Terry Collins just announced during his post game press conference that Johan Santana came in stiffer today than usual and doctors will perform an MRI tomorrow on what Collins believes will be the lower part of his back.
Aug 20
Santana To Have MRI On His Back Tomorrow
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22 comments
Stick
8/20/2012-10:56pm at 10:56 pm (UTC -4)
I thought he was fine yesterday?
unless this is just a little face saving exercise?
srt
8/20/2012-10:59pm at 10:59 pm (UTC -4)
They’re saying he came in today with more than usual stiffness. So I suppose they error on the side of caution and check it out.
Truthfully, I don’t understand why they just didn’t shut him down after the last start to begin with.
darknova306
8/20/2012-10:58pm at 10:58 pm (UTC -4)
So they decided to shut him down and are going through the motions medically to ship him to 60-day DL Land. Bring up Mejia, baby!
Stick
8/20/2012-11:04pm at 11:04 pm (UTC -4)
need the 60 day to get Mchugh up. Mejia is already on the 40 man.
srt
8/20/2012-11:02pm at 11:02 pm (UTC -4)
Met fans lamenting Johan and his expensive contract.
Could be Boston and the Crawford contract. He’s gonna have TJ surgery this Thursday.
That and they fired their pitching coach.
Stick
8/20/2012-11:04pm at 11:04 pm (UTC -4)
if they can fire their pitching coach, why can’t the mets? Please?
Stick
8/20/2012-11:05pm at 11:05 pm (UTC -4)
also, boston has a lot higher payroll, so they can absorb it better.
and don’t forget, they have Lackey too.
darknova306
8/20/2012-11:28pm at 11:28 pm (UTC -4)
Is Daisuke still around…?
Stick
8/20/2012-11:56pm at 11:56 pm (UTC -4)
I think so, but am honestly not sure.
SaltyGary
8/21/2012-8:51am at 8:51 am (UTC -4)
He pitched a little in June and was hurt again. This is his final year of that horrible contract. It is amazing how much hype that guy got. Supposed to have like 8 pitches with that one phantom one remember? 41 million to him and I think they paid the Japanese team something like 50 million just to sign him.
darknova306
8/20/2012-11:36pm at 11:36 pm (UTC -4)
Johan gave the Mets three ace-like seasons, one of the greatest pitching performances any of us younger fans have ever seen in 2008, rehabbed from an injury that usually destroys careers, and we may now be seeing it ruin his. All in all, I’d say Santana has given what you expect from an uber-superstar contract: 2-3 great seasons, 2-3 decline seasons with injuries, and soon the one final year where you hope they play well enough to get traded by the deadline. Sounds about right. I’m fine with all of it. I’d do that contract again.
Besides, if Santana’s contract could magically vanish right now, the Wilpons still wouldn’t spend a dime this offseason (again, there’s not much to justify spending on, regardless).
Connor O'Brien
8/20/2012-11:47pm at 11:47 pm (UTC -4)
I was at that 2008 game. Wow that was exciting! But what a let down the next day…
Stick
8/20/2012-11:55pm at 11:55 pm (UTC -4)
sadly, I was at the “next day” game. a double kick in the nuts, since I was also at the last game of the 2007 season.
srt
8/21/2012-7:30am at 7:30 am (UTC -4)
Well said.
He also gave us the franchise’s first no hitter.
I’d do this contract again too. I’m sure Johan would not though. He came over here I’m sure expecting to compete in post season. Too bad the surrounding cast wasn’t up to the task.
SaltyGary
8/21/2012-8:55am at 8:55 am (UTC -4)
I would do the contract again as well. Its rare to be able to sign a pitcher of that caliber and you have to go for it if you can. We knew he wasn’t going to be Twins great but he was great in those early years. The story would be way different if a couple games broke the other way and he made it to the playoffs.
and to get the no-hitter, wiped away the injury years for me. The team needed it desperately, he understood the importance of it and he had the right mentality to pull it off. The pressure of that game was more than a no-hitter he got the 50 year drought and he fed off that crowd. He will always be celebrated in mets land.
srt
8/21/2012-9:07am at 9:07 am (UTC -4)
Johan will always be remembered as ‘The Man’.
NJstuckinTX
8/21/2012-7:45am at 7:45 am (UTC -4)
I disagree that if his contract expired this year that the team wouldn’t reinvest the money. Ok, maybe not all of it, but if the team magically had 25 million to spend rather than 10, as the reports go, a lot more holes would be filled and this team would be better going into 2013. That said, I loved the trade and signing when it happened and will live with the results with no regrets (not like I had any active part in all of this anyway…)
gategem
8/21/2012-3:50pm at 3:50 pm (UTC -4)
It’s all speculation and speaking of which Mr. NJ got into a nasty argument over speculation somehow relating to Pelfry with a poster over at MMO. We saw a side of Mr. NJ not seen here. Don’t mess with Mr. NJ.
wanny
8/21/2012-1:22pm at 1:22 pm (UTC -4)
Once again a big contract bites the Mets. These back loaded deals are all short sighted.
gategem
8/21/2012-3:45pm at 3:45 pm (UTC -4)
These contracts are based upon present and future investments yielding large returns that cover the cost of the contract. But the Wilpons (as most of us not working for either the federal, state or local governments and have considerable retirement resources in investments without the benefit of lucrative pensions) got hammered by the recession. Of course the Wilpons were also hurt by Mr. Madoff going to jail.
wanny
8/21/2012-4:08pm at 4:08 pm (UTC -4)
I’ m not even concerned with whether they can profit from the deal.
More importantly, for my purposes as a fan, you know they are not going to be able to field a solid team when one player is making so much money and is underperforming so greatly. And you knew at the time of the signing that this reality would occur.
The reality is that the Mets will not — and should not — spend Yankees money on players and you simply can’t field a team when playing a guy $30m in a season… unless that person is a ARod or Pujols in their prime.
Stickguy
8/21/2012-5:11pm at 5:11 pm (UTC -4)
they could when they were capable of carrying a 140-150mill payroll. But not at 95.