Johan Santana to the New York... Mets (!)

[Detritus]

Pending that the two sides can agree to a contract extension for Santana by the end of the week:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3220894

There's a decent chance that Santana tears the NL a new corn chute this year, if he does eventually end up on the Mets.

[Kalzazz]

Yay, its not the Red Sox or the Yankees!

I even halfway like the Mets

[Detritus]

Jayson Stark prefaced one of his online chats with this interesting fact about Santana:

Since 2003, the year he moved into the rotation, the Twins went 105-47 (.691) when he started, and only 335-323 (.509) when anybody else started. In other words, they played like a 112-win team when Santana pitched -- and like an 82-win team when anyone else pitched.
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