Mets need to get Santana -

Finally, the Mets can forget about their collapse and look toward 2008 with optimism.

[Johnny Islander]

I would do Reyes for Santana.

[Stuart Pitt]

Santana is an excellent guitar player, but I think he's spreading himself too thin by trying to play baseball.

The Melts need to keep Reyes. He's a champion and a gamer. He knows how to dance and entertain people.

Granted, when I played college ball, there was no dancing or skipping around like Reyes. We played hard-nosed ball and all that dancing stuff would have earned the player a wedgee.

But this is a different era. The kids like the dancing. So, dancing it shall be.

[Greg]

Newsday Brokebach needs to get a clue.

[BILL]

why tease the met fans with this nonsense. the twins are not stupid, they aren't going to trade santana for a sulking, moody player with talent. if they do trade him, they will trade him for multiple blue chip pitching prospects.

[Peter]

The Mets obviously need more pitching - but why would you create a major hole at SS and in your lineup to get the pitching?

Reyes is 24 and won't be a FA for a few seasons. Santana is tremendous and is still young, but he will be a FA next year. Anyone who thinks he will sign before he hits FA is kidding themselves - he has a chance to rake in $20-25 million when he hits the market, why would he limit himself to one team?

You can't deal Reyes for one year of Santana - that's absolutely crazy.

[SShoreli]

Tough one. I'd be more inclined to try sell them on Beltran (as suggested last night by Ed Colemen on FAN) even if we have to throw in some cash to cover Beltrans salary. I think finding an outfielder with 30hr 110 rbi can be bought but getting a player with the intangibles Reyes brings is much more difficult. As long as we can figure out what happened to him down the stretch. Hopefully he spent to much time bouncing around in May and was exhausted in Sept, at least that can be turned around. Suddenly becoming Rickey Henderson can't be fixed and in that case he can go.

[Mr Minaya]

i want Santana, but i dont wanna trade Reyes...any other ideas?

[Doug]

Yeah, let's get rid of Beltran. That should fix everything.

Reyes proved he is the true MVP of baseball, because once he stopped hitting the Mets went from BEST to WORST in the NL. Who has that much effect on 1 team? Nobody. Even AROD has gone weeks in a slump and the Yanks had enough bats or arms to cover him.
Not the Mets. If Reyes is bad they are too. If he is good they are good.

[metbaseball]

I'm surprised you're including El Duque in the rotation. If you're going to trade for Santana, let's also trader for a younger, more reliable replacement for Hernandez.

[Strubel]

That may be one of the dumbest arguments I've ever heard.

Starting here: Imagine if the Mets had Santana pitching on Sunday against the Marlins. Is there any doubt that the final score would have most definitely been different?

Yes, about as sure as the Padres were when Jake Peavy allowed six runs against Colorado last night.

Sure, Santana is one of the games best BUT he's no guarantee either. Why not wait one more season for him to enter the free agent market and have Reyes AND Santana.

Like the Randolph situation, there are way too many knee-jerk reactions about the Mets. Keep Randolph. Keep Reyes, Wright, Beltran as the core of the team.

Let the vets move on: LoDuca, Green, Alou, Glavine, Easley, Valentin, Conine (retired) and Castillo.

That frees up about $30 million. Build from there ...

[NY Muts]

I wouldn't do this trade just because of the nature of pitchers and the string of injuries. Jose just needs a sit-down with Mets brass to shape up.
Johan is gonna be a free agent and the Mets will be killed if he walks and heads over the real team in NY, the NY Yankees.

[Longtime Hockey Fan]

Asinine trade proposal. You do not trade a 24 year old perennial all-star caliber shortstop for a pitcher - any pitcher - one year removed from free agency. Blowhards like Buster Olney, Jim Baumbach and fatso Carlin on the fan should get back on their meds.ty

[Joe Foy]

This is nuts...get off the roof..Reyes is not going anywhere..Yes make a play for Santana, with Pelfrey, Humber, Heilman, Beltran etc... Reyes will be the Mets SS for the next 12 years...Or after the Mets trade Reyes for Santana, they can follow that up with Wright for Dice K

[Tom]

Santana has probably had his best years. It's hard to tell with pitchers nowadays. Everyone thought Zito was good, and he wasn't. It just seems like signing big free agents never works.

[Texas Ted]

I would trading Lastings Milledge for Santana and Mauer and three million dollars.

[Busey]

you are a moron if you don't want to do that trade.

[Busey]

Joe Foy wrote:

This is nuts...get off the roof..Reyes is not going anywhere..Yes make a play for Santana, with Pelfrey, Humber, Heilman, Beltran etc... Reyes will be the Mets SS for the next 12 years...Or after the Mets trade Reyes for Santana, they can follow that up with Wright for Dice K

umm... Santana is the best pitcher in baseball... why would the Twins take the Mets garbage in exchange for him?

[Amit]

No doubt I would love to have Santana, but not at the price of Reyes. Reyes is too much of a weapon and the Mets need him at the top of thier lineup. I would wait untill Santana hits free agency and then sign him without giving up any talent

[Busey]

as long as you get a long term deal...

[shameless-li]

keep reyes, get rid of ricky henderson and his trash talk