A New York team landed Johan Santana, but it wasn’t that New York team. Santana is heading to the Metropolitans.
At a seemingly reasonable price — swift outfielder Carlos Gomez and young pitchers Philip Humber, Kevin Mulvey and Deolis Guerra — the Mets have satisfied the Twins. Now they have three days, beginning Tuesday, to satisfy Santana who, armed with a no-trade clause that can be as effective in these circumstances as his world class changeup, can veto the trade if the Mets don’t make him happy.
Wow. The Mets landed Santana by only giving up one of their top prospects (Humber), a very good prospect (Gomez) and two very average prospects (Mulvey and Guerra). Seems like the Twins might have settled a bit here, which is a surprising considering how long they wanted to make a deal. Give the Mets credit – they improved their starting rotation tenfold and didn’t mortgage their future too much in the process.
Here’s Peter Gammons’ take:
