Done deal - Santana is (finally) a Met
You may have missed it but the Mets announced a huge deal Saturday with Pedro Feliciano's one-year deal for $1.025 million.
Oh, by the way, Johan Santana passed his physical and signed a six-year deal for $137.5 million, locking up the two-time Cy Young winner (and hands-down best pitcher in baseball over the last three seasons) with the Mets for the heart of his prime.
Excited about pitchers and catchers yet?
You can read all the details of the negotiations here. Omar Minaya took his chances by being patient but relentless, by staying in the game and staying in contact with the Twins while the Yankees and Red Sox played it coy. When they wouldn't fork over their top prospects, the Mets were the last team standing and the Twins had to make a deal or risk getting nothing in return.
Is Santana overpaid? Maybe no one can live up to those big numbers, but compared to what Barry Zito got, it's almost a bargain. And based on Santana's history and athletic prowess, there's no reason to think he won't be an elite pitcher for the duration of the deal, which will end when he's only 35.
Santana, Pedro, Maine, Perez, then El Duque or Pelfrey. Hell, at this point sign Livan Hernandez, slide El Duque into the pen, let Pelfrey fine-tune his stuff in AAA and suddenly that's perhaps the best staff in baseball. Lots of innings eaten up there, which only helps a bullpen made up of Sosa (also recently signed), Feliciano, Duaner Sanchez, Heilman and Wagner.
It's funny how much crap Minaya got from so many scribes and pundits for not doing anything to improve the team. Like you get extra points for acting more quickly. All that matters is what you've done before camp starts, and now the Mets' camp has Johan Santana, and all is right with the world.
Let's play some ball!
Oh, by the way, Johan Santana passed his physical and signed a six-year deal for $137.5 million, locking up the two-time Cy Young winner (and hands-down best pitcher in baseball over the last three seasons) with the Mets for the heart of his prime.
Excited about pitchers and catchers yet?
You can read all the details of the negotiations here. Omar Minaya took his chances by being patient but relentless, by staying in the game and staying in contact with the Twins while the Yankees and Red Sox played it coy. When they wouldn't fork over their top prospects, the Mets were the last team standing and the Twins had to make a deal or risk getting nothing in return.
Is Santana overpaid? Maybe no one can live up to those big numbers, but compared to what Barry Zito got, it's almost a bargain. And based on Santana's history and athletic prowess, there's no reason to think he won't be an elite pitcher for the duration of the deal, which will end when he's only 35.
Santana, Pedro, Maine, Perez, then El Duque or Pelfrey. Hell, at this point sign Livan Hernandez, slide El Duque into the pen, let Pelfrey fine-tune his stuff in AAA and suddenly that's perhaps the best staff in baseball. Lots of innings eaten up there, which only helps a bullpen made up of Sosa (also recently signed), Feliciano, Duaner Sanchez, Heilman and Wagner.
It's funny how much crap Minaya got from so many scribes and pundits for not doing anything to improve the team. Like you get extra points for acting more quickly. All that matters is what you've done before camp starts, and now the Mets' camp has Johan Santana, and all is right with the world.
Let's play some ball!
posted by Gaspo @ 9:26 PM
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