“Johan Santana and Jose Reyes are on the mend,” writes Adam Rubin, in a post to his blog for the Daily News. According to Rubin, “Reyes is now walking freely without crutches.? The player’s representative told Rubin that Reyes is not yet 100 percent, but, “He looks great.” In mid-October, Reyes had surgery to clean up scar tissue around ...

... kept on a ML roster for a full season.  But the Astros reached that same conclusion regarding a young pitcher named Johan Santana and he was selected in the Rule 5 draft.   I' ... m not saying that Clemens or Locke can become franchise type players, like Santana, but it does show that teams can miscalculate when it comes to protecting Rule 5 candidates. Teams ...

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... . “Save the Big Three,” we proclaimed, as it became clear that any Johan Santana deal would probably include some combination of Phil Hughes and Ian ... the Yanks wouldn’t have to pay twice for CC, first in prospects and then in dollars, as they would for Santana. When all was said and done that winter, our position held the day, but it was not without controversy. Throughout 2008 ...

... Santana now has been traded The Twins have traded two of the four players they got from the Mets for Johan Santana. By JOE CHRISTENSEN, Star Tribune Last update: November ... shortstop J.J. Hardy altered the legacy of the Twins' 2008 trade of Johan Santana to the Mets. More here. Main Mets Police page Follow us on twitter @metspolice Facebook page send ideas/guest ...

... Buchholz wasn’t worth the price for Halladay? Could we see a “Johan Santana redux” and watch Omar Minaya swoop ... just draft picks? Mets fans can dream about a Santana/Halladay tandem at Citi Field. It probably won’t ... a prized prospect if you are the Yankees or Red Sox. They wouldn’t do it for Santana and he had a ton less mileage than Holliday. Don’t hold your ...