Mets GET Santana!!! pending contract talks with him

By Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY
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.
The deal is pending the Mets and Santana reaching agreement on a six- or
seven-year contract extension and that Santana passes a physical; they have
been granted a 48 to-72-hour window to do so. Santana has a no-trade clause
that he will waive if agreement is reached on a contract extension.

The Mets paid a high price in prospects to land Santana, agreeing to send
the Twins outfielder Carlos Gomez and pitchers Phil Humber, Deolis Guerra
and Kevin Mulvey.

The deal would give the Mets the much-needed ace at the front of their
rotation. Santana won the American League Cy Young Award in 2004 and 2006
and is 93-44 lifetime. He went 15-13 with a 3.33 ERA for the Twins last
season. Santana has struck out at least 235 batters each of the past four
seasons.

While the deal drains much of the talent out of the Mets' farm system, they
did manage to hold on to top prospect Fernando Martinez, an outfielder.
Instead, they headed the package with Gomez, who turned 22 in December and
spent 58 games with the Mets last year.


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