Santana May Miss 2011

[Giantmetfan07]

“Internally, the Mets believe they’ll be “lucky” if Santana pitches this year.”

That is a stand-alone paragraph in a Sunday morning report by Steve Popper and Bob Klapisch of theBergen Record. According to their sources, Santana has made very little progress in his ongoing recovery from September shoulder surgery and the Mets are ready to announce that he has been shut down indefinitely. The left-hander was already expected to be out until late June or early July, and now it’s possible that he could be sidelined for the duration of the 2011 season.

The Mets have already refuted the report, with pitching coach Dan Warthen telling ESPN New York’s Adam Rubin that progress “has been great” and that “everything is going right on target, maybe a little ahead.”

But Popper and Klapisch aren’t the only reporters saying that Santana is in trouble.

ESPN’s Buster Olney heard from a source that the Mets “aren’t expecting much” from their ace in 2011.David Waldstein of the New York Times talked to a shoulder expert who indicated the same thing.

The truth may lie somewhere in between the Bergen Record‘s report and Warthen’s claims. What we do know is that Santana has only begun playing light catch and is far from ready to step atop a mound.

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[font="Arial][size="2"]At this point I'm not surprised. The Mets do this all the time. Everyone finds out that shit is going bad, the Mets deny it and say the opposite, and then a month from now they'll turn around and say what we've been saying the whole time. Simply put, Johan isn't going to pitch this season. There's no point in it unless we're actually miraculously in the playoff race come August. Keep him healthy for 2012. [/size][/font]

 

[.infamous]

Man I remember when this dude was one of the most dominant pitchers in the league. Shits gone downhill lately for him lol.

 

[Elite]

He already said it's false, he said there's no way to have a setback at this stage in the rehab considering he just started light throwing. Anyhow, I could see the rest of this contract working out like Pedro's did, dude's arm is about to fall off

 

[STLZACH]

Mets are pond scum.

 

[cruzg24]

This is not a surprise, we get our star players injured every year. I still dont believe that Santana is out for the year because he has played with injuries in the past before and he has played very well through them. This might be a different situation, but I think that Santana will pitch this year just because he's a gamer.