How Badly Do the Yankees Want Santana? 　As they prepare for the winter meetings in Nashville next week, the 　paramount question for the Yankees is how badly do they want Johan 　Santana? 　Much has changed about the Yankees’ operations in recent years. But 　this much seems consistent: when they target a player, they believe 　they have to get him. 　In recent years, the Yankees have been determined in the off-season 　to get a specific player, in the hopes that he would solve what went 　wrong the year before. Jason Giambi? They had to have him, even if it 　meant paying him more than $20 million when he’s 37. Randy Johnson? 　The Diamondbacks could take whoever they wanted, and the Yankees added 　a juicy contract extension into Johnson’s twilight years. 　Santana is no Giambi or Johnson. He’ll be 29 on opening day, and the 　Yankees have major contracts coming off their payroll next season when 　Giambi, Carl Pavano and Mike Mussina will be gone. 　But we’ll see how careful the Yankees proceed with their Santana trade 　talks. They won’t deal Joba Chamberlain, it seems, but they seem open 　to at least entertaining the idea of including Phil Hughes. 　The Yankees surely realize that Hughes went 3-0 with a 2.73 earned run 　average in September, when his arm strength returned after missing three 　months with hamstring and ankle injuries. And they also know that Hughes 　was their only pitcher to win a playoff game last season — in relief of 　Roger Clemens, another veteran they absolutely had to have, even if it 　cost a pro-rated $28 million. 　The Yankees also realize that Hughes will cost comparatively nothing for 　the next few seasons, when he could blossom as a star. And after watching 　Hughes develop in their farm system, the Yankees know about his outstanding 　feel for pitching and his makeup, which complement his extraordinary stuff. 　Maybe the Twins keep Santana and team him with Francisco Liriano for another 　playoff run. Or maybe Minnesota finds another team’s offer more appealing. 　But the Yankees can probably put together a package that gets a deal done 　– if they feel a strong enough need for Santana, who would front their 　rotation for years to come, at $20 million per season or more.　 　Of the Yankees’ young stars – Hughes, Chamberlain, Ian Kennedy, Robinson 　Cano, Melky Cabrera, Alan Horne, Austin Jackson, etc. – who do you think is 　expendable? Just how badly do you think the Yankees need Santana? 　News source：http://0rz.tw/573p8 --

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