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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The list of teams interested in non-tendered Mark Prior is getting longer by the day. We already knew the list included the likes of the Reds, Astros, Padres, Nationals, and Rangers but today the Star Ledger is reporting that both New York teams are interested as well. Prior is still coming back from injury but [...]

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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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Of course today’s big news will be the release of the Mitchell Report. And rumors are flying ahead of the release. Several sources, including the NYT are saying the report will name Yankee pitchers Roger Clemens and Andy Petite as steroid users based upon testimony of trainer, Brian McNamee. Additional Yankees are also expected to [...]

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Various media including the Mercury News are reporting that the Giants are interested outfielder Hideki Matsui. The Yankees would likely want pitching in return and therein lies the rub. The Giants seem willing to trade reliever Jonathan Sanchez but the sticking point is who else they are willing to give up to make the deal [...]

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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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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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