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METS ACQUIRE JOHAN!
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 5:33 pm
by Ed Dantes
ye-haw.
The New York Mets have agreed to a trade for two-time Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana, giving up four prospects to acquire the left-handed ace of the Minnesota Twins, according to two high-ranking Twins officials with knowledge of the talks and a person close to Santana.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball ... tana_N.htm
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 5:40 pm
by Rocketfan
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 6:06 pm
by PAmedic
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 6:26 pm
by Cider Jim
At least he didn't go to the Yanks or the BoSox.
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 6:37 pm
by Fumblerooskies
YAHOO. To the National League. About time we some talent over in the Senior Circuit...and move him up on your fantasy draft boards.
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 7:46 pm
by Sly Fox
There had better not be one Bosox or Yanks fan complain about this deal. The Mets are trying to buy a title just like the boys in the Bronx and Beantown.
It sucks to be a Twins fan these days.
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 7:53 pm
by SuperJon
Rocketfan wrote:If this is true...... 
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 8:02 pm
by Knucklehead
I hate the Mets.
Padres still have one of the top rotations in the NL so I'm happy.
Peavy, Young, Mattox, Prior, Wolf
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 8:05 pm
by thepostman
Sly Fox wrote:There had better not be one Bosox or Yanks fan complain about this deal. The Mets are trying to buy a title just like the boys in the Bronx and Beantown.
It sucks to be a Twins fan these days.
no idea why Red Sox fans would whine about this....maybe Yankess fans...but as a Red Sox fan I am kind of disappointed we didn't get him, but far from heartbroken....its the Mets...better them then the yankees
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 8:08 pm
by sitemdown77
The METS.....where careers go to die. Good Luck Johan, try and keep that head above water.....
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 8:11 pm
by sitemdown77
Knucklehead wrote:
I hate the Mets.
Padres still have one of the top rotations in the NL so I'm happy.
Peavy, Young, Mattox, Prior, Wolf
You can have the privelage of calling it one of the top when you can spell your #3 starter and future HOFer correctly, hahah.
Maddux
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 8:21 pm
by BJWilliams
sitemdown77 wrote:Knucklehead wrote:
I hate the Mets.
Padres still have one of the top rotations in the NL so I'm happy.
Peavy, Young, Mattox, Prior, Wolf
You can have the privelage of calling it one of the top when you can spell your #3 starter and future HOFer correctly, hahah. Maddux
Pot...meet kettle...its privilege
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 8:22 pm
by SuperJon
The only thing baseball players can spell is: BB, K, H, SB, LOB, and player's names.
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 9:19 pm
by Rocketfan
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 10:09 pm
by Knucklehead
sitemdown77 wrote:Knucklehead wrote:
I hate the Mets.
Padres still have one of the top rotations in the NL so I'm happy.
Peavy, Young, Mattox, Prior, Wolf
You can have the privelage of calling it one of the top when you can spell your #3 starter and future HOFer correctly, hahah. Maddux
How dare you expect me to spell correctly.
Time to start another argument:
Question: If youwere starting a team right now with 1 ace pitcher, which would you pick: Jake Peavy or Johan Santana? Please don't answer based on hype do the research!
BTW the reason I am so glad the Padres Pitching is so good is because our lineup is looking pretty average. So the combo of a stellare pitching staff and Petco park is a good formula for wins. However, I hope we pick up a big outfielder soon.
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 10:21 pm
by SuperJon
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 10:23 pm
by Knucklehead
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 10:23 pm
by Knucklehead
Knucklehead wrote:By way of comparison, here are 2007 pitching stats:
[url][/http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/league_leaders ... me=2007url]
OOPS!
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 10:48 pm
by ToTheLeft
SuperJon wrote:Rocketfan wrote:SuperJon wrote:
Im a freakin Phillies fan.....i despise the METS!
I'm a Braves fan. I do too.
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 11:06 pm
by thesportscritic
SuperJon wrote:Rocketfan wrote:SuperJon wrote:
Im a freakin Phillies fan.....i despise the METS!
I'm a Braves fan. I do too.
ditto. can't stand the NY Mets with a passion.
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 11:45 pm
by adam42381
I'm happy he ended up in New York...with the Mets. As long as the Sox don't have to face him in the division I'm fine with it. I'd like to see Buchholz/Lester/Ellsbury mature and reach their potential in Boston. I would have been happy with Santana in the rotation for sure but I was a little leery of signing him for 7 years at this point. Good move, Mets. Now for the Twins, they kinda got fleeced here. They could have gotten top-notch prospects out of Boston or the Yankees a month ago but they got pennies on the dollar in comparison today.
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 11:52 pm
by BJWilliams
I think the major sticking point that kept coming up was the fact that the Twins wanted the very best of the best from the Yankees and the Red Sox. I think the front offices of both knew they wanted him, but felt like the price in prospects was a bit on the steep side even for somebody they would be signing for a number of years. The Mets Im guessing are in sort of a win now mode so they went ahead and paid the price in prospects but the Twins did not get really full market value in this deal when they finally did pull the trigger.
Posted: January 30th, 2008, 12:08 am
by Schfourteenteen
So whats everybody upset about? Cmon!!
If the Mets wanna win we NEED to get rid of Oliver Perez.
But Im a happy camper until the season starts
Posted: January 30th, 2008, 1:19 pm
by givemethemic
adam42381 wrote:I'm happy he ended up in New York...with the Mets. As long as the Sox don't have to face him in the division I'm fine with it. I'd like to see Buchholz/Lester/Ellsbury mature and reach their potential in Boston. I would have been happy with Santana in the rotation for sure but I was a little leery of signing him for 7 years at this point. Good move, Mets. Now for the Twins, they kinda got fleeced here. They could have gotten top-notch prospects out of Boston or the Yankees a month ago but they got pennies on the dollar in comparison today.
Bingo!!!! It would have been nice... but there was no way I wanted to see Jon, Jacoby, and Clay get shipped off.. I really like the young talent that the Sox have and think that in a few years these 3 guys will be major faces in the franchise... I have very high on Lester for a while as long as the cancer doesn't come back he is a very, very good pitcher and I think he will have a very strong year in 08.... As Francona told me last week... We didn't have to replace many guys so the bulk of the team is intact which means a very good chance to be there in October again!!!!
Posted: January 30th, 2008, 1:46 pm
by Ed Dantes
