Brewers 6 Mets 3 One for the thumb … the Mets have now lost five in a row. Career minor leaguer Mike Burns held the Mets to two runs on five hits over 6 2/3 to earn his first MLB victory in his second MLB start, while ace Johan Santana struggled with his command and … Read more
Mets 3 Cardinals 2 Who says the Mets are banged up, beaten down, and in bad shape? And what’s this nonsense about “treading water”? The New York Mets took three games out of four from the mighty St. Louis Cardinals, culminating in a heart-stopping 3-2 victory over the seemingly unbeatable Chris Carpenter. Carpenter held the … Read more
Rays 3 Mets 1 As expected, it was an epic battle between two fierce competitors. Unfortunately for the Mets, James Shields was just a bit better than Johan Santana. Both starters went 7 innings (Santana went 7 and a third), and both allowed only three hits. However, Shields allowed one run while Santana gave up … Read more
According to Dan Warthen — by way of Adam Rubin and other media outlets — Johan Santana had a very good bullpen session, during which he addressed and fixed an issue with his pitching motion. From Rubin’s blog: Pitching coach Dan Warthen feels Johan Santana adequately addressed the mechanical flaw in his delivery during a … Read more
Johan Santana’s velocity is down, as is his command. One thing I notice is his arm dragging behind slightly — it’s out of sync with his hips, and as a result the hips and legs are driving forward a hair too early, and therefore not helping to power the ball. The question is, why is … Read more
Yankees 15 Mets 0 Johan Santana: awful. A.J. Burnett: spectacular. Yankees: hungry. Mets: apparently well-fed. Johan Santana did not have his best stuff; in fact, he had his worst stuff. He allowed nine earned runs in three innings in the worst start of his Mets career. Maybe in his entire career. Meantime, Burnett had his … Read more
Mets 6 Phillies 5 Johan Santana tried to give this game away three times, took it back once (with his bat!), and in the end wound up a winner. Fresh off the harsh criticism of Larry Jones, who termed the park “a joke”, Citi Field played like Fenway Park on Tuesday night, as seven big … Read more
I’m not getting all the media hype about Carlos Beltran’s comments yesterday, and how it is Beltran becoming a “leader”. Anyone who has played a team sport would not be inspired by anything Beltran has ever said publicly. Nearly every time the reclusive Beltran says something, he’s either directly or indirectly throwing his teammates under … Read more
