Johan Santana is Coming to the Mets

Minnesota Twins pitcher Johan Santana is coming to the Mets in a 4-for-1 trade.  The Mets currently are in a 72-hour negotiation window in an attempt to sign Santana to a multi-year contract extension.  What’s the WBRL impact?

• Goodfellas: Lose pitching prospect Philip Humber
• Uncle Lester: Lose OF prospect Carlos Gomez
• Atomic Roadrunners: No impact, but P prospect Deolis Guerra was on the AaRr squad for a week in June of 2007, so at least they knew about him.

Uncle Lester: Valentin Re-Signs with Mets (NL)

Free agent 2B Jose Valentin has re-signed a minor-league contract with the New York Mets, with an invitation to Spring Training.  Valentin is rehabbing from a torn ACL, and won’t be ready for baseball activities until mid-to-late March.

Uncle Lester retains the rights to Valentin, who will cost $5 with 1 year remaining on his contract.

Uncle Lester: Olivo Signs with Kansas City (AL)

Free agent catcher Miguel Olivo signed a one-year contract with a mutual option for 2009 with the Kansas City Royals.  Olivo had been non-tendered by the Florida Marlins earlier this month.

Olivo has been removed from the Uncle Lester roster and is no longer eligible for protection for 2008.

Non-Tender Day: Meet the New Free Agents

With yesterday’s tender deadline, the following players are now free agents:

• The Pi Train:
  • C - Johnny Estrada
  • OF - Willie Harris
• X-Men:
  • P - Mark Prior
• Atomic Roadrunners:
  • 3B - Morgan Ensberg
• Cover Zero:
  •  SS - Adam Everett
  • OF -Kevin Mench
• Misogynistic Padres
  • Mark Hendrickson
• Uncle Lester:
  • C - Miguel Olivo
• Stanimals:
  • OF - Nook Logan

Uncle Lester: Wood Signs to Stay in Chicago (NL)

Cubs relief pitcher Kerry Wood has signed a one-year, $4 million contract to stay with the Chicago Cubs. With some mention of incumbent closer Ryan Dempster moving to the rotation, Wood might be on-track to start the year as the new closer.

Wood is now eligible for protection for the 2008 season for 2 seasons at $10.

Uncle Lester: Jacque Jones Traded to Detroit (AL)

Uncle Lester loses OF Jacque Jones in an MLB trade. Jones was traded to Detroit for middle-infielder Omar Infante. Jones was removed from Uncle Lester’s roster, and is no longer eligible for protection for 2008.

Free Agents No More

These guys have re-signed or have exercised options for 2008, so are eligible for protection for their 2007 team:

Team	Pos	Player
Goodfellas	1B	Scott Hatteberg
Goodfellas	C	Brad Ausmus
Cover Zero	OF	Adam Dunn
Shoeless Jews	C	Javier Valentin
Uncle Lester	2B	Damion Easley
Atomic Roadrunners	OF	Moises Alou
Get Off Kong!	P	Greg Maddux

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