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Steinbrenner confirms Santana talk

Kelly Thesier, beat writer for the Twins on MLB.com, is reporting Hank Steinbrenner has confirmed he’s been in talks with the Twins about Santana.

Hank Steinbrenner, the Yankees’ senior vice president, confirmed to the Associated Press on Monday that his team and the Twins have begun discussions involving Santana and that Minnesota is definitely willing to trade the two-time Cy Young Award winner.

Steinbrenner stressed that the talks are still in the early stages.

“I don’t want to get into that at this point, as far as what they want, what we’re willing to give and all that,” Steinbrenner told the AP. “It’s preliminary right now.”

While this is not a done deal, all reports seem to indicate the Yankees, Mets, Dodgers and Red Sox are the leading contenders for Santana (Thesier is also reporting, in a bit of irony, that the Angels may be interested as well).  Yesterday, I outlined a scenario with the Yankees that is getting some play.  I am beginning to wonder if a trade with the Yankees would include all three players or just two players - Cabrera and Jackson or Hughes and Jackson.

If the Twins have any hope of getting decent return on their investment (that’s what I’m going to call these all-stars we keep grooming only to trade away), it seems increasingly likely that the Twins will need to allow a 72-hour window for Santana to negotiate a contract extension with the new team - not to mention Santana’s no-trade clause which in effect means he gets veto power over all trades.

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   November 27, 2007 at 7:55 pm

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