The Twins have already said that they can't pay Johan Santana the 20-million-plus dollars per year needed to keep the lefty ace. But who will get him?
The Yankees, Red Sox and Twins don't seem to understand that guys like me, who spend their days writing about baseball, need them to do something with baseball's best pitcher. It's not like there is a heckuva lot else going on in our National Pastime in mid-January. Nope, right now, it's all steroids, HGH, and a bunch of other stuff that is important, but very depressing. Congress calling Roger Clemens to the Hill to potentially ruin himself with sworn testimony? I don't get off on that. I like the game, the play on the field, the ballparks, the players. You know what I am talking about. I like baseball.
But that good stuff is still way, way off. So I need the Yankees or the Red Sox to pull the trigger and make the move for Santana now. The Twins had better be smart about this. They are demanding a lot for their two-time Cy Young award winner. If they don't trade him, they risk losing what has already been offered by Boston (Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, etc.) and and New York (Phil Hughes, Melky Cabrera, etc.). These are good offers. So will the Twins just pull the damn trigger so I will have something fun and positive to write about?
