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Posted By: Corey R. Shanus

Hard to know, but maybe Minnesota was banking that Hank Steibrenner would be a protege of his father and decide he HAD to have Santana. That then would force the Red Sox to raise their offer and....... Fortunately (I am a Yankees fan) it did not pan out that way. Clearer (e.g., Cashman) Yankee heads prevailed, they came to their senses and withdrew their offer, Boston knowing the Yankees were not serious pursurers anymore lowered their offer and bingo, all that was left was the Mets. That coupled with the Twins desire, all things being close to equal, to trade him to the National League resulted in the Mets bonanza.

Morale of the story -- look at the donut, not the hole. Had the Twins not been greedy and tried to induce the Yankees/Red Sox to raise their offers, IMO they would ended up with a much better deal.