Fenway not friendly to lefties like Santana--Hartman

• HANK, PLEASE TAKE NOTE. THE TWINS KEPT HIM OUT OF FENWAY. YOU DID WANT SOMEONE TO PITCH IN FENWAY?

"However, the Red Sox surely are aware of Santana's career record in Fenway Park.

• He was 1-3 with a 6.89 ERA through 2006, and

• he didn't pitch there at all last year.

• Fenway Park never has been kind to southpaws.

...So maybe the Twins' offer is a pretty good one. Santana will be paid $13.25 million in 2008 and the Twins offered him a four-year deal at $20 million or a total $80 million guaranteed. The Giants signed pitcher Barry Zito to a seven-year contract for $126 million last year, and the result was the former Oakland lefthander had an ordinary record of 11-13.

• The experience the Giants had might dissuade clubs from giving that type of contract to Santana."

From Minneapolis Star Tribune column by Sid Hartman, "Santana's Agent Finding Out Twins' Offer is Pretty Decent," 1/24/08

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