Article: Mets-Twins blockbuster with Santana a winning deal?

To compare a pair of blockbusters, the offseason deal that sent former Minnesota Twins ace Johan Santana to the New York Mets in February was to the baseball world what "The Dark Knight" has been to Hollywood this summer.

While the film's sterling reviews are set in stone, how successful the baseball trade has been for both parties remains uncertain.

Once the Twins began to shop the Santana, who will make his second career start at PNC Park today against the Pirates, the top franchises in baseball began to battle over him. The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox made overtures to the Twins, but it was the Mets who landed the Venezuelan fireballer who owns a wicked changeup.

The cost to the ...

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