What will the Minnesota Twins do with Johan Santana?
Will they sign Santana to a long-term contract this winter, trade him this winter or keep him in 2008 (and possibly trade him in July)? Responses: Fourteen respondents think Santana will be with Minnesota on Opening Day. One predicted he will be traded during the offseason. Bill Smith has a difficult job of replacing the universally admired Terry Ryan as general manager. There’s a decent chance the Twins are going to lose Hunter through free agency, and it would take monumental chutzpah for Smith’s other headline move to be trading Santana a year in advance of free agency, with a new stadium on the way in Minneapolis. AP Photo/Mike CarlsonJohan Santana will be paid an average annual salary of $22.92 million, second only to Alex Rodriguez’s $27.5M. Standing pat doesn’t seem like such a bad idea. Francisco Liriano is right on schedule in his recovery from Tommy John surgery, and a rotation of Santana, Liriano and three pitchers from the Scott Baker-Matt Garza-Boof Bonser-Kevin Slowey-Gle
