With the Santana deal now complete, new Twins prospects Carlos Gomez and Philip Humber have landed on the Twins 40 man roster, while Kevin Mulvey and Deolis Guerra are listed as non-roster invitees for the 2008 Twins spring training. I think we can venture a guess as to where these guys will end up in the Twins system.

• Carlos Gomez saw 58 games and 125 at-bats for the Mets last year. He also had 36 games and 140 at-bats for the Mets AAA New Orleans Zephyrs. Carlos has speed and dynamic fielding ability but he is suspect at the plate with a lack of discipline and poor walk to at-bat and walk to strike out ratios. My guess is that he will stick with the big league Twins and platoon in center field.
• Philip Humber pitched 7 innings for  the Mets and 139 innings for the AAA Zephyrs last year. He should get a good chance to show what he has in spring training but will most likely be with the Twins AAA Rochester Red Wings.
• Kevin Mulvey does not have any innings pitched in the Majors but moved up quickly to the Mets AAA last year and was named the Mets 2007 pitcher of the year. His minor league career of 2 years produced 173 innings pitched and a 3.02 ERA. With the Twins approach to young pitching he is bound to start at AAA and maybe get a call up mid season.
• Deolis Guerra is the youngest of the bunch and has 178 innings pitched and a 3.28 ERA for the Mets A teams over the past 2 years. People have high hopes for this youngster with his blazing fast ball clocked in the mid nineties. Maybe Deolis can make the Twins AA New Britain Rock Cats this season.

Bob Nightengale of USA Today is reporting that the Minnesota Twins have traded Johan Santana to the New York Mets for 4 prospects including outfielder Carlos Gomez and pitchers Phil Humber, Deolis Guerra and Kevin Mulvey.

My first reaction is why isn’t the Met’s top prospect outfielder Fernando Martinez included in the deal? Trading Johan and not getting a team’s top prospect for him indicates the Twins got stuck. It seems Twins GM Bill Smith should have pulled the trigger at the winter meetings and grabbed the Hughes deal from the Yankees or the Ellsbury or Lester from the Red Sox.

It’s time to digest this a bit, get a confirmation of the deal and see if Santana gets a contract signed with the Mets. I’ll get back to you with a some analysis and see where these guys will fit into the roster and lineup.