Fantasy Baseball Fallout For the Johan Santana Trade

Carlos Gonzalez - The prize for the A's. Diamondbacks #1 prospect this year, he is a talented hiter who has had a tendency to coast in the past but both clubs believe he has the makeup to become a star. Plus arm in RF, he has an outside chance to make the club out of ST.

Chris Carter - Solid hitting prospect has to rely on his hitting to get him to the show, really has no defensive abilities whatsoever. Perfect for the AL.

Brett Anderson - Profiles as a back of the rotation innings eater in the American League, solid strike thrower with excellent command. Probably debuts at some point late in '09 or '10, but fits the profile of what the A's were trying to get based on their lack of successful drafts in recent history.

Aaron Cunnningham - Really aggresive hitter that is at least 2 years awy. Profiles as a LF because of lack of arm strength and defensive ability, but power/speed combo are intriguing provided he continues to work on his techniques.

Dana Eveland - Another arm? Scouts say that his offseason numbers always look good, but when it gets down to it, he seems to be a guy who just gets abused when the season actually starts.

Greg Smith - Yet another arm that was surgically removed from the Diamondbacks organization. Profiles as a reliever in the AL which limits his impact, but still the way Beane stockpiled young talent, considering Smith touches 90 with his fastball and his change is his best pitch, make the Johan deal look like highway robbery.

Here's Bill Smith's biggest deal in his brief time as Twins GM:

Carlos Gomez - Plus arm. Plus bat. Plus raw power. All tools that have allowed him to move very fast through the Mets system. Fits the Twins need more than Fernando Martinez because he is closer to being MLB ready. Excellent instincts on the basepaths allowed him to steal successfully on over 80% of his attempts since signing in 2004.

Deolis Guerra - High risk/reward type prospect. Still only 18, he has some questions about his velocity as well as his curveball, which may hasten a change to another type of breaking pitch as he matures. Still, possesses the type of pedigree as the #1 prospect coming out of his native Venezuela that would think the Twins have been very successful developing.

Phil Humber - In the AL, he is a back of the rotation innings eater that really doesn't make Kevin Slowey look all that bad.

Kevin Mulvey - Another innings eater type. Has a plus fastball that touches 95, but his lack of a true out pitch will hurt him when he moves to the bigs.

In the context of the A's and Twins, I am not sure what the goal is with the Twins. Do they believe they can compete this year with the Tigers and Indians? It seems like signing Morneau and Cuddyer was a way to soften the blow of losing Santana, even if it means that it set the organization back 3-4 years. I really think though, thaty in comparing hte two deals, the A's, with the lesser of the two pitchers, got equivalent value, even considering that Johan was forcing the issue and had only 1 year left.

I thik Bill Smith had better hope that the Mets and Santana cannot come to terms by the Friday (5pm) deadline which has been set for the deal to be finalized, in hopes that he can pry a team to pay more for the best pitcher in the game.