probably unrealistic, and james shields may also be, but he’d be a good one to target.

It would have been nice if he said this back in November instead of whining about wanting to play in New York,

It would have made the Twins able to bargain better too.

doing a bit of revisionist history here, now that he sees the Cubs paddling everyone’s behind. The reports during ST were that he A.) wished to go to an east coast team, ruling out the Cubs, B.) that he wished to go to a team that had ST in Florida, further ruling out the Cubs. Besides the price probably would’ve been higher than Hendry wants to pay. It’s sort of disingenuous for Santana to say this stuff now.

Hindsight is indeed 20/20, eh, Johan?

Cubs officials won’t comment publicly about Santana, but privately they said they called the Twins when general manager Bill Smith put Santana on the block last winter and were told Santana wouldn’t waive his no-trade clause for any team that didn’t train in Florida or play on the East Coast.

So Hendry did try but was told by the Twins that a trade was not possible. As we all know, It takes 2 to Tango. If the Twins would not even ask Santana about the Cubs…what was Hendry to do? He could not go public with his request…He could not go directly to Santana…That would be tampering.

They Tried, they were turned down. ENd of story.

Kasey

I worry about the 25 we have now.
Go Cubs

Just be happy with how our boys are playing. And hope to God that Lilly can get his stuff together.

I have a feeling he would not be pitching as patiently nor as well if he was ”#2”.

Does anyone believe the Twins GM if he had gotten an offer from the Cubs didn’t call Santana and ask if he would consider going there?

I certainly hope if the situation were with the Cubs and someone we were going to trade was pretty insistent on going to a place with some criteria Hendry would at least call and talk to him before turning down a good trade.

...when i read the quotes of Santana that are posted it doesn’t tell me anything. I never thought that he went to the Mets because he hated the Cubs, the guy isn’t related to Marty Brenneman as far as I know?

I don’t recall who the mets gave up to get him, so I can’t comment on whether Hendry messed up?

I am puzzled as to why these quotes would upset anyone now?

You say:

I don’t think the Cubs have that much of quality minor leaguers to trade for Santana (which is what the Mets did);

Then you say:

regardless, it would have been pretty cool to see him donning the blue pinstripes.

Uh, well, you can’t have one without the other, so pull your penny loafer away from Hendry’s throat, por favor.

I would guess Twins management didn’t leave a post-it note on Johan’s locker telling him that the Cubs called because they knew Hendry couldn’t come close to a reasonable offer for Santana.

I agree it’s a damn shame. I generally don’t like to even think about the postseason this early, but if the Cubs went into ‘08 with Santana and Zambrano at the top of their rotation, I’d be divesting myself of personal assets right now to save up for a World Series ticket. Alas and alack, it was not to be.

I just don’t see a trade for Kazmir happening. People scoffed when I said this before, but Tampa sees themselves as having a shot at contention this year – it’s probably the best team they’ve ever put on the field. I doubt they’ll trade any of their commodity guys for anything that doesn’t help them win now and win in the future.

Besides, any trade for Kazmir would see Murton as little more than a throw-in, let alone a centerpiece. He’s one of the premiere young pitchers in the game.

Not you Nittany, but the players, media and agent(s). All I heard leading up to the trade and the days after was he wanted to be on an East coast team that ST’d in Fla. Well, he got what he wished for…

Do the Cubs need another quality starter? To win the division and the NLDS? No…. To win the NLCS and WS? Yes…. I just simply don’t know what names will come out of the woodwork. Good to check back in on this on in 60-90 days.

really didn’t give up that much for Santana. Felix Pie, Sean Gallagher, Kevin Hart and Jose Ceda would have been at least equal to what the Mets offered.

But like it was said—it wasn’t like Hendry didn’t try. The Twins told him Santana wasn’t interested in Chicago. And who knows if what Santana is saying now is what he said back in January.