It was really a pleasure doing business with you Daniel! Maybe we can work out something in the future to bring Santana back home to Minnesota.
All of us Twins fan can break his jersey back out!
NY Gives:
P - Matt Harvey (Minor Leaguer)
OF - Jason Bay ($16M 2012; $16M 2013)
P - D.J. Carrasco (1.2M 2012)
P - Matthew Purke (2011 Amateur Draftee)
MN gives:
OF - Oswaldo Arcia (Minor Leaguer)
P - Kevin Slowey ($2.7M 2012; ARB 2013)
MI/OF - Trevor Plouffe ($.440M 2012; $.440M 2013; ARB 2014; ARB 2015; ARB 2016)
We are in rebuilding mode here in Minnesota and we think this deal really helps us achieve our current goals. We weren't very excited about giving up Arcia, as he is a very talented OFer, you need to give some to get some. Luckily, we have a lot of depth in the OF.
What we are excited about is the opportunity bring in a great young arm like Matt Harvey. Harvey has had a lot of success at double-A and could very well end up being a #2 type pitcher. We are also happy to bring in Matt Purke who we also think has a huge amount of potential.
Aside from Arcia, we are giving up Slowey and Plouffe. I'm not confident Slowey has much value while pitching in that hitters park in Colorado. We weren't very confident in the future of Trevor Plouffe either. Plouffe really can hit the ball, but his defense is lacking.. In my opinion, he will struggle to find everyday playing time while he remains in Minnesota.
We are also taking on Jason Bay and his contract to get this deal done. We have space and we aren't concerned about signing free agents in the near future.
Overall, we think this deal strengthens our farm system in exchange for a contract.