I’ve mentioned this several times, but now I will blow it out into a full fledged I TOLD YOU SO before the mainstream press figures it out.
On May 27th I was in he Promenade with a friend as the Mets played the Nationals. Santana labored threw a 41 pitch 4th inning. he was clearly laboring but Jerry left him. Then the Mets were on offense for a short time and Jerry sent Johan back out. Santana threw 120 pitches that night.
June 2 at Pitt. 3 runs on 6 innings but the radio guys mentioned his velocity was down. Once again I mentioned that I hoped that 41 pitch inning didn’t bite us in the fanny.
June 9 vs Philly: A win, but 5 runs and 4 home runs.
Today: velocity down, 9 runs in 3 innings.
All of us better hope it’s just a tired arm – but it’s another example of why you can’t let these guys throw a million pitches early in the season. If Santana goes down it’s time to wave the white flag rather than make a panic trade trying to chase the dragon.
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