Johan Santana Trade Finally Coming Together for the Minnesota Twins

Posted: 17th April 2010 by Zeke Fuhrman in MLB
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This kind of scenario happens all the time. Go back to 1997 for a minute. The Minnesota Twins dealt All-Star second baseman Chuck Knoblauch to the New York Yankees for Christian Guzman, Eric Milton, Danny Mota, and Brian Buchanan. Eric Milton, who was an All-Star and pitched a no-hitter for the Twins, was traded to Philadelphia for Carlos Gomez and Nick Punto. Brian Buchanan was traded to the San Diego Padres for Jason Bartlett, who was then sent to Tampa Bay for Delmon Young and Brendan Harris. Therefore, theoretically, Chuck Knoblauch was traded for current Twins Nick Punto, Delmon Young, and Brendan Harris. It doesn't look like the Twins gave Johan Santana away after all. Two years after trading the two-time Cy Young award winner to the New York Mets for Carlos Gomez, Phil Humber, Deoli ...

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