After months of speculation Omar Minaya did just what we Mets fans wanted and jacked up Twins GM and got us the much needed Ace of the staff, ALL RISE FOR JOHAN SANTANA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A big tip of the Mets hat to Omar for not only landing Santana but he keeps F-Mart and Mike Pelfrey. Sure the price is high in Gomez, Humber, Mulvey, and Guerrra but there is no way you can be unhappy with this deal. Add in that the Mets have three picks in the first fifty in the JUne entry draft and the fact that Omar has said the organization will not be part of this slotting bullshit and the off season that crawled just became Times Square on New Years Eve.
Folks you have to tune into SPORTSTALKNY tomorrow night at 9PM EST just for the fun of hearing me sound like a giddy school girl over this deal.
I will be on here later with more Santana stuff
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This post was written by kranepool on January 29, 2008
Hell yeah, Steve, I am in a giddy state of shock. All winter I tried not to get my hopes up, thinking he was headed to Boston or the Skankees, I love Omar Minaya!
Steve,
At the risk of overstating the obvious, this is awesome news! I have to admit, I was losing faith in Omar, but this deal and the fact that we were able to hold on to Martinez has totally restored my faith in him. Johan, Pedro, Maine, Perez, Duque/or whomever… not a bad rotation if I do say so myself! I’m looking forward to the coming season! Go Mets!
Awesome! The best part is that we kept our best OF and pitching prospects (the second is open to debate). But whatever, the price was steep but doable and we have the best pitcher in baseball. What collapse, did somebody collapse? I know nothing of that.
Additional benefit- NO LIVAN!!!
LIFE IS GOOD!
Congratulations, Omar. Well done!
I’m drinking the Omar kool-aid.
I’m surprised we got the best pitcher in baseball for four players that aren’t ready for the majors. It hurts losing Gomez, but hopefully Fmart will grow to fill that role.
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Omar must’ve heard me say “Hang Jeffy From The Shea Turrets”:
He got the DEAL Done;
One can almost hear Suzyn Waldman say “O my goodness gracious-Johann Santana is in Fred Wilpon’s Bawx”;
Well, Obviously!
Next week oughta be a beaut:
Giants VICTORY parade on Tuesday, Santana presser in a #57 Met unit top on Wednesday.
I love the deal,but isn’t anyone even a bit worried about money part of the deal getting done with Santana this week? It is a lot of high stakes negotiating, and a lot of fast talk after a very slow winter…
I am pretty confident, but want to see this done before I can relax.
I love the deal!!!!!!!!!