Santana finally traded!
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At least they got something for him. They would have lost him to free agency after this year because they wouldn't have paid him the $20 million per year he would fetch on the open market.
at least we can stop talking about this now... good for him and the twins get some prospects... i would have loved for him to come to the cubs, but we need all the ammo we can get to go after brian roberts and eric bedard of the orioles
Can we get a salary cap, please?
Every good player in baseball will be playing in NY/Boston/LA in 10 years.
Every good player in baseball will be playing in NY/Boston/LA in 10 years.
grrrrrr... i dislike the mets so much and even moreso that they made this trade without giving up fernando martinez. What were the twins thinking? this is definitely the steal of the offseason, that is for sure.
and the Rookie GM makes his first major mistake... Bad Bad trade. He needed to get out in front of Santana's agent who was scaring off all but the big money teams. They NEEDED teams like the Dodgers and Angels involved, teams that actually have prospects. The Red Sox low balled and the Yankees had nothing to offer. The Orioles are getting a better return on Bedard, pretty sad...
Deolis Guerra
W L ERA G GS CG SH GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK
9 14 3.28 40 39 0 0 0 0 178.2 148 72 65 13 68 135 12 2
Kevin Mulvey
undersized, soft tossing reliever
W L ERA G GS CG SH GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK
12 11 3.02 31 31 1 0 0 0 173.0 158 78 58 5 48 124 13 1
Deolis Guerra
W L ERA G GS CG SH GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK
9 14 3.28 40 39 0 0 0 0 178.2 148 72 65 13 68 135 12 2
Kevin Mulvey
undersized, soft tossing reliever
W L ERA G GS CG SH GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK
12 11 3.02 31 31 1 0 0 0 173.0 158 78 58 5 48 124 13 1
The Twins will be lucky if Gomez turns into an average CF and if 1 of the pitchers even crack the rotation this year. If in 3 years Gomez is a solid CF and 2 of the pitchers are good pitchers and both in the rotation that this trade will be a success. As of right now it looks like Bill Smith got cheated hardcore!
Humber may be ready, but he isn't ready to be a horse. Guerra was 2-6 with a 4.01 in the Florida State League, a pitcher friendly High A league so he is at the minimum 2 years away. Humber hasn't done well at all above AA...
Wow, of all the trades they were offered I think they took the wrong one. At least he didn't go to the Yankees I guess...
Supposedly the number I heard is that Santana wanted a $150 million six year contract.
Horrible. Absolutely horrible trade.
Here is some Peter Gammons analysis.
ESPN Video Beta - Report: Santana Traded To The Mets
Here is some Peter Gammons analysis.
ESPN Video Beta - Report: Santana Traded To The Mets
If you are getting garbage anyway, isn't it almost better to just let him finish out the year and get that one year of service out of him? or trade him to a contender in June or July? or was his contract up before the end of this year?
Just stopped jumping around and saw that they didn't even have to add in their young OF prospect Martinez! Great trade.
I would have gone with the rest of Santana's contract and 2 first round compensation picks next year. You could pick up two college pitchers in the draft and be in virtually the same spot next year PLUS had Santana pitch for you...
Completely agree. Hopefully the Twins scouts see something in these four that no one else does.
I'm a mets fan so I love it!!!
However the twins didn't get screwed. They would have been screwed if they didn't get anything in return. However Gomez is a very solid fielder. avg hitter, with great speed!
Humber could be ready to start but not quite star potential yet. Guerra is an 18 yr old 6'5" 200lb kid. Could be a stud. If anyone knows pitching prospects it is the twins. Which is probably why Pelfrey was not included in the trade.
I don't know much about mulvey.
However the twins didn't get screwed. They would have been screwed if they didn't get anything in return. However Gomez is a very solid fielder. avg hitter, with great speed!
Humber could be ready to start but not quite star potential yet. Guerra is an 18 yr old 6'5" 200lb kid. Could be a stud. If anyone knows pitching prospects it is the twins. Which is probably why Pelfrey was not included in the trade.
I don't know much about mulvey.