Johan breaks off talks with Twins - to be FA in 2008

[sam h]

They really should trade him this off-season.

Its so hard to tell what the market will look like two years from now, but I think if he was a free agent right now he would have been able to get something like 25 for 6-7 years.

[Boris]

Given that the Twinkies have are a really good baseball team it doesn't make much sense to trade Santana at the end of the season. They are getting outstanding value from him and they have a decent shot going to the World Series. I think you have take that shot and then let him go at the end of his contract.

[sam h]

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Given that the Twinkies have are a really good baseball team it doesn't make much sense to trade Santana at the end of the season. They are getting outstanding value from him and they have a decent shot going to the World Series. I think you have take that shot and then let him go at the end of his contract.

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I guess it depends what they could get. But if they could get some major-league ready young talent, which should be possible for a creative GM, they could both contend the next year and manage to monetize Santana. If you are a team like the Twins that depends on a steady infusion of cheap young talent, then I don't think you can pass up that opportunity. I think what your As have done with some of their players is a good model for this.

[CheckRaise]

As a Twin's fan this news ruined my day. DON'T GO JOHAN WE LOVE YOU!!!

[SL__72]

If they could get the same kind of value they did on the Pierzynski trade on a trade for Johan, they could probably win the WS like 10 years in a row... [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[sam h]

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If they could get the same kind of value they did on the Pierzynski trade on a trade for Johan, they could probably win the WS like 10 years in a row... [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Lincecum, Cain, Peter McGowan's daughters, and half the revenue of Pac Bell Park sounds about right.

[bottomset]

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As a Twin's fan this news ruined my day. DON'T GO JOHAN WE LOVE YOU!!!

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I agree

also this potential situation, is why I was really mad with the Twin's inability to improve the team in the offseason, the window could be much smaller than they thought

[Boris]

SL - can you imagine the Giants pitching staff today if they still had Santana, Bonser and Nathan? My god they would be nasty.

[ajmargarine]

Santana denies SI report

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Johan Santana today said he has not cut off negotiations with the Twins over a contract extension and said he did not know of the team making a two-year extension offer. His words directly refuted a story today by si.com.....

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[kyleb]

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SL - can you imagine the Giants pitching staff today if they still had Santana, Bonser and Nathan? My god they would be nasty.

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And Liriano gasdnkjhnsdklhnadgjlsdijhsdklhnsdkljhsdj GOD SABEAN IS SO DUMB