Johan Santana, a Metropolitan

Another Minnesota superstar is moving on to bigger and better things.

Johan Santana is going to be a New York Metropolitan. The news broke around 2 pm this afternoon in an article out of the "USA Today" showing a deal that had been agreed upon by the two clubs (Twins and Mets) sending Johan Santana to the Mets for four prospects that "might" end up playing in a Twins uniform some day. This deal is pending Santana waives his no trade clause, passes a physical and agrees to a contract extension which is pretty much a done deal.

Being a Twins fan and a Minnesota sports fan for the most part in general, this is just another reason why my blog is titled the way it is. Loserville. In my opinion, this has to be the worst deal the Twins have received out of all of the speculation and reported offers that they were given. I think that the Twins new General Manager might have gotten his tenure off to a rocky start after letting this 2-time Cy Young Award winner get away for a couple prospects. Not even the Mets #1 prospect for that matter. In early trade talks between the Yankees and the Red Sox deals ranged from Phil Hughes and Melky Cabrera to Jon Lester and Jacoby Ellsbury who could have made an immediate impact and the Twins would have had a chance to win now, in suddenly an even more competitive American League Central Division instead the same old routine "develop more prospects" and maybe get out of the first round of the playoffs...some day. What this deal (if it indeed becomes final) tells me is that the Twins are once again looking to the future. Thanks Carl Pohlad, you can "kick the bucket" any day now.

After last weeks locking up of Justin Morneau and Michael Cuddyer to contract extensions totaling $104 million and looking back, the Twins almost had me a bit excited, but once again it ended in disappointment. I know the Twins made offers that matched Santana's per-year deal money wise but couldn't come through as far as longevity and I don't blame them. Six or seven year deals for pitchers now days is a bit ridiculous (thanks Barry Zito) because they will never last that long and the majority of their production comes in the first few years and the rest is just guaranteed money and they will probably just get hurt and not play anyway but teams in the large market are able to satisfy these players with these ridiculous contracts and leave other teams out in the cold. Baseball needs a salary cap in today's game because it is getting a bit out of control.

With Johan now gone, so is my interest in baseball this season before it even starts. Detroit has loaded up, Cleveland is coming off a season a win short of the series and the White Sox have also added players to help them win games. So have the Royals for God sake. I predict the Twins to finish 4th or maybe even be in a tight race for last with the Royals this upcoming season...how exciting. After today my potential attendance of Twins games at the "inflatable toilet aka Metrodome" went from maybe 5-6 games to maybe 1-2 (possibly in Milwaukee). Thanks Loserville USA, once again you came through to provide fans with a bad taste in their mouths.

To Johan Santana, enjoy the spotlight in the big apple and spend a bunch of money on strippers with your new huge contract. Hopefully you can follow in the footsteps of the rest of the superstars that got away and went on to bigger and better things: Kevin Garnett, Randy Moss, David Ortiz...just to name a few!

Go Wild! (Its really hard to say that) Nice weather tonight by the way...makes me sick.