Johan Santana RUMORS & NEWS

New York Post "Did you have Carlos Gomez in the pool? Did you have him as the guy from the Johan Santana trade who was going to have the most staying power, the most impact? Because here is the Brewers center fielder five weeks into the season, leading the NL in hitting and pretty much playing as well — all..." May 07

Newark Star-Ledger "As scheduled, Johan Santana underwent surgery to repair a tear in the anterior capsule in his left shoulder this morning, the Mets announced. Team physician David Altchek performed the procedure at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. The team described the surgery as "successful."..." April 02

MLB.com "If Johan Santana is going to pitch again in the Major Leagues, the Mets' left-hander first will have to successfully rehab from shoulder surgery for the second time in less than three years. The club announced on Saturday that Mets medical director Dr. David Altchek will perform a procedure on..." March 31

SportingNews.com "New York Mets left-hander Johan Santana likely will need a second—and possibly career-ending—surgery on his pitching shoulder. Mets general manager Sandy Alderson told reporters Thursday evening that an MRI exam revealed a tear in the same area of Santana's shoulder that was repaired in..." March 28

CBSSports.com "Mets left-hander Johan Santana has a "probable" retear of his left shoulder capsule, GM Sandy Alderson announced on a conference call on Thursday. He was examined in New York and a second opinion confirmed the diagnosis. Alderson said surgery is a "strong possibility." Santana, 34, went 6-9..." March 28

ESPN.com "Two-time Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana, who is slated to open the season on the disabled list, may not make a quick return to the New York Mets. Santana continues to be plagued by shoulder weakness and is only throwing on flat ground at 90 feet. He roughly would need to double that..." March 23

CBSSports.com "Mets star Johan Santana threw Friday morning and felt well afterward, but the Mets are still taking it cautiously, so cautiously in fact that at least to this point it doesn't seem to be public knowledege that he threw. Anyway, there remains no timetable for Santana's real return from shoulder..." March 15

New York Daily News "Johan Santana, sitting in front of his locker at Tradition Field, had been speaking about the recent drama involving himself and the Mets for about five minutes when Jeff Wilpon came by and offered his hand. “I’m getting old,” the lefty said on his 34th birthday. “No you’re not,” Wilpon..." March 14

New York Post "The Mets aren’t going to be able to decide when Johan Santana is ready to pitch. Only Santana himself -- and his fragile left shoulder -- can do that. “Whatever the schedule is, Johan is ultimately the final arbiter, whether that’s articulated or not,” general manager Sandy Alderson said..." March 13

SportingNews.com "New York Mets lefthander Johan Santana remains “bitter” toward the team and is “barely communicating” with team officials, the New York Daily News reports. Santana is upset about the recent comments from team officials that he reported to camp out of shape and not ready to pitch this..." March 12

New York Post "The Mets aren’t going to be able to decide when Johan Santana is ready to pitch. Only Santana — and his fragile left shoulder — can do that. “Whatever the schedule is, Johan is ultimately the final arbiter, whether that’s articulated or not,” Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said..." March 11

New York Daily News "After a stop-and-start beginning to spring training for Johan Santana, the Mets have told the lefty to proceed slowly and with caution. With that in mind, Santana is not likely to make his Grapefruit League debut Thursday, as had been expected, and his status as the Opening Day starter is even..." March 10

New York Post "Late yesterday morning, as Team Venezuela stretched in front of the visiting dugout near first base, Zack Wheeler and Johan Santana played catch, side-by-side down the left-field line. Wheeler threw to pitching coach Dan Warthen and Santana to Pedro Feliciano on an otherwise empty field. On..." March 07

New York Daily News "The Mets are targeting late next week for Johan Santana to make his spring training debut. The lefty had his spring schedule pushed back because of weakness in his surgically repaired shoulder. “All signs point to his shoulder getting the strength he needs. He’s happy with the way he feels, he’s..." March 07

St. Paul Pioneer Press "He waded among the players as they stretched, a lone blue jersey squeezing through a sea of burgundy. Johan Santana patted one player on the head. He grabbed another near the jersey buttons. He grappled with another on the grass. In a more fruitful spring, the former Twins ace would have been..." March 07

New York Daily News "Terry Collins spoke about Johan Santana with a mixture of relief and admiration Monday afternoon. The Mets’ manager met with Santana that morning, a day after the lefthander gave a surprise performance off the mound in the bullpen, a seeming attempt to quiet the rumblings about his fitness. Said..." March 05

Newark Star-Ledger "Johan Santana bounded with enthusiasm through the Mets’ spring training complex Monday. He walked through the clubhouse past reporters and shouted that all was "good." Later, he joked with fellow pitchers as several threw bullpen sessions on a chilly morning. "He’s back to being Johan,"..." March 05

Bergen Record "One day after Johan Santana threw a bullpen for the first time in 10 days, manager Terry Collins called it "unnecessary" and said he wished his ace handled himself differently. "He’s fine," Collins said, "and he wanted to show everybody he was fine. I just said, ‘Look, we’re going to do this..." March 05

New York Daily News "The Mets’ private expectations for Johan Santana’s April 1 availability are even grimmer than their public line of “we’ll see.” Really, there is almost no chance that Santana avoids the disabled list at the beginning of the season, leaving the Mets in need of at least one additional starting..." March 05

New York Post "Although Johan Santana came out of it in one piece, manager Terry Collins wasn’t thrilled with the impromptu bullpen session the lefty threw Sunday, and Collins let him know it yesterday. “I asked him, ‘What did you get on the mound for?’ ” Collins said. “[Santana responded] ‘Because I felt..." March 05

New York Post "An angry Johan Santana arrived at Tradition Field yesterday, upset about reports that raised doubt regarding his offseason throwing program and whether that may set back his readiness for the regular season. So after long-tossing with Pedro Feliciano, Santana pitched off a mound for the first..." March 04

New York Post "At this point, the Mets know a lot more about when Johan Santana isn’t going to pitch than when he is. After an offseason in which he admittedly threw less than normal, Santana and the Mets have found his spring training regimen delayed indefinitely. “I think there was an expectation that..." March 03

New York Daily News "What occurred Saturday at Camp Met, Sandy Alderson expressing his dismay that Johan Santana didn’t do enough throwing work over the winter, was the culmination of the Mets high command’s frustration over never getting their money’s worth on the $137.5 million contract they bestowed on their..." March 03

Amazin' Avenue "For a while, it looked as if Johan Santana already had his ticket to Cooperstown punched and ready to go. From 2004, when he became a full-time starting pitcher with the Twins, until the end of the decade, Santana was the best pitcher in baseball, eclipsing Roy Halladay, CC Sabathia, Roy Oswalt,..." February 25

New York Daily News "Less than a week after the Mets got a hopeful glimpse of a future ace, they got some unsettling news about their current one. Johan Santana, who was shut down early last season, has weakness in his surgically repaired left shoulder and will have his Grapefruit League debut delayed, the Mets..." February 23

New York Post "Johan Santana already has the Mets guessing whether his left shoulder will be ready for Opening Day. After watching Santana throw a lackluster bullpen session on Wednesday, manager Terry Collins yesterday said the left-hander will be scratched from his March 2 spring training start against the..." February 23

New York Post "Position players and pitchers exist as different species occupying the same terrain in baseball’s universe. Their routines and schedules only occasionally intersect, particularly in spring training. Here in Mets camp, though, shortstop Ruben Tejada and starting pitcher Johan Santana cross those..." February 20

New York Daily News "In a widely expected decision, general manager Sandy Alderson announced Monday that the Mets would not grant Johan Santana permission to pitch for Venezuela in next month’s World Baseball Classic. Under the rules of the WBC, Santana is not actually eligible to participate, because he finished..." February 19

New York Daily News "While almost everything around him was a little unusual Sunday, Johan Santana finally got back to normal. The Mets’ lefthander threw off a mound for the first time since last August, with a group of curious team big-wigs, bundled up against a rare cold and windy day in South Florida, standing..." February 18

MetsBlog.com "The Mets officially denied Johan Santana’s request to pitch in the World Baseball Classic, Sandy Alderson told reporters today. “He wants to play. We know that,” Alderson explained. “But, under the circumstances, we don’t think it’s in his best interest or ours. … We think that he will be..." February 18

New York Post "Johan Santana wasn’t about to try anything “crazy” on a bullpen mound yesterday at the Mets spring training complex. Just taking the ball with the temperature in the upper 40s and a howling wind might have seemed crazy enough. In less than 10 minutes, Santana was done, having completed his..." February 18

New York Post "Johan Santana wasn't about to try anything "crazy" on a bullpen mound Sunday at the Mets spring training complex. Just taking the ball with the temperature in the upper 40s and a howling wind might have seemed crazy enough. In less than 10 minutes, Santana was done, having completed his first..." February 17

New York Daily News "The Mets have not yet made an official decision, but they are likely to announce in the next several days that Johan Santana will not pitch in the World Baseball Classic, according to club insiders. The decision will come as no surprise, as the Mets had always preferred to monitor Santana’s..." February 16

New York Daily News "Johan Santana, in public and private, has spent the past few months saying that he has not felt this healthy in several years, and is ready for a strong, full season. If that happens, a vesting option in Santana’s contract could present a complication for Terry Collins, and impact the ace’s..." February 15

New York Post "Johan Santana, making his first appearance at Mets training camp, yesterday divulged the team planned all along last season to cut his campaign short. “At some point, I knew that they were going to stop me, because that was the plan that they had from the beginning,” Santana said. “We just..." February 13

Bergen Record "Eschewing crystal balls and tarot cards, Johan Santana plopped down on the cushy black dugout bench and acknowledged he does not have a read on his future. This could be it for the 33-year-old left-hander, one last $25.5 million season in Queens before he seeks shelter in another major league..." February 13

New York Post "Even after a nearly six-month Mets hiatus, Johan Santana won’t have to sell his team on the idea his left shoulder is sturdy upon his expected arrival at spring training today. The left-hander has done his convincing gradually, over the course of the winter. “He says he feels great,” manager..." February 11

ESPN New York "If Johan Santana is ready to go, and Terry Collins does not expect otherwise, Collins tenatively intends for the southpaw to start on Opening Day, April 1 against the San Diego Padres at Citi Field. "My guess is that's what it'll be," Collins told ESPNNewYork.com. After throwing the first..." February 07

MetsBlog.com "Today at Citi Field, Ruben Tejada spoke with reporters and said he intends to arrive to camp in Port St. Lucie on Saturday. Last year at Spring Training, Terry Collins scrutinized Tejada for not arriving to camp early to work with Daniel Murphy on middle infield drills. Tejada said he came..." February 04

MetsBlog.com "The Mets would love to trade Johan Santana, and are willing to pick up most of what remains on his contract, reports Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe. "The Mets would help pay the $31 million left on Santana's deal. As teams start to round off rotations, he could be a good fifth arm," Cafardo..." January 06

Bergen Record "Is it evil for Mets fans to hope Johan Santana finds his pre-surgery greatness while secretly wishing he's gone by the trading deadline? Forget the guilt – those conflicting fantasies are part of the 2013 business plan, as the Wilpon family seeks an exit strategy from Santana's monstrous $25..." January 04

Bergen Record "A few blocks from the boardwalk, the $137.5 million ace stood inside a church building. Johan Santana was wearing an orange windbreaker – the same uniform worn by other charitable workers – and handing out brown lunch bags to superstorm Sandy victims. Santana has not thrown a pitch since..." November 14

Newark Star-Ledger "For one of his final public acts in 2012, Johan Santana puffed out his chest and turned down a quiet hallway off the side of the Mets clubhouse. A cluster of reporters awaited his arrival. "Where am I going?" Santana asked the group. The immediate answer is back to the disabled list, where a..." August 23

New York Post "Johan Santana can spend the next six months trying to shake off his aches and pains. The Mets' 33-year-old left-hander will not pitch again this season, after the team yesterday placed him on the disabled list with an inflammation of the lower back. The decision to shut him down came after Mets..." August 23