New York Mets' ace, Johan Santana, received surgery on his left shoulder, after tearing the anterior capsule in it for the second time in three years. Santana, who's season also ended early last year had a 6-9 record while posting a 4.85 ERA. After missing the entire 2011 season with the same injury and procedure, Santana will have to show extreme perseverance to try to return to the MLB, if he even tries to return at all. This also means that Santana has most likely has thrown his last pitch in a New York Mets uniform. The pitcher, who is owed 25.5 million dollars this season, has not been the pitcher the Mets had hoped he'd be when they signed him to that 6-year 137.5 million dollar contract. After bringing home two American League Cy Young awards with the Minnesota Twins, Santana has not been the superstar in New York. As a Mets fan, I feel like Santana's tenure with the blue and orange could only receive an "incomplete", with his only true accomplishment locking up the first no-hitter in franchise history, on June 1, 2012. Here's wishing the best to Santana, and that one of the best pitchers of the past decade doesn't have to go out like this.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/news/20130329/johan-santana-mets-shoulder.ap/?sct=hp_t2_a10&eref=sihp
By Joe Palagonia
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