Johan Santana is scheduled to make about $25 million dollars each of the next two years. There’s also an option for 2014, which adds another $25 million if he reaches awards incentives and/or innings threshold. The combination of Santana’s health and the Mets reduced payroll make this a very punishing financial commitment.
I think Ben Nicholson-Smith of MLBTR said it best by opining the Mets won the deal that sent Philip Humber, Carlos Gomez, Kevin Mulvey, and Deolis Guerra to the Twins for Santana, but lost the contract.
Could you blame the Mets for giving him a 7-year deal? They were coming off a collapse due to their starting pitching falling apart in September. Their crosstown rivals were hot on Santana’s trail, as were the Red Sox. When they acquired his services without giving up their top hitting prospect (Fernando Martinez) or top pitching prospect (Mike Pelfrey), they couldn’t lose the deal over a failure to negotiate a contract.
No one, including me, was against the ...
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