ESPN.com reported that early indications were that the Mets and Johan Santana do not agree on the length of a possible contract extension, but Jayson Stark added that “sources also left open the possibility that the talks could collapse without an agreement, though the odds of that appear remote.” But Jon Heyman at SI.com says that though the sides are about $20 million apart, “high-ranking baseball people believe the deal is all but certain to get done.”

And USA Today, which broke the news of the trade, reports, “The Mets, according to a high-ranking official privy to the negotiations, are close to agreeing to a five- or six-year contract extension with Santana that will average about $21.5 million a year.”