santana threw off a mound today. 24 pitches in 6 minutes side note santana and olie perez where playing catch yesterday and ollie twice,TWICE threw it over santana's head and over the chain link fence.
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- New York Mets ace Johan Santana threw off a mound for the first time since elbow surgery last Sept. 1 and said he felt good. The two-time Cy Young Award winner threw about 25 pitches over six minutes Tuesday morning on the second day of the team's voluntary mini-camp. It was his first time off a mound since Aug. 20. "I feel pretty good," Santana said. "The ball was coming out pretty good. I feel like I am doing my mechanics without any problems, so that was big. And I don't feel anything in my arm, so I think everything should be all right." Santana's excitement showed when he reacted to a changeup that showed the typical action hitters hate. "It had that nice motion, so it's good to see that this early because that tells me we are way ahead of the game," Santana said. Santana was 13-9 with a 3.13 ERA in 25 starts last year, including 6-7 with a 4.02 from June 1 on as the bone chips in his left elbow started to bother him more. "I wasn't able to finish up the pitches," he said. "I wasn't able to put my leg the way it's supposed to and I wasn't able to reach out. Now that's what I was trying to do. Today, I was actually able to see my leg when I finished the pitch and that's big. To see that this early is a good sign." Santana recognizes it will take time to regain consistency. He expects to be in the regular rotation by the second week of spring training games and to get five spring training starts. He expects to reach 90 pitches before breaking camp. "He looked good," general manager Omar Minaya said. "He's loose and excited, and we are excited about that." ESPN The Magazine senior baseball writer Buster Olney and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Sounds good so far.
Its way too much money for a guy that didn't even pitch last year. If the Mets sign him for that much everyone says that they got desperate and threw money at the problem.
Its either a one year 5.3M deal or a 2 year 11.45M deal. This would have been a nice signing for the dollars and years.
I see no problem with throwing money at the problem. The lack of pitching on this team is more than a problem, it's going to be a disaster.
This is horrible. Both Garland and Sheets are gone, we're looking at Smoltz, and from the looks of it, the Nats are going to end up signing Marquis, Capps, and Hudson--3 guys we should have signed.
Omar is a fail! Why can he not see that we need pitching! I have no hope for this year! Omar has no clue how to fix a bad team. When you low-ball every free agent they go where the money is. Bay's bluff was called he really did not have alot of offers becasue he failed a physical so he took the deal but the pitchers all have better options and took them. Omar you suck!
sign wang he will be back with beltran in mid may besides we dont need a 5th starter till 3rd week of april
He never failed a physical. That was Boston hearsay. The RedSox are notorious for trying to sabotage anyone leaving boston for more money.
