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2011
Johan Santana Will Not Pitch This Season
An article by Craig Lerner
Terry Collins spoke with reporters before the game and said that Johan Santana will pitch in a simulated game this Sunday in Fort Myers.
According to a report on ESPN, Collins also added that he does not believe Santana will pitch for the Mets before the end of the season.
No matter how the Mets spin this, it’s far cry from all the expectations they raised in the Winter and again in the Spring and still in May, that Johan Santana would be back sometime in July.
The strange thing about it is that while the Mets ace has essentially missed the entire 2011 season, not once has the team referred to any of Santana’s setbacks as setbacks. It’s kind of a sly move in how they did this without any real heat from the media or fan base.
Could you imagine if that other guy was still the GM?
Anyway, Johan Santana will now aim for Opening Day.
Santana has spent every offseason since signing with the Mets, rehabbing from some sort of surgery. He missed six starts in 2009, ten starts in 2010, and the entire season in 2012.
He is still owed $49.5 million for 2012 and 2013, and the Mets have a team option for 2014 in the amount of $25 million dollars with a $5.5 million dollar buyout. Essentially, the Mets owe Johan an average of $27.25 million dollars over the next two seasons.
Original Post 9/12
According to the NY Post, the Mets are trying to figure out Johan Santana’s next step in his comeback, but the possibility of his pitching in the majors this season is slipping.
“Right now, we have no plans of seeing him here, except to get some work in,” manager Terry Collins said yesterday.
On Friday night, Johan Santana made his third minor league rehab start as he tries to come back from surgery nearly a year ago to the day to repair a tear of the anterior capsule in his left shoulder.
Santana threw 39 pitches – 27 for strikes – in three innings of two-hit ball for Class A Savannah, allowing an unearned run, striking out one and walking one. He was scheduled to throw approximately 45 pitches.
Santana will make his next rehab start on Thursday for Class A Savannah, which has advanced to the South Atlantic League’s championship series. He is scheduled to start Game 3 of their best-of-five series against Greensboro and throw a maximum of four innings.
Collins, believes that when healthy, Santana can and will be an ace once again.
About the Author: Craig Lerner
I'm a data analyst and researcher for a leading news agency who loves life and is hooked on the Mets. I love following the Amateur Draft and have a particular fondness for the Mets Minor Leagues who I follow each day. Give me a cold beer, a summer day, and a Mets game, and I'm good to go.
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Seems promising so far. Do we know what speed he was throwing his fastball at?
They didn’t say. But I would imagine it will be about as fast as Pedro Martinez’ fastball in his last seasons, as a Met. Santana might come back and pitch on guile, but he will never throw hard again.
If Moyer could get by on a 42 mile per hour fast ball, I’m sure Santana can at 88-90. As long as that Change and curve are working… I’d rather Santana as a #3 or #4 than Pelf as a #anything.
HI NJstuck == was Moyer that fast? lol
I was wondering the same thing. If his velocity isn’t where it should be in the low-nineties, he wont cut it in the majors even with that once deadly changeup.
Congratulations to Johan the Warrior. He is a great pitcher.
If he starts for the Mets this year, Citi will be sold out. It will bring in a lot of cash. But if he blows out his arm, Mets fans will never forgive Fred, Jeff, Sandy and Terry. Looking at it from a rehab viewpoint, everything done this year should be to get Johan is shape for 2012. To me, this means going slowly and not risking Johan in a five or more inning stint at Citi. I can wait for next year.
What difference does it make if he pitches in a rehab game or at Citifield, if his arm can’t withstand it, it’s just going to happen (God Forbid), lets not look for yet another reason to blame the management staff just because.
An MLB game carries additional pressure to perform and to win. It’s not necessary when the goal is to get ready for 2012. If management promotes the MLB start, it’s all about immediate money.
Was at the game and considering where he is at in his rehab process he looked pretty good, he was not in the low nineties it was more like the mid to high 80′s, but the biggest thing is he looked to be pain free, I will be there again this thursday to watch him in hopes of seeing the same thing
Let see 54 Million that is 1/4 of the Einhorn money.
What?!?! Johan will not pitch this season?! Unbelievable…now the Mets playoffs hopes are dashed. C’mon…I wrote on here in March that we won’t see Johan until April 2012. No point rushing him back this season and risk injury pitching on a team that is currently 25.5 GB.
Too bad. I would have liked to have seen him pitch at least one game with the big club, if for no other reason than to take away from the tension that will build around him in the offseason.
I don’t think it matters that much where he pitched. Being able to do it in the minors does prove that he can at least pitch, which to me is the big issue.
if he had not pitched anywhere, then you would have tension!
There are still going to questions of him pitching to big league hitters. Even if he goes 5 innings with 4 runs, I’d just like to see him toe the rubber in a big league game.