Mets, Twins agree to terms for Santana

Finally, the Santana story finally appears to be nearing a resolution.

The Mets and Twins have reached and agreement that will send Carlos Gomez, Phil Humber, Deolis Guerra and Kevin Mulvey to the Twins in exchange for Santana.

The Mets have until 5 PM EST Friday to negotiate a 6-7 year deal with Santana, and there’s no question that Santana has the upper hand. If this thing gets done, the contract is going to be huge.

I think Twins fans have to be a disappointed with this outcome. The Red Sox’ and Yankees’ original offers were far superior, and Minaya probably could have been milked for more if this thing hadn’t dragged out for so long. He seems to have been the only serious player at the end.

USA Today reports that the Red Sox scaled back their offer to include lesser minor league prospects once they realized that the Yankees were out of the hunt. This move supports the long-running rumor that Boston wasn’t really wasn’t in it to win, and would have only made a move if it was necessary to keep Santana out of the Bronx.

Theo really played this brilliantly. Hank Steinbrenner should have been taking notes. But he was probably too busy quoting Patton.

Login to post