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the Twins could get.  They didn't even obtain outfielder Fernando Martinez, who's the Mets best prospect at that position.  I'm getting the queasy feeling that I've s

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The announcement was just made, the Twins have traded Johan Santana to the Mets for four prospects including outfielder Carlos Gomez, and right-handed pitchers Phillip Humber, Kevin Mulvey, and Doolis Guerra.

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p>Lowenfish also discusses several players, starting with Gary Carter, the one-time catcher for the Mets.  Putting aside the current problem with steroids and other drugs, there's a pretty good argument to be made that if part of the reason for eventually keeping Barry Bonds ouit is that a lot of people, including the reporters who vote on the Hall of Fame, simply don't like him personally, then a big part of the reason Carter is in is because of his ability to charm baseball reporters everywhere. Because as a player, his stats are good, but definitely not great. Lowenfish brings up several other examples, all guarunteed to start an argument with fans of their respective teams.

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