…….6:20 pm…….
My dinner just arrived. Sandwich. Turkey and Swiss
I didn’t know if you guys knew this but Keith Hernandez entered the negotiation room yesterday. heres the recap.
JERRY: Hellooo Newman.
KRAMER: I hate KEITH HERNANDEZ - hate him.
NEWMAN: I despise him.
ELAINE: Why?
NEWMAN: Why? I’ll tell you why…
KRAMER: Let me tell it ..
NEWMAN: No, you can’t tell it ..
KRAMER: You always tell it ..
NEWMAN: All right, tell it.
KRAMER: Ja ja ja - just tell it
NEWMAN: June 14, 1987…. Mets Phillies. We’re enjoying a beautiful afternoon
in the right field stands when a crucial Hernandez error to a five run Phillies
ninth. Cost the Mets the game.
KRAMER: Our day was ruined. There was a lot of people, you know, they were
waiting by the player’s parking lot. Now we’re coming down the ramp … [cut
to film of the day - like the Zabruter film - with the Umbrella man and
everything - Oh so brilliant parody!!!] … Newman was in front of me. Keith
was coming toward us, as he passes Newman turns and says, ” Nice game pretty
boy.”. Keith continued past us up the ramp.
NEWMAN: A second later, something happened that changed us in a deep and
profound way front that day forward.
ELAINE: What was it?
KRAMER: He spit on us…. and I screamed out, “I’m hit!”
NEWMAN: Then I turned and the spit ricochet of him and it hit me.
ELAINE: Wow! What a story.
If you recited that from memory…Good show old chap, good show.
How much longer do you think until they anounce the contract?
Picture the great Santana on the mound at Shea.
How quickly we will forget the average and Bravo loving Glavine!
Santana and Pedro, followed by OP and Maine and then El D to finish out the week.
We shall be a team of great pitchers again!
The Oct nights will not have such a chill this year.
And we will close our house, the House that Gil Built, with a great sound of joy!
All my Mets fans yellin!! Bring em out! Bring em out! It’s hard to yell with
He’s taking a physical
Was I first to post the deal was done? Sweeeeeeeeet. Def. a good week for me. I’d like to take this moment and thank all my fellow Mets fanatics, I couldn’t have done it without you.
Isn’t it funny how no one has complained about signing Ruddy or Feliciano signings, ever since Santana came in the picture? What happened to Omar is biased, etc…?
Well, today is a new day in Metsblog.com and may all the naysayers, haters, bigots, tools, Skankees fans, and bandwagon jumpers stay away from our home away from home.
Happy Johan Day!
this is killing me, common now, can we please just get the announcement so we can all take that collective sigh of relief and start this party off right?
Ok, only thirty minutes left. Lets go already.
SNY just reported it.
I hate to alarm anyone, but our friend Marty Noble is reporting the following:
” … a person with contacts in the office of Santana’s agent, Peter Greenberg, said, ‘It’s not done by any means,’ and ‘It wouldn’t surprise me if it got done or didn’t.’”
Marty’s one helluva reporter, but he sure can bring the room down. I’m hoping he accidentally got patched through to the Greenberg office janitorial staff.
Yeah baby
Done deal!
SNY just reported it done.
ESPN reporting that “Breaking Santana News” is on the way. Might be just announcing the extension.
Imagine if we had this when Strawberry left. What would have happened. The servers would have went down!
ESPN JUST SAID BREAKING JOHAN NEWS AFTER THE BREAK.
DEAL DONE PENDING PHYSICAL!!! IT FINALLY OVER
25 minutes!
JOHAN TO TAKE A PHYSICAL TOMORROW.
SNY ALERT
Well it is official I am have lost my mind. I have been pacing around my living room for 2 hours..
Please sign
Yes. It turned blue.
LOL.
POST IS REPORTING DEAL; COMPLETE
SNY reported that johan is taking his physical tomorrow!!!!!!!
SNY just annouced that Santana will take his physical tomorrow… We know what that means. Lets GO Mets
ESPN announced that the deal is done
ITS DONE!
ESPN just reported it on SportsCenter
DONE DEAL
I wonder where the physical is taking place!?! I mean wouldn’t it be great for a ton of mets fans to show up near by cheering? I mean it’s a Saturday….any takers?
Cue Susyn Waldman…OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS!!!!!!!!
WE GOT HIM!!!!!
ESPN is reporting the deal is done!
It’s done per ESPN. Biggest deal for a pitcher ever. WOOO!
ESPN reporting done deal!!!!! Done deal pal!!!!
ESPN says done. Happy New Years, everyone.
IT’S OVER!
Done deal, pending physical, this is SICKKKKKKKK!!!
OMG WE DID IT!!!
You did it?
You were in the negotiations? Omar is this you?
Oh, shut up.
ESPN reports deal is done
ESPN just reported it on SportsCenter!!!
ITS DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JOHAN IS A MET!!!!!!!!!!
DONE DEAL
sportscenter just reported, deal done, he’s taking a physical as we speak!!!
Yes! My Time Has Come!
if santana fails his phyisical i am gonna be PISSED!
Finally over can’t wait for the season to start
Lets Go Mets!!!!
ESPN is reporting it now as well. The negotiations are finished, now all he’s do is take the physical.
WOOO HOOOO!!!!
Time to cue Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” on YouTube! :)
ESPN reported SANTANA IS SIGNED!!!!
EEES GOOOOOOOD!
Steve Somers reports deal done!!!
HAPPY JOHAN DAY EVERYONE!!! FEB 1st 2008!!
WFAN reporting done deal as well! woohoooooooooo!
Steve Somers is the MAN!
I’m so glad he got to announce it and not MMD.
M- Errr ahhh. I am getting initial reports that, ahhh…The Mets & Santana have come to an agreement-now-mind-you, This is an unconfirmed report…
MD- Yea-you-can’t-trust-those-unconfirmed-reports-dare-mike
M-..indeed. Mind you, an unconfirmed report that Johan is now a met.
MD-wow. I can’t believe it.
M-Believe it Dog, the Yankees & Redsox have allowed the Mets to make this deal, and the Mets didn’t screw up a deal
MD- Well ya know dare Mike, I’mmmmmm Naht so sure that Johan will pass that physical
M-Good point Dog, he prob. wont pass that physical and then you just know the Yankees are going to sign him.
MD-Hey Mike. This just in. Johan changed his mind and wants to play for either the Yankees or the Giants. How bout that Mike.
M- I’m thrilled (in his normal monotone drone wack voice)
Losers.
Let go METS!!!!
PRAISE THE LAWWDDD!!! YES YES!!!!
Its finally over!!!
WFAN REPORTS IT’S DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAZEL TOV!!!!
ALLELUIA!!!!
ALLAHU AKBAR!!!!!!!!!!!
SNY REPORTS IT TOO! DONE DEAL PENDING PHYSICAL! COUGH JOHAN!
go Schmoozer—its on!!!
SCHOOZER ON WFAN SAYS THE DEAL IS DONE!!!!
yay…now i can go home…ed coleman said it’s done.
ONE.
2-1-2008 = J-Day!!
This is awesome!
THERE IS A GOD!!!!!
Finally!!!!!!!!! Let’s Go Mets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its a done deal!
WFAN says its done,done,done
YES!
send some ice cream into the room
Big ole YAY!!
ESPN REPORTS IT IS A HISTORIC DONE DEAL.
SANTA NA IS COMING TO TOWN!
YES BABY! FINALLY! TOTALLY WORTH THE WAIT!
LETS GO METS GO
and lets go devils
i didnt hear, is it done?
Dunzo.
SO
MUCH
WIN
WFAN saying 6 year extension @ around 22M per year
THANK YOU
physical = deal right??????
BUTTERFIELD 8 TO CELEBRATE! I’M BARTENDING. METS FANS GET DISCOUNT. 38TH BETWEEN 5TH AND MADISON.
YESSSS!!!!
done first to post
Don’t know if you guys knew this but apparently Turk Wendell saved the deal. Omar and Green burg got into quite a tussle, Omar got stabbed in the eye with a chopstick, while wrestling with Peter Greenburg about who has better shoes. Turk Wendell came in and did a quadruple back flip while wrestling with a bear. He soon caused an avalanche after his bite to the bears neck made the bear yelp with extreme pain. Turk rescued them with shark tooth and all and carried them (In mid-air might I add) to taco bell. They are having the negotiations in the bathroom. I guess Omar won at battlesh*ts and they got him! God Bless You Turk!
When is the press conference? Monday or Tuesday?
mazal tov
LOOKOUT BASEBALL! THE METS ARE GOING ALL THE WAY!
What if, just what if, he were to fail the physical. i dont even know how i’d react
Re-Negotiate a 7 Year Minor League contract and get him on the cheap :)
DONE DEAL PAL! DONE DEAL!!!
ITS ABOUT TIME. NOTHING IS EVER EASY WITH THIS TEAM
WOOO HOOOO!!!!
Steve Somers says its done. This is awesome, We are going to have a outrageous season. Lets go mets
buy ur johan jerseys its official but physical tomorrow
when will we know the details (not that it matters)?
According to Davidoff of Newsday…
“Santana is expected to receive a six-year extension, from 2009 through 2014, for about $22 million a year. He will also get a signing bonus of roughly $7 million, which, added to his 2008 salary of $13.25 million, will push the total package over $150 million. SI.com first reported these details, which the source confirmed.
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Ed Coleman and The WFAN…..Report the deal is done. Six years/22 per being reported
HALLELUJA!!!!!!!!…..
HOLY $HIT!!!!
WHERE’S THE TYLENOL.
Best comment on the board.
HAPPY JOHAN DAY! Finally after hours of waiting Santana is Finally A MET !
SANTANA IS COMING TO TOWN SO YOU BETTER WATCH ALL YOU YANKEE, BRAVES, AND PHILLIES CAUSE WERE GOING TO SEE YOU AT THE WORLD SERIES.
ok mets girls only only one team from the national league makes it to the world series.
Opps ok sorry your right I wasnt thinking straight got to excited bout Santana being a Met my bad! So yes were going to the only national league team this year thats going to the World series! Happy Johan Day!
THANK GOD
CONGRATULATIONS TO JEFF WILPON
CONGRATULATIONS TO OMAR
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF METS MANAGEMENT
for getting this historic $$$$ contract completed and signed.
Hopefully no more Omar bashing and no more BS Feddie “coupon” bashing.
And most of all welcome Johan to the most insane fan base in Major League Basball.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Way to go Omar and the wilpons
Done Deal! Hoooray! I knew Wilpon had it in him! Not that i wasn’t a little worried…but now on to the physical…Serious, where do you think it takes place??
Who’s trying to find some Johan jerseys on ebay with me?
Me!
According to Davidoff of Newsday..
Santana is expected to receive a six-year extension, from 2009 through 2014, for about $22 million a year. He will also get a signing bonus of roughly $7 million, which, added to his 2008 salary of $13.25 million, will push the total package over $150 million. SI.com first reported these details, which the source confirmed.
It feels so good to have Santana…holy crap.
Bada Bada Bada Bada Bada … Bada BLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You missing one more Bada. Great post.
Its a good day to be a Met fan! Happy Johan Santana Day! Lets all celebrate!
allright,
I think I am going to buy a brick now
I can’t believe Carlos Gomez is really gone. Sure gonna miss his drag bunts.
Yea baby! What suspense over the last couple weeks! Especially the last couple of hours! How great it is to be a Mets Fan! Lets go out there on March 31 and start by killing the Marlins!!! Go Mets!!!!!!!!
If the Mets dont sign Livian Hernandez, then they are the cheapest owners in baseball and us fans will never forgive them. Just kidding. Thank you everyone on the Mets for this great feeling. And thank you Matt for keeping us better posted then any of the sports information outlets.
You are right about Livan. He would be great for the 5th spot. But thats for another day. Today we must all say thank you to Omar and the Wilpons. Omar, you pulled off one of the biggest steals of all time and definetly in Mets trade history. This almost makes up for Kazmir deal. Fred and Jeff, I applaud you both for opening the checkbook. You were geniouses for not spending foolishly on Zito and by doing so we now have the best pitcher on the planet. Anyone who ever calls them cheap again can meet me whenever, wherever you want to battle. We have the best owners in all of sports. I am going to Miami for game one with the #57 jersey on. Just need to decide which style jersey though. I’m thinking black. Let Go Mets Baby!
mlb.com saying 6 year 139 million with 7 year signing bonus
7 year signing bonus? thats a first
Groundhog day has officially been renamed to Johan Day
thank goodness
I think I want to buy a brick now
price just went up
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Collapse?!! What collapse?!!!
Uh-oh…….word is Johan has sprained his hand signing that big contract !!! :-)
Finally……………….I can exhale! Thank you Johan and Mets brass!
beatking
um if we got him for 137m we won this bigtime
holy crap
2/1/08 GOES DOWN AS ONE OF THE GREAT DAYS IN METS HISTORY
dAILYNEWS SAYING $150mIL 7YRS
GREAT JOB OMAR!
Not sure I want to celebrate my team setting the bar for overpayed ballplayers.
Like he needed a signing bonus?
Sickening.
OK, I’m over it. If he pitches as good as he did in Minny for even 5 years it will have been worth it. As long as this means the team doesnt skimp in other areas now.
Dude Mets could have paid $300Mil for him - Who cares not our $$$
GREAT JOB BY OMAR AND THE BRASS
I wouldn’t say great “job” but they should be commended for opening the pocket book up.
what are u an idiot??? This IS the market for pitchers, as long as baseball keeps breakin revenue records, salaries are going up…and trading away THOSE 4 “prospects” for the best or top 2 pitcher in the game, who’s only 29…this ISNT a “GREAT JOB???” jeez, some people are just NEVER happy
I’m so effing happy to finally have him signed.
Wait! I heard his appendix just burst! ……………wait, that was his wallett! Whew! Great job, Omar!!!!!
oooooooooooooooyeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
SNY isnt breaking into coverage for signing Santana? baffling ineptness
hey hey hey, they are “all things ny sports”
where are the mets fans drinking in midtown
Thank God for this beautiful day! Dynasty time, now please all you yankee fans stay yankee fans!
YES FINALLY
I hope the press conference is early in the week, give the NY reporters in Arizona a day to come back n get ready for the Johan Santana press conference Tuesday
Couldn’t have thought of a better person than Steve Somers to break the Johan deal on WFAN.
My 1st post on a day that will not soon be forgotten - Matt, thank you for the excellent work. I can now stop throwing up in the trash can…
(and no this does not make up for Kazmir)
WHAT A RIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
does anyone else have a really bad feeling about the physical???
Phil Humber is the only one that scares me
Yes, Humber’s TJ history scares me….just a little.
No. They didnty go through all of this just to have failed physicals ruin it. Physicals are a mere formality. Relax. Its done baby!
Do you not remember the Torre-astro fiasco?
Daily News is reporting $150 mil for 7 years.
It can’t be stated enough….a landmark day for the organization. Last year’s debacle was so tough to absorb as fans, and now the Mets finally have their ace. I work at a newspaper in southwest Florida, and the AP ran a story on Glavine about a minute after the Santana news moved. Saying how he truly feels at home again, blah blah blah. I truly can’t wait for the Mets to rock that poor excuse for a Met. I actually enjoyed his last two years with the team, until oh about, last September where he showed no heart and worse yet, no real emotion for sucking so bad down the stretch. Replacing that moldy old vet with Johan Santana? Unbelievable. Way to go Omar and the Mets brass for getting it done. Can’t wait until March 31, which living about an hour and a half away from Miami, I will be there! Let’s go Mets and if the Giants can somehow pull off the win on Sunday, it will probably be the best sports week I’ve had in a long time!
Second that… With this and a Giant win Ill come into work on Monday and kiss the ugliest woman in the office… Woohoo!
God Bless Omarica
Reyes standing with Santana at his press conference. <3 What a moment for this organization.
This is a great, great day to be a Mets fan.
I really hope everyone realizes how huge this is. Johan is essentially replacing the Pelfrey/Sosa/Lawrence trio (Pedro is replacing Glavine). Pelfrey’s VORP was -.2 last season and Lawrence’s was -3.2. Johan’s was 55+… that’s insane, and was an OFF year.
I am so pumped. Can’t wait t get my #57 jersey. And yes, this fan base should be officially over Scott Kazmir.
My family and friends have been making fun of me all week because I’m so happy we have the best pitcher in the league but none of them understand how huge this is! But I couldnt care less of being made fun lets all celebrate with all the other die hard Mets fans! HAPPY JOHAN DAY EVERYBODY! GO METS
the mets land an ace thats actually under the age of 30 and still in his prime!!! lets start this season already!!!
This is a great, great day to be a Mets fan.
This is HUGE. Johan is essentially replacing the Pelfrey/Sosa/Lawrence trio. Pelfrey’s VORP was -.2 last season and Lawrence’s was -3.2. Johan’s was 55+… that’s insane, and was an OFF year.
I am so pumped. Can’t wait t get my #57 jersey. And yes, this fan base should be officially over Scott Kazmir.
This is a great, great day to be a Mets fan.
This is HUGE. Johan is essentially replacing the Pelfrey/Sosa/Lawrence trio. Pelfrey’s VORP was -.2 last season and Lawrence’s was -3.2. Johan’s was 55+… that’s insane, and was an OFF year.
I am so pumped. Can’t wait t get my #57 jersey.
Sorry about the double post… stupid Safari.
when and where are these damn jerseyes when and what channel is the press confrenecen my dvr is waiting
WOW, I cant belive this!!!! I officially want to apoligize to Omar for doubting him all winter long ——- EGG ON MY FACE for letting my Saturday tickets go after 5 years due to the 30% raise —I thought the raise was for not—–my bad and again I say I AM SORRY KING OMAR!!!!!! “In Omar I now trust”
You can just take the egg off your face and put it in your shoe…
Where is “Ih8fredwilpon” / “firemetsmanagement” now?
lets get ready for the yankees to say something ridiculous like they might move Jeter to CF to try and take some coverage away from the Mets
Pedro Feliciano must feel great that the Mets spent 151M today on him and some other LHP
Great, Great comment…How does he feel right now?
hmmmm lets say Johan continues his dominance with the mets, could he go into the HOF as a met?
If he remains for the duration of his contract and continues his dominance, he’ll have been here as long or longer than he was with the Twins, if I’m not mistaken. And if he helps the Mets win a World Series championship, it’s a done deal. As for now, I’ll take one stellar year from Johan and go from there….Let’s go Mets!
so i said WHERE ARE THE METS FANS DRINKING IN MIDTOWN?
JUST HOPE THE PHYSICAL GOES ALRIGHT AND WE DON’T TO GET AN EXTENSION FROM MLB TO COMPLETE THAT AS WELL…..!!!…… GO METS !!!! THIS TAKES A LOT OF THE STING AWAY FROM LAST YEAR
This is a defining moment for our organization, we finally landed the BIG FISH!!! With Reyes, Wright, Beltran, Santana, Martinez all on the up and up, our future looks VERY bright.
I just want this from us, the fans….we should vow to NEVER become like the Yankees. We’re going to continue to be a winning organization now, for years to come, unlike our up and down checkered past.
We can love our team. We can be verbose but we can never be what all Yankee fans are today.
What a great day to be a Met fan. Our bandwagon just got a lot larger…
Great day for all Met fans. Can’t wait to see the press conference. Willie now has his ace! Opening Day can not come soon enough.
I cant believe he is on the METS!!! IN THE NL, PITCHING AT SHEA, PITCHERS PARK!!!! Did I mention he can hit too!!!
Cant get the smile off my face!!!
All I can say is Omar……….. you da man!
Food for thought for all you superstitious synchronistic peeps:
1986: Giants Super Bowl Champs. Mets World Series Champs
2000: Giants Super Bowl Losers, Mets World Series Losers
2008; Giants Super Bowl ? Mets…
What do YOU think? (dun, Dun, DUUUUUUN).
too bad 1969 was the jets.
heres a question for the giants fans. would you rather get johan or have the giants win sunday?? even though the mets are my biggest obession, i have to say, i would take a giants win.
but put those two events together???????
Thats right! Jets won in 69! Thats ok, that counts! Its another new york foot ball team.
Feel da En-are-gee.
I definetly hope the Giants win the Super Bowl but everybody I ask who’s it going to be say Pariots! But many said we would would never get Santana and look what happened!
Giants can win, People just pick the Pats cuz they give us no reason to think they will loose. I hope the giants can win though becuz im a steelers fan, and this season for them reminds me a lot of the 2005 steelers World Championshiip.
Big difference between this year and that Steelers championship? That s**t was boring.
Won’t be attending the physical tomorrow, as long as we get minute-by-minute updates.
Hey, Matt– Can we get minute-by-minute updates?
9:18 EST Santana turns head.
9:27 EST Santana coughs.
METSBLOG REACTION
darksun79: Why did he take so long to cough?
More like,
Metsblog Reaction:
Metsrule69: why did the doc have Santana’s nads in his hands for NINE whole minutes???
To put some emphasis on the impact of this acquisition, lets harken back to 2006. The defining moment of that season was a 10 game road trip that saw the Mets go 9-1 and get sublime performances out of two Cuban defectors who were fairly new to the Mets roster. Other than that, it was pretty good bullpen work and ridiculous hitting that completed that trip.
Well, with this projected Mets rotation, there’s a reasonable degree of probability that this team can have some sort of insane 10 day stretch where the starters give up like, 7 ER, or something ridiculous like that. Any of the five guys, to varying degrees, can be completely shut down dominant on any given night. Odds are there will be at least one nice stretch where its just back-to-back-to-back-to-back brilliance. Perhaps more than one.
I’m projecting 161 wins for our rotation. 1 Win for Heilman.
HAHAHA! Well put.
I do think that Heilman is an important factor that gets missed. It almost seemed like an assumption at some points that he was going to be the third or fourth piece in any deal. But he wasn’t.
I understand the bullpen was awful down the stretch last year, but statistically they were just about average by the end. It was really a pretty solid first half, and a dreadful second half. Now you know you have at least one day a week where most of the bullpen doesn’t even have to think about warming up. You slide Santana right between El Duque and Pedro, and you’ll have lots of late inning ammo no matter when they reach 100 pitches.
Can you imagine if Omar had pulled the trigger on the Blanton deal now? we’d have Joe friggin’ Blanton instead of Johan Santana and Deolis Guerra instead of Heilman. Everything would be on Sanchez in the pen and Pedro in the rotation. Now, Sanchez is the difference between a solid bullpen and a shut down effective bullpen. Pedro and El Duque are the difference between a good rotation and a ridiculous rotation.
February should be forever known as St. Omar Santana Day.
Who were those guys that said it wouldn’t go down this week because of the Super Bowl?
I’m still betting that they will have the signing press conference next week probably on Wednesday since the Giants will have the parade in lower Manhattan on Tuesday for winning the Super Bowl.
This trade is exactly what the Mets and us fans needed. Going into this season before this, my only hopes were that we could somehow win the division with about 86 wins, and probably loose in the playoffs. Now this trade gives the Mets and the fans the same feeling of excitement we had going into the 2006 season. Im so excited, and all I can say is I will be counting the seconds just to watch spring training games, waiting for the actual season is going to be torture. LETS GO METS!!!
CBS Sportsline has 7 years - 150.75M. The fraction makes it sound more real.
Many reports have that number…it would include the seven million signing bonus and the 13.5 mil he was going to get in 2008 plus the oft reported 6 yrs at $22 mil per annum.
What’s with all of the blank posts?
Congrats to the Mets for pulling this deal off. And congrats to all of us Mets fans everywhere!
Here in Atlanta nobody I’ve wished a ‘Happy Johan Santana Day’ to has been as gleeful as I. Go figure.
Those chop chop fans like to talk big until the egg is in the other shoe.
Its about damn time that they got this done. Omar Minaya earned his money on this one. A lot of people have made coments in the past that he is just a product of having the money to spend but this trade proves that he can get things done and that Mets ownership is willing to pay the price to win. Kudos to both Omar and the Wilpons. I predict Santana wins 20-25 games and the NL East crown is ours once again. Im not going to say we win the NL or the World Series but if our rotation stays healthy (Pedro) and our bullpen is solid well be tough for anyone to beat. LETS GO METS!!!
If we get Livan Hernandez too then we have a stacked rotation and El Duque to the pen makes the pen stacked as well. Either way great job Omar and Jeff!
Matt -
Thank you and your team of bloggers for your oustanding work and dedication. Let’s hope that Metsblog provides a platform that enables you to “crossover” into the mainstream media so you can earn a nice paycheck. Like Howie Rose, it would be very nice for a fan to be able to turn one of their passions into a career.
Metro41
Agreed. Great job by Matt and his cohorts, Omar, and the Wilpons. Also great job by Johan for putting the pressure on Bill Smith to trade him to us and signing the contract. Its nice to have a pitcher of his stature want to be a Met. Like with Pedro this may cause other players in the future to want to be a part of this team. Tex in 09? Sorry, I know I am getting greedy.
Absolutely Dead On. And don’t be greedy. We will have a lot of holes to fill in 09. Why no shoot for Tex. The Prospect of playing with Santana, Pedro (assuming he is resigned and effective), Wright, Beltran & Reyes is going to be a strong draw. And if this lineup hit like I think this lineup can and they slice through the NL east, half the work is already done for Omar.
I just tried to get a Johan jersey on mets.com but he isnt available yet. And when i tried to customize it by putting his name and #57 i got a mesage saying something like its against mlb rules with players on other teams and blah blah blah. I guess by tomorrow maybe the Santana Met jersey will be available or maybe after physical. Either way I want one.
Also Mets.com is saying annual salary is something like 19.8 mil. or there abouts. If its really under 20 mil then what a steal. Doubt it though.
As a Yankees fan, I think this trade makes the Mets on paper better than the Yankees possibly. I’m just wondering what (intelligent) Mets fans think, I’m excited about the season most of all and glad its the Mets who got him and not the Sox, or we might as well pack up and start again in 2011. A little more than Yankees suck or things like that would be appreciated, I know its a Mets blog…
To me the Yanks have a better line-up but we have a better rotation and other than Mariano probably a better bullpen as well. I see the Yanks having a tough time getting past Boston for a few years to get to the world series. And in my opinion the D-Backs will be the Mets biggest obstacle in the NL as they have improved their rotation tremendously and have a great young line-up as well.
Fret not Yankee fan. You still have the best shortstop in the city and the Mets managed to keep theirs.
I know this is an unpopular sentiment among fellow Mets fans, but Captain Jeter would have never let a 7-game lead with 17 to go slip away like it did.
Yeah, on paper–Santana makes us strong. But the only way we erase last fall’s fallout is to get to the post-season. And there’s 162 to go before then.
Yankees Suck! (kidding)
I think it, with out a doubt, makes us better (on paper) than the Yankees. Start w/ the rotation…
Santana - Wang. Advantage Santana
Martinez - Mussina. Push
Perez - Pettite. Advantage Perez
Maine - Hughes? - Tough to call. Maine was a 15 game winner, so for now, I’ll go Maine. But Hughes has potential to be an eventual #1. In time, Hughes. Today, Maine.
El Duque - Joba(pen?). Joba
Offensively it’s close but guys like Damon, Abeu, Giambi are all getting older. As are Castillo and Alou. But overall I have to say that the Mets are well rounded where as the Yanks are mostly about the power game.
Hands down Rivera is the best closer.
Our BP is better as well.
It’s close but I really do believe that we’re a better team on paper and we’ll find out soon enough. Good luck this year but if I had to bet, I’d say Boston wins the division and the Wild Card will probably come from the Central.
But this is why we play the game right?
Since you came in with the right attitude….
Sure, I think we’re thrilled that the Mets landed Santana but realistic enough to know nothing is guaranteed in baseball.
We still have questions (Will Ollie and Main progress or regress? Will the pen be improved? Will Delagdo rebound? Will Church/Schnieder be glaring holes in the lineup? Will Pedro’s health hold up? Will Johan have a tough first year adjusting the NYC and big contract pressures?).
As for the Yankees, I actually agree it is good for baseball that Johan didn’t go to the Sox. You may disagree, but I also think it is good for baseball he didn’t go to the Bronx either.
It will be interesting, to say the least, to see if Hank and the Yankee fanbase can be patient to see Cashman’s strategy through the tough times. Personally, I think Cashman did the right thing with Johan and has the right idea….but neither Steinbrenner(s) nor Yanks fans are generally known for their patience.
Good luck this year….nah, I didn’t mean that….but I tried.
One of those rare moves where NYM and NYY fans can look eachother in the eye and say “Good move for you”
Must be the Giants bringing this city together……at least for another 2 days!
i wish i could post.
METS FTW!
SPLASH!
I updated the rosters in MLB 07: The Show and pitched Hamels/Santana at Shea.
Mets won 3-0
D.Wright - 1HR
Church - 2 of 4 w/ an RBI
Santana pitched 8 innings w/ 11K’s
It’s gonna be a great year =)
Yankees suck! lol jus kiddin… or am I???
You get up every morning
From your alarm clock’s warning
Take the 8:15 into the city
There’s a whistle up above
And people pushin’, people shovin’
And the girls who try to look pretty
And if your train’s on time
You can get to work by nine
And start your slaving job to get your pay
If you ever get annoyed
Look at me I’m self-employed
I love to work at nothing all day
And I’ll be…
[Refrain]
Taking care of business every day
Taking care of business every way
I’ve been taking care of business, it’s all mine
Taking care of business and working overtime
Work out!
If it were easy as fishin’
You could be a musician
If you could make sounds loud or mellow
Get a second-hand guitar
Chances are you’ll go far
If you get in with the right bunch of fellows
People see you having fun
Just a-lying in the sun
Tell them that you like it this way
It’s the work that we avoid
And we’re all self-employed
We love to work at nothing all day
And we be…
[Refrain]
[Spoken] Take good care of my business
When I’m away, every day whoo!
[Repeat first 2 verses]
[Refrain]
Takin’ care of business [4x]
[Refrain]
Takin’ care of business [repeat, fade]
effing win man…effing win. after we were all nervous and peeing our pants it’s finally over
I can’t wait for baseball season! Go santana and GO METS!
but it NEVER stops guys…now it’s time to try and sign Kevin Mench for our bench, and we must IMMEDIATELY talk extension with Oliver Perez….
we got our core offensive guys, Beltran, Reyes, and Wright, now we need our core pitchers, Johan, Maine, OP….it doesnt stop here omar, let’s do it!!!
boys lets buy out ebay there are at least one hundred jerseyes and shit just glad to be a kid though most are smaller sizes but damn about time i am speechless
santana front cover of a baseball game in a mets unifrom you think or is it tooo late but lets not let the madden jinyx begin in baseball.
damn how long can this last but now what to read about till april lets play manager i want to see your batting order and rotation
reyes
castillo
wright
beltran
alou
delgado
church/chavez
schneider
santana
pedro
maine
perez
el duque
Still celebrating….playing “Taking Care of Business” on the laptop wishing the season started tomorrow…
NOT FOR NOTHING, BUT MATTHEW HAD IT RIGHT THE WHOLE TIME. KUDOS.
“The Mets will win the ball game! The Mets win! They win!”
- Bob Murphy - 10th Inning of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series (As Knight scores) -
I have to believe, that on a day like today, Bob Murphy is up above smiling down on the Mets.
I guess I check out this site so much I figure I might as well register and what a day to register….GO METS!!!
not to get too greedy, but omar did say “absolutly” when asked if it was possible for the mets to get santana AND kyle lohse. thinking about this pitching staff
starters:
santana
pedro
maine
OP
lohse
pen (any 6/7 of these):
wagner
sanchez
heilman
el duque
schoenweis
feliciano
sosa
wise
joe smith
pelfrey
ricardo rincon
rudy lugo
i love the excess of arms they have for the bullpen, with all these guys im sure they can piece together a good pen. after all, we all know that a good bullpen is assembled mainly by luck, with so many talented arms i think this staff/pen could be great this year
Matt,
You nailed it from the beginning. I have nothing but the highest respect for you and your journalistic/blog abilities. Wow! You were essentially the only one to continue to believe/think the Mets would be the team to win the JS sweepstakes and every step of the way you essentially called/predicted/sourced the outcome.
Did I say wow, yet?
now santana is a met big sigh of relief
buy minaya’s job isn’t done yet is perez signed for this year and if he is he needs an extension i believe sosa will need one. we need a long term deal for maine and heilman i mean htere is others too what i am trying to say get a nice day of rest and a short vaction but your job is no where nears done.
If you consider the fact that if Johan had a typical Johan season in 08′ the Mets would have willingly had to pay at least $25 per over 6 to 7 years and had to surrender their 1st rd pick as compensation. Looking at this scenario we could consider Guerra and the 1st rd pick a wash, IF Gomez AND Mulvey reach their ceiling they would be fair market value for a dominant Leftie that can field and hit. This leaves essentially a sale of Humber for $18 to $21 million. Looks pretty good to me!!! If Gomez/Mulvey are busts it an absolute heist. Looking down thhe road as we fans tend to do the $$$ and 1st rd pick saved combined with Delgado’s salary coming off the books would be an excellent start to bringing in a power hitting gold glove winning first baseman that currently plays in Atlanta for the Citifield opening in 2009.
Another angle to look at is how the contact affect the luxury tax situation.
The 7M bonus is prorated over the entire contact, although I’m not sure if a portion is spread over 2008 because the contact with the Twins was not ripped up.
Either way, it will count around 13.25 to 14.5M against the 2008 luxury tax calcuation and an average of 23.5-23.75M from 2009-2013.
As of today, it would seem that the commissioner’s office will report the Mets with a opening day payroll under 135M - 20M under the luxury tax theshold.
Hate to tell you buddy, but Sox fans don’t care about not getting Santana. They didn’t need him, they’re still the best team in baseball, and they’re just glad the Skanks didn’t get them.