Update, 11:55 am: Santana told reporters following his session that he felt ‘pretty good,’ and he no longer sees any reason why he would not be ready to pitch on Opening Day, April 6, in Cincinnati. “From now on, we go one step at a time,” Santana said, noting he believes he ...

Johan Santana wants the ball Opening Day in Cincinnati, even if a more conservative schedule had been plotted by his pitching coach. Jerry Manuel plans to comply with his ace's wishes, although Manuel maintains it's ultimately the manager's call. Santana, slowed last week by elbow tightn...

Update, 10:31 am: According to the Back Page Blog, Santana has been through this before, then went on to go 20–6 with a 2.61 ERA. …thanks to mike b for the link… Update, 10:07 am: “Johan Santana tossed a 46-pitch bullpen session Wednesday and then predicted he would take the ball on Opening ...

According to multiple reports (see below), Johan Santana will not, or may not, pitch Opening Day. From what I can gather, out of people connected to the team, basically, this is all up in the air, and depends entirely on how Santana does over the next few weeks, while working from Dan Warthen’...

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Johan Santan felt so good during a 35-pitch bullpen session Sunday, he canceled a visit to New York to have an MRI and visit with team doctors. Either that's why, or a snowstorm targeting the city and an already scheduled trip by the Mets' medical staff to spring training later in the ...

Following today’s game, Jerry Manuel said Johan Santana will miss his next start, scheduled Tuesday. Santana skipped today’s start against Italy, Manuel said he is not ‘concerned,’ and he would prefer to be ‘extra cautious,’ since it is ‘so early,’ and...

Is Jerry Manuel putting a gun to his own head by shifting Jose Reyes out of the leadoff spot? Oh, baby! Spring Training games start Wednesday – meaning that in less than 24 hours, we’re going to be checking out boxscores. It doesn’t get any sweeter than that. Well, except checking out boxscore...

Pitchers and catchers are reporting this week. That makes this the perfect time to start working on the rankings for starting pitchers. Today, let’s look at the top ten: Tim Lincecum | San Francisco Giants - The real question at the top of the starting pitcher rankings is who to rank #1 betwee...

Earlier today, Johan Santana tossed 18 pitches during a bullpen session at Tradition Field. …last month, santana told reporters he hoped to throw before getting to spring training… today was the first time he pitched from a mound since his surgery… from what i can gather, t...