Tuesday Jan. 29th the Twins have come to an agreement that will have two-time Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana go to the Mets for outfielder Carlos Gomez and pitchers Philip Humber, Kevin Mulvey and Deolis Guerra.
Maybe...
Mr. Santana does have a no-trade clause with his contract with the Mets. He has until 5pm on Friday Feb. 1th to nix the deal.
So now that the Mets have ,to me, surprisingly satisfied the Twins front office. They now have to convey some numbers to Mr Santana which will make him happy. Few doubt the the contract will be below the $1oo million mark.
Do I want to see Santana go anywhere other that the Red Sox?
Well I would be a fool to say yes.
But we do have an Alpha Pitcher on staff right now, Mr. Beckett.
One thing for sure Mr. Santana is also an Alpha Pitcher also.
You put two Alpha males in a pen together and you know that they will have to prove which on is the higher Alpha.
They both are very aggressive in their game and are outstanding athletes.
So in a sense I would not like Mr. Santana to join the Sox.
I see disaster down the road.
Yes I know some of you are saying ...oh, their both professionals.. they will work together..... well they are human too and the human beast always wins out.
Just look at Jeter and A-rod.
They jockeyed for dominance and now do not like each other and that in its self caused strife in the clubhouse and the other players will take sides and poof.... a crappy 2007 season for the Yankees. They lost an edge and I do not wish that for our Sox.
Plus I would hate to see our young players and even Coco traded for Santana.
Some say that young Clay Buchholz and Jacoby Ellsbury were just flashes in the pan last year.. well I would like to see them repeat here on our turf and not in Minnesota.
As long as the Yankees do not get him all will be right in the world.
3 comments:
That last sentence says it all. The EE needed him way more than we did. He was a nice bonus for us but at the cost of almost *all* our youth? I am not sorry he went to the Mets.
jmp, when you think about it, it's a small miracle the Sox even got to the playoffs in '04. Petey was hot the Sox brought in Schilling and Schill let anybody who would listen know he was THE man. So that's a good analogy about the alpha males.
And like Dawn said; he would have been a nice addition, but hey: we don't need him.
Dawn:
Yup. As long as the EE is Santana free the RSN will sleep better!!!
Ted:
Schilling sure did some struttin'..and well deserved too!
Ya, would of been nice to have him but it would have cost a lot both in money and blood!!!
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