Johan Santana headed to New York

 

Are the Mets the final destination for Johan Santana? Well, they are not the only team interested in the Venezuelan pitcher, but they are surely the most needed of his services. New York is looking to bring more credibility to the franchise, and help the team to become into a championship contender.

As of now, they have offered the Twins 4 or 5 players into the deal, possibly including Carlos Gomez and Mike Pelfrey. Though the Twins are looking to acquire Fernando Martinez but the Mets are reluctant to release him.

The Twins are looking to close negotiations and a final decision might come as soon as next week, and Santana, who is possibly the current best pitcher in baseball, and who has produced an 82-33 record in the last 5 seasons, also has offers from the Red Sox who are trading either pitcher Jon Lester or Jacoby Ellsbury and a 6 year deal involving $150 millions, an offer a little higher than the $80 millions the Twins offered him to stay.

Independently of who stays with the ace, any team will be proud to count with Santana’s services, to prove it, let’s mention the 2 Cy Young Awards from 2004 and 2006 for unanimous voting and the Gold Glove award in 2007.

But if no deal takes place, Minnesota might keep Santana for spring training, until an acceptable deal shows up for the left handed.