www.startribune.com/507/story/1558537.html</p> <h1><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Made offer to Santana</h1> The word in baseball circles is that the Twins have made a five-year offer to two-time Cy Young Ward winner Johan Santana calling for $93 million.</p> Santana will be in the final year of his four-year, $40 million contract in 2008.</p> It's doubtful that Santana will accept this offer, but at least it's a start in an attempt to lock up the pitcher many consider to be the best in baseball.</p> Meanwhile, there isn't any doubt that the Twins are waiting for free-agent outfielder Torii Hunter to get some offers, and if Hunter wants to return here as he claims, he will give the Twins a chance to match.</p> Twins closer Joe Nathan will become a free agent at the end of the 2008 season. The Yankees didn't make it any easier for the Twins to re-sign Nathan when they offered Mariano Rivera a three-year contract calling for $45 million. The Twins recently exercised a $6 million option on Nathan for next year.</div></p>
Like the article said, I can't see why Johan would accept this deal. Zito can get $100 million plus, certainly the best picther in baseball over the last three years can get that.</p>
Exactly. Plus, even if he did get offered a larger deal, he's expressed his displeasure with the Twins inability to keep players because of their money issues.</p>
What do you guys think Santana is worth over five years? I believe it's somewhere in the 150 to 175 million range.</p>
