February 01, 2008
Another 120
The Mets and Santana had their deadline extended two hours.
Update: The deal is done:
...Update...6:44 pm...
The Mets have issued a statement saying negotiations are complete and Santana is scheduled to take a physical.
...from what i can gather, the physical will be tomorrow...
...Update...6:46 pm...
...i have reason to believe the deal is for a guaranteed six years, and $137.5 million...as expected, he'll stay under contract on his current deal, but paid roughly $7 million on top of that...i can't confirm that with people connected to the team, though...
Update: The New York Daily News has more.
The deal bumps this season's salary to approximately $20 million and adds six guaranteed years at $22-23 million.
I believe this is only the third player to receive $20 million a year for a long term contract, the others being A-Rod (twice) and Manny Ramirez.
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Well, there goes the 4:59 theory...
MLB shouldn't have approved this extension. make 'em sweat it out and git'r'dun, i say. Much more dramatic that way.
Just to be clear, it's the Hall of Fame game that has been canceled, not the Hall of Fame itself.