My favorite baseball team is about to trade the greatest pitcher in the game, and probably the greatest in franchise history. So why am I happy? I don't know, I guess because I have the realization that the Twins find themselves leveraging for their own advantage the greatest power in the game- namely, the Yankees' and Red Sox' hatred for each other. Although, "the collective ego of the Steinbrenners" would've been an acceptable answer too.
I have no idea what's going to happen now, which team Santana will end up on, or whether whatever he's heard so far about situation is merely true or false leaks. I don't even have an opinion on which rumored package I'd rather have, except to say that getting pitching back would be preferable, and that having a guy named "Melky" in my life for the next several years sounds like fun. It's good to see that Bill Smith isn't afraid to make a big move, and that the team has a chance to be good next year, and great when the new park opens in '10.
Posted by Stephen Silver at December 3, 2007 04:47 PM