The New York Mets have reportedly landed All Star pitcher Johan Santana in exchange for 4 top tier prospects. Santana still has to approve the trade due to his no trade clause, however, it’s expected that he will do so once the Mets agree to a contract extension for the Cy Young award winner. The [...]

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Today is apparently free agent pitcher Carlos Silva’s day in the hot stove spotlight. We’ve got reports that both the Royals and the Mariners have made Silva offers. The Royals offer is rumored to be for 3 years and worth around $30 million while Seattle’s offer is said to be in the neighborhood of 4 [...]

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The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported today that Johan Santana’s agent has stated that it will take a 7 year deal with an annual value of $20 million to land the star pitcher. The Twins had offered 4 years at $20 million but the 7 year demand simply won’t be something the team can accommodate. Obviously [...]

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MLB Trade Rumors has a “trusted New York sportswriter” talking about at giant three way deal between the Mets, Twins and A’s:

Mets get Santana from the Twins and Crosby and Johnson from the A’s.
Twins get Pellot from the Mets and Haren from the A’s
A’s get Mulvey and Reyes from the Mets.

Of course you have to [...]

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With the Tigers having nabbed Cabrera the focus moves to Johan Santana and the Boston Herald is reporting that the Sox and Twins negotiated deep into the night last night. Boston seems intent on not including top prospect Clay Bucholz in the deal but is still willing to put together a blockbuster package that could include either [...]

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The focus on Johan Santana appears to be switching coasts. With the Yankees claiming to be out of the bidding and the Red Sox apparently not willing to offer what the Twins want, MLB.com is reporting that the Angels are willing to jump into the fray. If true that would mean that the Halos [...]

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The New York Times reported that the potential deal to send Johan Santana to the Yankees “showed a flicker of life” this morning when the Twins “backed off their demand that the right-hander Ian Kennedy be added to the Yankees’ trade offer.” The Yanks’ offer to this point has been Phillip Hughs, Melky Cabrera, and [...]

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The Houston Chronicle has Andy Petite re-upping for another year with the Yanks. He’d been contemplating retirement but teammates helped talk him out of it. Apparently that gives the Yankees a bit of flexibility to play hardball with the Twins over Johan Santana. According to the NYT, they’ve given Minnesota until tonight to either accept [...]

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Fox Sports is reporting that Twin star Johan Santana will not waive his no-trade clause during the season. That essentially limits the Twins’ options to trading him before the season starts, or allow him to walk via free agency in exchange for two draft picks. When you consider the type of offers the Twins are [...]

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The Hot Stove is smoking but we’re unlinkely to see any real flames until next week’s Winter Meetings in Nashville. With a shallow free-agent pool,  teams will have to resort to old-fashioned wheeling and dealing.
The focus of most attention is, of course, Johan Santana who Minnesota has on the block. The Twinkies are hoping that [...]

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