http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080202/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_mets_santana]Mets give Santana $137.5 million deal (AP)[/URL]



AP - Johan Santana is a money pitcher, and the New York Mets are paying for it. Santana and the Mets agreed Friday to a $137.5 million, six-year contract, a record for a pitcher and the last major step needed to complete the team's blockbuster trade with Minnesota.