...on 15 and third on six. Lee was an MLB-best 22-3 this past season with an AL-leading 2.54 ERA, second in the majors only to Johan Santana of the New York Mets (2.53 ERA). His 22 wins were tied for the major league lead with Arizona's Brandon Webb, who was...
...to last past the 15th round. You'll get an idea as to when players are normally picked, as I mentioned above. I know that Johan Santana will rarely make it into the 3rd round in 2009, so if you want him, you might have to take him with your second round pick....
...they had to âhideâ him on their roster in 2000. You do realize that the Twins did not have the luxury of letting Johan Santana develop any further in the Minor Leagues because he was a Rule 5 pick, right? Whoa there buddy, Iâm not advocating using Phil to...
...commodities in baseball, the centerpiece of a proposed trade between the Yankees and Twins that would have landed Johan Santana in pinstripes. Now, as the Yankees pursue free agent pitchers CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Derek Lowe, the 22-year-old Hughes is...
...all. The fear is that Risebrough will pull a Bill Smith and get prospects for Gaborik much like Smith got in return for Johan Santana. If it were up to me, Gaborik would be moved for one second-liner and two prospects or a prospect and a draft choice. However,...
...loves to talk about how players like Dan Uggla, Johan Santana, Josh Hamilton, Joakim Soria, and even Roberto Clemente were aquired through the Rule V draft, but the reality is that it's not typically a very profitable way to aquire top tier talent. With this...
...Minaya, and each has told me essentially the same strategy: That they would like to add a quality starter to place behind Johan Santana in the rotation and go to camp giving Jonathan Niese a chance to be the No. 5 starter. Minaya likens the plan to what happened...
...Post , the Mets have a game plan going into the winter meetings. The Mets would like to get a quality starter* behind Johan Santana and give Jon Niese a shot as the fifth starter. Sherman adds that he thinks this is a mistake and the Mets could do better with...
...the Yankees have soured so much on Hughes and Kennedy since last year. The major point of the debate was, once you passed on Johan Santana, you were married to a commitment to young pitching. This commitment is easier in a rotation which is anchored by Sabathia,...
...in that round of the Draft each year, but there is always a hope that a team could strike gold like the Twins did with Johan Santana (a Rule 5 Draft pick in 1999). I heard recently that former Twin Matt LeCroy had decided to stop playing and begin coaching....