Minaya's biggest acquisition came on January 29, 2008, when he reached a tentative deal with the Minnesota Twins to send Carlos Gómez, Philip Humber, Kevin Mulvey, and Deolis Guerra to the Twins for ace pitcher Johan Santana. The trade became official after Santana was signed to a contract extension and passed a physical. Gómez was the only one of these four players to have a significant major league career, primarily with the Brewers, after just two years with the Twins. The next off-season, Minaya needed to address the bullpen. On December 9, he signed closer Francisco Rodríguez to a three-year deal. Rodriguez had been coming off a major league record of 62 saves in the 2008 season. Three days later, Minaya acquired J. J. Putz from the Mariners in a three-team deal. On January 5, 2010, Minaya signed outfielder Jason Bay to a four-year deal. (As Expos general manager, Minaya traded Bay to the Mets in 2002.)