Santana to the Mets - Done Deal

Jealousy?

Please feel free to refute anything I said above about Omar and his "shrewd" moves.  Tell me about a shrewd trade he made or where he's signed someone for less money then market....or something like that....I guess the "jealousy" accusation must mean that you can't...because I was pretty specific with my examples.  

And the injury thing is just my OPINION....I have no problem if you disagree with that.

He's overpaid for nearly every free agent he has signed and his scouting department hit the lottery with Reyes and Wright.

And now he has this fall into his lap?  Wow, he sure is shrewd. 

Jealousy?

You frequent the baseball forum....please check every one of my threads....you'll see that I have been BEGGING MN to trade Santana....since the end of last year. 

The only thing I'm mad about is that they waited so long and then got screwed when Santana gave them an ultimatum.

Some people here are such homers that they can't even look at the facts.  Boggles my mind. 

And a few more facts for those who like to selectively listen to what suits them...or make up stuff for that matter.

Make no bones about it....Santana FORCED this trade.  He told MN to trade him this week to a NY TEAM or he would just pitch this year for MN and then walk away....giving MN NOTHING.  He has a no trade clause folks........he could veto any trade he wants even if MN called his bluff and tried to trade him later.  And then, who knows if a NY team would even be interested.

The rip on MN's front office is not for making this deal....it's for waiting to long and NOT making one of the others at the baseball meetings.

But make no mistake....Santana is the reason this deal got done. 

Or maybe it was Omar's genius.....

That's ok, everyone is entitled to their opinion.

Nothing wrong with that.

Santana is ours. That's all I care.

Quote Originally Posted by SourDeez:

Love how Mets fans are acting like Cub's fans do every offseason. You still have to play the season.  Santana is due to get hurt

And the season will be played. And it's going to be an exciting one.

And your comment about Santana getting hurt, that's nonsense.

I'm pretty sure you would want him in your team.

Not totally disagreeing that Signing Pedro, Beltran, Wagner, and Delgado were no-brainers that required a large check book, BUT-

Omar traded Kris Benson to Baltimore for John Maine (unknown at the time) and Jorge Julio... then traded around and traded Julio to Arizona for El Duque. Benson subsequently tore his elbow.

Minaya also got Oliver Perez as a THROW IN....VERY SHREWD IMO.

He traded Jae Seo for Duaner Sanchez, who was dominating hitters K-Rod style before getting in that car accident two years ago. hopefully he'll be healthy this year and return to form. Lord knows, Jae Seo won't be heard from again.