Johan Santana. Failure to Launch.
Back on Tuesday, Joe Christensen of the Minneapolis Star Tribune mused:
Are the Twins overplaying their hand in the Johan Santana Trade Talks?
Um, yes?
The background for the piece was the news that the Mets had offered a boatload of talent, but the Twins asked for one more piece, causing New York to pull back. It's a familiar scenario that everyone saw played out in the winter meetings with the Red Sox and Yankees. The Twins continune to bet that one of the Yankees, Red Sox or Mets will finally blink and offer that last piece to make it all worth Minny's while. The problem? No real incentive for any of those teams to blink and Minnesota goes to spring training with a built-in distraction and teams that don't feel compelled to make a deal.
I just don't see the Twins' hand getting stronger as time passes. At all.
