Santana gets four years, $40 million
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American League Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana and the Minnesota Twins agreed to a $40 million, four-year contract yesterday. The 25-year-old lefthander had been scheduled for a salary arbitration hearing today. He went 20-6 and led the league with a 2.61 ERA and 265 strikeouts last season . . . Baseball's new steroid testing policy won't be ready when ...
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The Cubs reeled in another marquee free agent, reaching a preliminary agreement with Japanese star Kosuke Fukudome on a four-year, $48 million deal to be their right fielder.
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The Minnesota Twins reached a tentative agreement Tuesday to trade Johan Santana to the New York Mets.
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Johan Santana was right there in the room as his agent and the New York Mets haggled over a colossal contract. After three straight days of negotiating, the sides were $5 million apart Â and time had run out.
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According to the Sports Network in New York, Minnesota Twins left-handed pitcher, Johan Santana was an unanimous selection for the 2004 American League Cy Young Award, receiving all 28 first-place votes cast by two writers from each AL city for a total of
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The New York Mets have finalized  personal terms with Venezuelan-born pitcher Johan Santana, who  will join them from the Minnesota Twins, pending a medical on  Saturday, MLB.com (http://www.mlb.com) reported on Friday.
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Forward J. P. Dumont signed a four-year, $16 million contract with the Nashville Predators on Friday.
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Johan Santana rarely has it this easy. The two-time Cy Young Award winner pitched a four-hitter &#151; with only one strikeout &#151; for his first shutout in nearly two years, and the Minnesota Twins took advantage of four early errors Tuesday night in a 9-0 rout of the New York Mets.
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Johan Santana, a two-time Cy Young award winner acquired last Tuesday from the Minnesota Twins, spoke with poise and confidence during a Mets welcoming event at Shea Stadium.
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BOSTON All-Star shortstop Edgar Renteria tells The Boston Globe that he&#39;s agreed to a 40 (m) million-dollar, four-year contract with the Red Sox.
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Johan Santana became the second 20-game winner in the major leagues with his 13th consecutive victory, leading the Minnesota Twins over the Indians, 8-2, in Cleveland last night.
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Johan Santana's star became the latest to go dark in Minnesota. The departure of baseball's most dominant pitcher, in a deal agreed to with the New York Mets for four prospects, was hardly surprising.
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All-Star shortstop Edgar Renteria told The Boston Globe he has agreed to a $40 million, four-year contract with the Red Sox, the paper reported on its Web site Wednesday.
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Johan Santana's agent and the New York Mets went to work on a contract extension Wednesday, the biggest step remaining for the team to complete its blockbuster trade with Minnesota.
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A Philippine anticorruption court convicted Joseph Estrada of illegally acquiring wealth while in office and sentenced him to a maximum of 40 years in prison.
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The Minnesota Twins granted the Mets two more hours, giving them until 7 p.m. Friday, to complete negotiations with Johan Santana on what may be a contract worth nearly $140 million.
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No need to tell Carlos Silva how crazy it is that the Seattle Mariners gave him a $48 million, four-year contract. "It is wild. Everything is wild. Wild is having this life," the 28-year-old right-handed sinkerballer said.