Joe Posnanski Blog: Royals don’t land Santana …

The deal is contingent on Santana cutting a long-term deal with the Mets — they have a 48-72 hour window to do that. Obviously that will happen, even if Santana asks for a billion jillion shmillion dollars. What, the Mets are going to hold a press conference to announce that they have to send Santana BACK TO THE TWINS? I don’t think so. That press conference would be followed by an announcement that the Mets will be playing next year’s games at the bottom of the East River.

The first person who texted me — the one who actually told me about the deal — is a friend of mine who is a scout. He HATED this deal for the Twins. “What in the hell are they doing?” he wrote, though he can’t really spell, at least on a phone, so it came out more like “Wat in the hel r they doooing?” His big problem is that he’s seen Gomez, the centerpiece of the deal, and doesn’t like him at all. Gomez is a 22-year-old outfielder a whole lot of speed and a body that projects powers. That part sounds good. But my friend thinks he had no plate discipline, swings and misses a lot and, like a lot of those toolsy guys, won’t ever hit enough — reminds me a lot of an old Royals prospect who was, coincidentally, also a Gomez, Alexis Gomez. Had lots of tools. And he might be a carpenter now.

and you were a Nady…