The Minnesota Twins have traded one of the Major Leagues' best pitchers, Johan Santana, to the New York Mets. In return, they get four nobodies. That's a far cry from the talent the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees were willing to part with to land the two-time Cy Young award winner. But at least Santana's out of the American League, provided the Mets come up with the right deal.
Trades like this one only reinforce the notion that small market teams like the Twins develop talent, only to lose them to deep-pocketed clubs like the Red Sox and Yankees when they can't afford them any more. Torii Hunter, for one, signed with the Los Angeles Angels of Cucamonga as a free agent.
To be fair, the Twins didn't dump all of their best players because of financial issues. Justin Morneau and Michael Cuddyer recently signed extensions to their contracts.
Just think of the money the Pohlad family saved by not spending a fortune to keep Santana, Hunter, or any other player worth having. They now have enough to pay for any cost overruns on that new ballpark they've always wanted, which is set to open in 2010. Also, they are rumored to be in the market for two FM radio stations in Minneapolis to go along with the hip hop outlet they already have.
Maybe contraction doesn't sound so bad after all.
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