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Post by seaver41 on Feb 2, 2008 1:21:02 GMT -5
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Post by seaver41 on Feb 2, 2008 14:37:52 GMT -5
Santana passed his physical which officially makes him a Met.
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Post by diehardmetsfan on Feb 2, 2008 17:45:27 GMT -5
it finally totally completely done...lol
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Post by seaver41 on Feb 2, 2008 18:31:45 GMT -5
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Post by Fuck Mike Brown on Feb 2, 2008 18:54:54 GMT -5
on the blog yesterday I noted how they were interested in Kenny Lofton
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Post by seaver41 on Feb 2, 2008 19:31:45 GMT -5
Doubt it. There's no place he could start.
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Post by Fuck Mike Brown on Feb 2, 2008 19:40:28 GMT -5
He's really running out of options, and might be limited to teams that only offer a part-time role. He could back-up Alou in left, and when he gets injured, start there
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Post by seaver41 on Feb 2, 2008 21:28:54 GMT -5
I wouldn't mind Lofton but I just don't think it'll happen. You mentioned Shannon Stewart in another thread who I think would be a more likely signing. He could split time in RF with Church against lefties and play LF when need be.
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Post by seaver41 on Feb 10, 2008 12:42:34 GMT -5
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Post by Mets Rule! on Feb 15, 2008 21:30:05 GMT -5
This season is going to be great with Johan Santana on the mound for the Mets!
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Post by #1 Jays Fan on Feb 17, 2008 16:42:33 GMT -5
lets hope that the mets are able to make the playoffs this year. and not the way they ended last season. I think that Mets are going to the make finals agains the Detroit Tigers.
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Post by diehardmetsfan on Feb 17, 2008 18:29:35 GMT -5
lets hope that the mets are able to make the playoffs this year. and not the way they ended last season. I think that Mets are going to the make finals agains the Detroit Tigers. i know its a small mistake and ur canadian but it still bugs me...it's the WORLD SERIES
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Post by #1 Jays Fan on Feb 17, 2008 18:38:49 GMT -5
SORRY
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Post by Marlins on Feb 28, 2008 9:52:27 GMT -5
What worries me about Johan Santana are his second half stats from last season. He went 5-7 with a 4.04 ERA-which isn't so bad, but for him it is. Anyways, what surprised me most about this is that in his career-Santana has been a second half monster! In his career, Johan Santana is 50-17 with a 2.79 ERA. You want a better idea how dominating Santana is during the second half? In 2004 Santana went 13-0 with a 1.21 ERA in the second half (15 starts). The kid is absolutely ridiculous in the second half. He even said it himself last season...in the second half, when everything counts the most-he raises it up a level.
However, moving from the AL to the NL should hurt him a little bit-at least at the beginning. Although hes had success against the NL (especially against the Mets...3-0 with a 0.82 ERA in 3 starts), you always have to take into account his new surroundings. Change is hard a lot of times, and even without the DH-Santana should struggle a little bit. If he were moving to a team with a weak offense (e.g. Pirates) then I'd really expect him to feel uncomfortable (at least at the start), but the Mets offense should support him enough where he won't have to worry about struggling.
It's going to be interesting to see what happens when Santana is on the mound and the Mets offense is at their best...perhaps if the Mets give Santana a lot of big early leads then they'll take Santana out of the game early to save his arm...I could see that happening a lot. If the score is 7-0 in the 6th/7th inning, it makes no sense to leave Santana out there and waste him. Teams all over the league save their aces whenever they can...I expect the Mets to be no different.
Also, one other interesting thing to see is when he faces the Marlins...the Marlins led the league in K's, and Santana is a K machine...I wouldn't be surprised if you see him get 15+ K's one game against the Marlins. He only got 8 K's against them in his start facing them last season-but with the Marlins getting even younger, they're gonna be even more vulnerable to striking out. 12+ K's is definitely not out of the question.
Stat wise, I expect Santana to get more wins from all the run support...he SHOULD be a 20 game winner. K wise, I expect his stats to go down because I don't think he'll pitch as many innings. Hes had 235+ K's for 4 straight seasons...this upcoming season I project more like 210-220 K's. ERA wise, I expect him to be as usual...around 3.00. Normally I'd say his ERA would be even lower because he's now in the NL without the DH-however, he's still new to the NL and I wouldn't be surprised if he took it easy when the Mets gave him run support and as a result-allowed a few more runs that he normally wouldn't allow.
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