Earlier today -- in what was, all around, a pretty sleepy day at the winter meetings -- blog MLB Trade Rumors ran an unsourced rumor from a "trusted New York sportswriter" that was just too crazy for words. Blockbuster, in fact, doesn't really begin to describe the thing: Minnesota has initiated talks for a three-way blockbuster with the Twins and A's. Here's how it would go down:Insane, right? What's more insane is that trade actually works out for everyone involved, most notably the Mets.
Mets send Jose Reyes, Kevin Mulvey to A's
Mets send Hector Pellot to Twins
A's send Bobby Crosby and Dan Johnson to Mets
A's send Dan Haren to Twins
Twins send Johan Santana to Mets
Mets get Johan Santana, Bobby Crosby and Dan Johnson
A's get Jose Reyes and Kevin Mulvey
Twins get Dan Haren and Hector Pellot
So MLB Trade Rumors got everyone at the winter meetings scurrying about -- can't you just picture the darting sportswriters and the ducking GMs? -- before Joel Sherman at the New York Post got confirmation that nothing was in the works:
