Santana Deal Took Intense Negotiating
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After securing Johan Santana with a six-year contract and a guaranteed $137.5 million, the Mets and Santanaâs representation offered insight into the intense and sensitive negotiations.
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Hal Steinbrennerâs reluctance to add another huge contract to the Yankeesâ payroll seems to be the crux of the debate over whether to trade for Johan Santana.
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On Wednesday, the New York Yankees pulled out of trade talks for Randy Johnson because the asking price was just too high. For Diamondbacks fans this is surely a huge relief.
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The New York Yankees are still discussing whether to pursue a trade for Minnesota Twins ace Johan Santana, and senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner would like to make a deal.
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The All-Star Game has passed, and that has meant one thing in the Minnesota Twins clubhouse over the last four years -- it's Santana time.
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Johan Santana practically coasted through his first complete game of the season. Going the distance was a bit tougher for Ben Sheets, but he was still going strong at the finish.
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Bill Smith is not afraid to trade Johan Santana. Nor is he afraid to hold on to him for as long as possible. The Minnesota Twins rookie general manager with Portsmouth, N.H., roots has been through a few rebuilding programs in his 22 years in the organization, and though he is new to the job of general manager, there's a ...
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All he wanted was to show his employers that he could start a game every five days. Johan Santana had been with the Minnesota Twins for four years, mostly coming out of the bullpen. But after offseason surgery to remove bone chips from his pitching elbow, he wanted to dismiss any concerns that he was damaged goods.
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As joyous fans celebrated by honking car horns in Caracas, Johan Santana sounded overwhelmed. He became the first Venezuelan to win a Cy Young Award, and not only that, he was a unanimous choice.
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He battled back from a debilitating injury to reach the pinnacle of his profession. But even on the most rewarding day of Johan Santana's career, the 2004 American League Cy Young Award winner yesterday expressed awe at the remarkable grit of the pitcher he edged for the coveted prize.
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Bill Bavasi didn't fully understand the value in signing Miguel Batista until after word leaked of a deal being reached between the veteran pitcher and the Seattle Mariners.
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He battled back from a debilitating injury to reach the pinnacle of his profession. But even on the most rewarding day of Johan Santana&#39;s
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A deal is never a deal until it&#39;s a deal. That may sound like something from the lips of Yogi Berra, but it&#39;s true. While everyone was waiting over the last few days to hear that the three-team trade between
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A complicated three-team deal designed  to bring five-times Cy Young award winner Randy Johnson to the  New York Yankees was under threat on Friday.
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Though Yankees general manager Brian Cashman did manage to utter the name "Johan Santana" yesterday afternoon at Fenway Park, that was about all that was emanating from the crop of assembled GMs - including the Red Sox' Theo Epstein and the Blue Jays' J.P. Ricciardi - in the way of news. With much of baseball on hold for the holidays, ...
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In exchange for pitching ace Johan Santana, the Mets are surrendering four young players.
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NEW YORK -- Johan Santana and the New York Mets were granted an extra two hours to work on a contract extension Friday, pushing the deadline to 7 p.m. EST.