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Originally Posted by MVP
I'd rather keep Ellsbury.
Letting other teams duke it out for Santana is sounding more appealing to me right now. Latest trade idea I heard for the Sox is Crisp, Lester, and Lowrie for Dan Haren. Haren is under contract for another 3 seasons, so they don't have to worry about a contract extension like they would with Santana. Also, it seems like Beckett would want a huge contract extension like Santana's if we signed him.
So next year's rotation would look like this
Beckett
Haren
Dice-K
Schilling
Wakefield or Buchholz
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Yeah, but the thing with other teams fighting over Santana is that the Yankees are the biggest players to land him besides the Sox. If either the Sox or Yankees drop out of the running then Minnesota loses a ton of leverage with the other team. And I would imagine that would cause a little trouble with Beckett. Beckett signed a cheap extension with the Sox before (for what, 10-11 million a year I think) and then Santana comes in and would be making 20-25 million a year.