Quote: Be Ready, This Will Come Back to Us
Last night on SNY’s Mets Hot Stove Report, Mets COO Jeff Wilpon talked about his team’s negotiations with Johan Santana.
Wilpon, when asked if was surprised by how long Santana remained on the trade market, said…
“Well, we didn’t know how long it was gonna take, but Omar told me back at the Winter Meetings, he and Tony Bernazard told me, ‘Listen, be ready, this will come back to us.’ So, I bet them a pair of shoes, and it’s gonna cost me with those guys…They promised that it would come back. It did come back, and we just waited until it looked they were really ready to make a deal. And when that showed itself, Omar came back and said, ‘Listen, we’re gonna put this kid Guerra in the trade.’…From that point, we would never had made the trade if we didn’t feel confident about signing him.”
…by the way, i am trying to learn more about what, ‘It would come back to us,’ means…
To watch Wilpon’s entire segment, click play below…
