Comments on: No-Han 2.0 and Why Sequels Always Suck

By: Met Maniac

Met Maniac — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 02:46:19 +0000

Or embarrassed him and knocked his pride to get him to pitch with a weakened shoulder three weeks ago.

By: Major Mangu

Major Mangu — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 02:36:03 +0000

too bad the ownership/front office continued to push him to pitch with an injured ankle…

By: van

van — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:10:13 +0000

teams will do a lot for pitching at the deadline if they are desperate for it. So it all depends on how well (and for how long) he has been pitching.

Last game of june last year IIRC he threw 8 innings of 3 hit ball against the Dodgers. If he is looking like that in late July someone will give a decent prospect.

By: DrDooby

DrDooby — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:05:19 +0000

There’s no way any team will give up a good prospect for Santana in July – even if he’s pitching well by then.
Nobody will trust that arm to hold up for another couple of months.

In any case, I’ll remember Santana fondly for his CG win in G 161 in 2008 and his no- hitter.
It’s a shame his body has broken down and he’s a shell of his former self. He won’t be part of the next Mets playoff team. I wish hin the best but don’t expect him to have more GS in 2013 than Jeremy Hefner.

By: CThomp519

CThomp519 — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:55:29 +0000

Funny, I asked the insurance question and today Adam Rubin answers it from a post he made in 2011.

By: OmarsLegacy

OmarsLegacy — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:19:22 +0000

Johan Santana is finished. Stick a fork in him. He isn’t playing any part in this team’s future. Why the constant obsession with him is puzzling. Here’s a star pitcher who succumbed to multiple arm surgeries. The days of him contributing to any team are a thing of the past. The Mets need to simply DL him, send him home, and move on. All that’s going to happen when and if he returns is one shelling after another. He will hold back one of the kids we have coming through the system. No one needs to see him bashed to death like he was towards the end of his season last year.

The notion Johan is returning to pitch 10 or so effective games, which will create some type of fictitious market in order to rob playoff bound teams of their top prospect, is so wishful thinking it’s not worthy of discussion.

By: DMets3

DMets3 — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:47:52 +0000

This is the last year of Johan’s contract.

By: Hotstreak

Hotstreak — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:26:32 +0000

If he pitched in WBC and missed the MLB season would he have been insured for MLB. I know since he ended on DL last year he would not have been insured for WBC . That is why the Met’s said no to the WBC.

By: Russell's Mets

Russell's Mets — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:56:07 +0000

Ah! should have read before I commented, if that’s the case, the mets might just have him miss the full season.

By: Russell's Mets

Russell's Mets — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:55:09 +0000

Does anybody know how the insurance policy works? If Johan misses the first half of the season, are the mets off the hook for the first half of his salary? I’m sure if he missed the whole season, insurance would have to pay his full salary. I wonder if the Mets just rather him on DL for insurance purposes ?

By: BTF

BTF — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:39:27 +0000

Typically, most baseball contracts, when and if they are insured, only pay up if the player is out for the season before the season begins, or never plays one game that season. Once he steps on the mound, and at some point he will, no insurance.

By: CThomp519

CThomp519 — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:14:44 +0000

Question: is Santana’s contract insured? I know A-Roid’s contract is insured up to about 75%, but I also know its harder or possibly impossible to insure pitching contracts. Anybody know?

By: Brendan

Brendan — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:09:33 +0000

How can you mend a broken wing?

How can you stop the pain from coming down?

How do you stop, the Mets from sucking.

What keeps this front office around?

By: DMets3

DMets3 — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 14:41:03 +0000

I would expect Johan was going to be ready this year but that shoulder he had it fixed is troublesome. The Mets will have to find another starting pitcher this year without Johan.