In recent weeks Mets fans told themselves it was nothing to worry about, like that first hint of a sore throat you tell yourself won’t turn into something worse. Yeah, sure, Johan Santana had been a bit off his game, but still, he’s Johan Santana.
Only now you can’t pretend anymore. Now the sore throat has turned into a fever and body aches, and you’re just hoping you don’t have the swine flu.
The Mets, after all, have hung tough in the face of all the injuries, all the bad base running, all the killer losses, but if there’s one thing they can’t survive it’s Santana at less than his best for more than the occasional start here and there.
It would be a lot easier to shrug off the beating Santana took in Sunday’s 15-0 loss to the Yankees if it came completely out of nowhere. But in truth, it’s been awhile since the Mets’ ace approached the form that made him so untouchable the first month or so of the season.
In his last six starts his ERA is 6.50. And this one, in which he allowed a career-high nine runs, comes on the heels of giving up a career-high four home runs against the Phillies in Citi Field last week. Read more..
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