His contributions to the Mets are measured in quality, not quantity. Injuries deprived us of knowing whether or not Johan Santana could’ve reached the expectations placed on him when he came to New York 15 years ago. He won two Cy Young Awards with the Minnesota Twins while solidifying himself as the premiere starting pitcher in baseball. The Mets were intent on avenging a late-season...
Good morning, Mets fans! We will celebrate one of the most nerve racking nights of my career on May 31. It’s the 10th anniversary of @JohanSantana’s no-hitter, something I never thought I'd see. He and Josh Thole discuss on my latest podcast. 🎧👉 https://t.co/Xk6jihIZ1N📺👉 https://t.co/nNWEpcSpou pic.twitter.com/hq977xfDhr — Jay Horwitz (@Jay_HorwitzPR) March 29, 2022 The Mets announced...
The New York Mets have announced that they will commemorate Johan Santana’s historic no-hitter this season. In a statement released by the organization on Monday, the Mets revealed that they would host a pre-game ceremony commemorating the 10th anniversary of Santana’s no-hitter on Tuesday, May 31, before the game against the Washington Nationals. If you need reminding, although that...
On Monday night, I watch the replay of Johan Santana’s no-hitter on SNY and was just as captivated as the night I watched it live on television. But this time around, I kept thinking to myself what could have been with Santana had his Mets’ tenure not been decimated by injuries. Then I of course looked to the future hope of the Mets’ starting rotation that almost certainly does not include the...
CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE 5 WINNERS! 1. Mike A. from East Northport, NY 2. Ryan M. from Knoxville, TN 3, Anna D. from Port Washington, NY 4. Gregg R. from Fort Lauderdale, FL 5. Dan V. from Manassas, VA The five of you have shown yourselves to be the best of the best and true die-hard Mets fans! 🙂 Your Brand New DVD’s will be shipped out to you by A&E Entertainment this week. Thanks for...
The Mets have just reported that injured ace Johan Santana, who is recovering from shoulder surgery, will make his first rehab start with St. Lucie this Thursday. Santana is expected to throw about 45 pitches and a detrmination as to another start will be made after they see how his shoulder responds in the days following. It will be his first time pitching in a real game in just over ten...
Updated 3/13 10:30 AM You see… I told you not to worry… Last night, the Bergen Record reported late last night that the Mets might shut down Johan Santana’s rehab because of a setback. However, both Santana, Dan Warthen and Sandy Alderson are all denying the report. The Daily News adds some quotes: Santana: “ don’t know who’s saying that I’m not ready or whatever...
The “new” look Mets take on the Phillies tonight after dropping the opener last night. This could be a potentially very important game (side note: I’m getting tired of writing “very important game”) as the Mets need their ace to step up today. Johan is 8-6 on the season with a 3.20 ERA. He wasn’t stellar in his last start picking up the loss allowing 4 ER over...
Johan Santana pitched a complete game shutout, and hit his first MLB home run, and the return of Reyes attributed to the 3-0 win against the Reds. Game Notes Johan Santana had something that Mets fans have not seen in a while – life to his fastball, routinely clocking in at 91 MPH and occasionally hitting 92 MPH. Johan parlayed that increase in velocity that may be a sign his arm is...
You could almost hear the Brewers bench let out a collective sigh of relief when they saw Pedro Feliciano take the mound for the ninth inning. No longer would they have to face a dominating Johan Santana who had held them in check for the first eight innings of the game. All they could muster was three hits against Johan, who effectively confounded the Astros all night with his fastball, slider...
Johan Santana was on his game today, but Ryota Igarashi couldn’t continue the Mets winning streak nor their scoreless inning streak in a 2-0 loss to the Brewers Game Notes Johan Santana was dominant against the Brewers, becoming the first Mets pitcher to pitch a full 8 innings in the season up to this point. Johan allowed 0 runs on 3 hits, with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts. Johan was drawing...
I can already imagine all the “Fire Jerry Manuel” posts that we’ll be seeing tomorrow morning when we log onto our computers. Why didn’t he leave Johan in… Why didn’t he let Pedro Feliciano pitch the entire inning… Why didn’t we bring in Jenrry Mejia… Personally, I didn’t have a problem with taking Johan Santana out after eight innings,...
