Lets Play a Game

Called who is the worst MLB player to sign a ludicrous contract. Because I'm lazy I'll just list the top three and tell you why they are terrible, terrible contracts.

1. Barry Zito(7 years, $126 Million)- What kind of retarded franchise would give Barry Zito a contract you ask? The same team that would pay a 86 year old Ray Durham $7 million, and a 92 year old Omar Vizquel $5 million, the San Francisco Giants. Once again a franchise gets swept away by the fact that the guy won a Cy Young(which he didn't even deserve), and ignores the fact that the guy doesn't strike anybody out.

2. Carl Pavano- The Yankees gave Pavano a 40 million dollar contract and got exactly six wins, one lied about car accident, and two arm surgery's. Not quite the Cy Young candidate they hoped on getting.

3. Gary Matthews Jr.(5 years, $50 Million)- Make one miraculous play get a enormous deal, I guess. Coming off an extremely mediocre year the Angels signed Matthews to be their long term centerfielder but instead got an HGH using, .252 hitter. I guess they realized their mistake, because they signed Tori Hunter this off-season. Oh well, every team can use a 50 million dollar pinch hitter.

Johan to the Mets

The Mets announced today that they had finalized their deal with the Twins to acquire Johan Santana. Not that big of a surprise, as it was leaked yesterday that they were the leaders in the sweepstakes.
The real surprise came when it was revealed that the package the Twins got in return was one of the worst packages offered to them yet.

In return for Santana, the Twins would receive center fielder Carlos Gomez and pitchers Phil Humber, Kevin Mulvey and Deolis Guerra -- a package which some talent evaluators believe could be the fourth-best offer that Minnesota received during this process.

I have no idea why the Twins would except this deal over the ones offered to them by the Yanks and Sox. The Yankees offered a package of Phil Hughes, Robinson Cano, and Melky Cabrera while the Red Sox were willing to give up Jacoby Ellsbury and Jon Lester.
The only real reason the Twins would except this one is that Twin's general manager Bill Smith wanted to deal Santana no matter what, and the Yanks and Sox both withdrew their offers.
Nonetheless, both teams get what they wanted. The Mets get the best pitcher in baseball to go along with a healthy Pedro and an emerging John Maine, while the Twins get a quality, young replacement for Tori Hunter and three nice arms.