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Mets pitchers Johan Santana and Oliver Perez have undergone surgery and are expected to ready for spring training.
Johan Santana needs surgery for bone chips in his left elbow and the star pitcher is out for the season, the latest blow to a New York Mets team battered by injuries. The team said their 30-year-old ace is expected to be OK for spring training next year. He was examined Tuesday by Mets medical director Dr. David Altchek in New York.
For Johan Santana, it was just another outstanding July. To Jorge De La Rosa, it was a second straight month to remember.
Livan Hernandez struck out a season-high seven after a rough start, and the New York Mets put together another well-balanced offensive performance in an 8-3 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday.
Yunel Escobar had two of his four RBIs in a five-run fifth inning and the Atlanta Braves beat New York 7-1 on Sunday night as the Mets lost yet another player to an injury.
Gary Sheffield had three RBIs and Daniel Murphy drove in two runs to key a rare robust offense, Mike Pelfrey pitched seven sharp innings and the New York Mets beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-7 on Sunday.
The injury-depleted Mets are a mess, and not even Johan Santana could help against a fill-in starter.
Mike Pelfrey bailed the New York Mets out of a season-worst losing streak, overcoming a career-high 12 strikeouts by young Milwaukee Brewers ace Yovani Gallardo in a 1-0 victory Wednesday.
Johan Santana was struggling. He had gone to 3-0 counts on four of his first 11 batters — something he hadn't done in an entire game in six years, not counting intentional walks.
B.J. Upton homered and matched a career high with four RBIs, Carl Crawford drove in a pair of runs and the Tampa Bay Rays broke out of an offensive slumber with a 10-6 victory over the New York Mets on a soggy Sunday.
New York Mets left-hander Johan Santana insists his left knee isn't hurt and said location was the only problem he experienced while surrendering a career-high nine runs in a 15-0 loss to the New York Yankees on Sunday.
Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees hammered Johan Santana in the worst start of his career, routing the Mets 15-0 on Sunday for the biggest blowout in Subway Series history.
Jason Jaramillo drove in a career-high four runs, prized prospect Andrew McCutchen had a productive major league debut and the Pittsburgh Pirates completed a rain-shortened, three-game sweep of the New York Mets 11-6 on Thursday.
Daniel Murphy's tiebreaking homer, a call overturned by umpires in yet another replay review involving the New York Mets, led an uncharacteristically wild Johan Santana to a 7-4 win over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night.
Kevin Youkilis hit a three-run homer two innings after his long foul ball was upheld by a replay review, Mike Lowell also had a three-run shot and the Boston Red Sox avoided being swept at home for the first time this season by beating the New York Mets 12-5 on Sunday.
Derek Lowe outlasted Johan Santana in a matchup of aces, pitching the Atlanta Braves to an 8-3 victory Monday night that ended the New York Mets' seven-game winning streak.
Randy Wolf had the kind of performance that used to get the fans howling in Philadelphia. Wolf dominated his former team, James Loney homered and drove in four runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Phillies 9-2 on Wednesday night.
Carlos Beltran and David Wright each hit a two-run homer in the first inning, and the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-5 on Thursday night for their fourth consecutive victory.
Even with a rebuilt bullpen, the Mets blew another one for Johan Santana. Cody Ross hit a two-run single off J.J. Putz in the eighth inning, Jorge Cantu cracked his third homer in two games and the Florida Marlins rallied to beat New York 4-3 on Wednesday.
Jordan Zimmermann showed off the sharp stuff that has Washington so excited about his future, and the Nationals routed the New York Mets 8-1 on Sunday for their first road victory this season.
Mike Cameron homered against his former team and Todd Coffey escaped a pair of late jams during an eight-out save, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-2 victory over the New York Mets on Sunday.
Josh Johnson's dominant outing was just enough to beat Johan Santana.
Johan Santana pitched three innings in his final tuneup for opening day, allowing a pair of solo homers during the New York Mets' 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday.
Since returning from elbow tightness, Johan Santana has been saying he's on track to make his opening-day start for the New York Mets.
Rather than have Johan Santana ride a bus 2 hours to pitch against division rival Atlanta, the Mets had their ace pitch against New York minor leaguers for four innings in his second outing since knee surgery.
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Former Mets' pitching coach was on the radio yesterday, speculating that Johan Santana's struggles could be a result of knee pain. This was news to Johan Santana:
* Now that Jason Bay is starring on a contending team in a big market the baseball world seems to have discovered him, but that has as much to do with no one paying any attention to the Pirates as it does his actual performance with the Red Sox. Seriously.
Johan Santana tied a career-high by serving up four homers to the Phillies last week and turned in the worst start of his career against the Yankees yesterday, allowing nine runs while failing to make it out of the fourth inning.
Ben Shpigel of the New York Times reports that Johan Santana wasn't happy about coming out of last night's game:
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Wang not-so-hot in return "We have to get him fixed. That's not the Ricky Nolasco we saw last year. Before it gets any worse, let's try to get him better. This guy is a tremendous competitor and I know he'll get it straightened out."
The Mets continue to find new and exciting ways to waste Johan Santana starts, with the latest effort combining bad defense, no run support, and an implosion by the bullpen.
Yesterday I speculated that New Yankee Stadium may be Coors East. Today lots of people are wondering the same thing. The former link relays an email from Greg Rybarczyk of the Hit Tracker website, who thinks it's not just the Stadium:
This time, Mets secure win for Santana The last time Johan Santana took the mound for the Mets, the two-time Cy Young Award winner masterfully crafted a three-hit, 13-strikeout performance.
Trevor Cahill was the hard-luck loser in his home debut Sunday afternoon, as the 21-year-old right-hander lost to Seattle despite seven innings of one-run ball that included a dozen ground-ball outs.
Rainout allows thoughts to shift toward more serious itemsWith the rains washing out the Braves' series opener at Shea Stadium – which will be made up as part of a doubleheader Saturday afternoon – thoughts turn to more serious and pressing items.
Escobar, Jurrjens spark Braves to sweep of RockiesSweeping a series for the first time in what seems like forever, the Braves rode a career-best 10 strikeouts from Jair Jurrjens and a big five-run sixth – highlighted by Yunel Escobar's three-run homer – to take down the Rockies 8-4 on Thursday at Turner Field.
Why Red Sox and Yankee fans are happy they didn't get Johan SantanaYou'd think Yankee and Red Sox fans would be upset about losing Johan Santana to the Mets. After all, he's the best pitcher in the known universe—and left-handed! But when Santana was introduced at Shea Stadium earlier this month, Mets fans weren't the only ones rejoicing.
7 young pitchers who could be injury risksThe unofficial industry standard is that no young pitcher should throw more than 30 more innings than he did the previous season. It's a general rule of thumb, and one I've been tracking for about a decade.
Pitching Prize in Mets' Grasp: Twins' SantanaIn exchange for pitching ace Johan Santana, the Mets are surrendering four young players.
Breaking down possible Santana dealsHere's a good synopsis of where Santana could end up. I found it interesting that the Twins didn't move him quickly. I think that shows they are willing to hold out for a quality offer.
Yanks out of running for SantanaBy dinnertime Tuesday, Hank Steinbrenner had notified every New York newspaper the New York Yankees would not be trading for Johan Santana, his baseball people apparently unwilling to accessorize their Phil Hughes-Melky Cabrera offer with Ian Kennedy, Austin Jackson or Alan Horne …
Yankees decide to offer Phil Hughes in package for Johan Santana After two days of internal discussions among front-office executives, the Yankees swallowed hard Friday and decided to offer Phil Hughes to the Twins as part of the trade package they hope will land them Johan Santana.
Save Hughes. Save Joba. Save IPK. Save The Future Yesterday, we made our position clear: Save The Big Three. This was met with varying responses, most of which disagreed to one extent or another. It seems that most Yanks fans — surprise surprise — would like to see Johan Santana in pinstripes. Hell, count me among 'em.
ESPN - Stark: Santana a major issue for Twins - MLB"It doesn't make any sense for me to be here, you know?" -- Twins ace Johan Santana, the day after the trading deadline So what will become of the Best Pitcher in the Solar System? What will become of the great Johan Santana? It is a question the baseball world has been pond …
RobinSports.com: The Return of the RocketRoger Clemens is back in pinstripes! Will he carry them to the World Series? RobinSports.com senior writer Mike Danko breaks down the impact of the Rocket's return to the Bronx.
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