Johan Santana said he’s ready, and he certainly looked it tonight.
His change-up might be one of the best pitches in baseball and it has gotten better with each start.
Biggest development of the night was Duaner Sanchez. Not that he pitched a scoreless inning, but that he said the priority is to be around for the end of the season and not the beginning.
As long as Opening Day is on Sanchez’s mind, there could be the temptation to push it too hard and that can only lead to bad news.
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Beltran had some really nice swings today. Thought that was worth mentioning.
It seems that they really like Register and leaving Snachez down to increase his arm str gives them a chance to keep him.
What happens to Register once Sanchez is ready; we will have to see.
metsfan, I request that since you don’t believe in the integrity of the hostr, that you go elsewhere.
John,
How was Santana’s velocity last night?
How bout ElDuqe. Anybody want to take a crack at the runs scored against him for Sunday?
I asked the question about Santana’s velocity. He was around 91 most of the time.
JDelcos, any whisper about this? He has not hit 93-95 this spring. Is he just takin it easy or has he lost some as was reported late last yr.
I thought myself that the radar gun wasn’t accurate because Santana’s fastball was 88-89, never breaking 90 but than Sanchez’s was 90-91. I thought Santana threw in the mid 90’s.
I wonder if Santana is losing his velocity like pedro did around the same age.
Heard Eddie Coleman on the fan say the Santana’s velocity is improving in each start. Not so sure that they really let it out in spring training until the end. Not so sure that they don’t either.
“I thought myself that the radar gun wasn’t accurate because Santana’s fastball was 88-89, never breaking 90 but than Sanchez’s was 90-91. I thought Santana threw in the mid 90’s.”
Actually Santana was 89-90, and when he had 2 strikes on a hitter he would hit 92 on the black. He only hit 88 once, and it may have been to throw off the timing of the hitter.