The USA Today is reporting that the Mets and Twins have agreed on a trade that will send Johan Santana to the Mets for four minor league prospects.
Why do I say rape? Because these are four prospects I've never heard of until now.
Outfielder Carlos Gomez and pitchers Philip Humber, Deolis Guerra and Kevin Mulvey are the prospects named in the report. I can't believe the Red Sox couldn't counter this offer with something better, unless the Twins were hesitant to give Santana to another team. There apparently a 72 hour window for the Mets to reach a deal with Santana for this deal to become finalized.
Carlos Gomez played 58 games in the majors last season, batting a whole .232, but did have 12 stolen bases in 58 games so the kid must have speed. He's also only 23 years old, so maybe a change of pace for the Twins team.
Philip Humber is 25, has already had Tommy John surgery, and with the exception of this last year never pitched more then 15 games in a year. Hell, his era has only been below 3.00 once, and just barely.
Delios Guerra is just out of high school it looks like. He's listed as the Mets' "best pitching prospect" but that's all we can really say about him.
Kevin Mulvey seems to be about the only one of the four prospects who has shown any REAL promise so far. He is shooting up in the minors and likely will see times in the majors if on the Twins.
