Deal or No Deal

With winter meetings only a few days away in Nashville, Tennessee, trade talks have started to heat up regarding two-time Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana. The teams rumored to be pursuing Santana include the Yankees, Mets, Red Sox, Angels, and Dodgers. After losing centerfielder Torii Hunter to the free agent market, the Twins have decided to explore offers for their ace pitcher Johan Santana, who has only one-year remaining on his contract. The Twins offered a four-year $80 million deal but was turned down by Santana who's in search of a six-year $150 million contract.
Leading the majors in wins, strike outs, and earned run average over the past four years, Santana has been the most dominant pitcher of this decade. Despite having only one-year remaining on his contract, the Twins will not take anything less then two star prospects in exchange for Santana. The Twins have inquired about Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlin, Ian Kennedy, and Melky Cabrera from the Yankees. Yankees senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner acknowledged that only Chamberlin was "untouchable". The Twins have also inquired about Clay Bucholz, Jon Lester, and Jacoby Ellsbury from the Red Sox. While the Red Sox refuse to give up both Bucholz, and Ellsbury, they would be willing to part ways with one of them in order to bring Johan Santana to Boston. A trade involving the two-time Cy Young Award winner seems imminent with winter meetings coming up very soon, the only question is who will land Johan Santana?