Its a sad day for Twins fans as Minnesota sends Santana to the Mets for 4 prospects....we knew we were gonna lose Santana but for 4 Met prospects....we could have at least gotten one proven guy for arguably the best pitchers in the game right now. Carlos Gomez is the biggest name in the deal coming our way but please one guy we know would have been nice. If the Twins thought they couldnt get a better deal from the Red Sox or Yankees then they must have been offering up junk, which i doubt. The Twins just wanted to send Santana to the NL so he doesnt come back and smoke them at the Homer Dome. Santana is the best pitcher in baseball right now and what is sad for Twins fans is that we never got to see Santana and Francisco Liriano go 1 2 in our rotation. What a blockbuster staff that would have been. Then add Joe Nathan coming out of the pen. The Twins could have made a serious run at the pennant if that was the case. So now we have to hope that the young arms of Baker and Bonser continue to develop and get better and pray that Liriano can come back from his injury. The pitching staff is young, but they do have potential but there is no doubt that losing Santana will be a huge hole that cant be filled. Make no mistake no one will be able to replace Santana, all we can do is hope that the staff will come together as a whole and play well. Its a good thing that Morneau, Mauer and the likes are signed long term otherwise we would be in big trouble and still maybe. I wonder if Terry Ryan would have made this deal.