The New York Mets apparently aren't out of the Johan Santana Sweepstakes, as the Minnesota Twins continue to ponder what to do with their free-agent-to-be pitcher. Mets' General Manager Omar Minaya has had talks with Twins' GM Bill Smith, a major league executive with knowledge of the Twins' trade talks told 1050 ESPN New York's Andrew Marchand on Wednesday. The executive said the Mets shouldn't be counted out. Earlier this week, New York Yankees' Senior Vice President Hank Steinbrenner said that discussions between his team and Minnesota for Santana were ongoing, but it was too early to tell whether they would lead to a deal. He did not detail how far talks had progressed. "I don't want to get into that at this point, as far as what they want, what we're willing to give and all that," he said. "It's preliminary right now."