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Santana throws seven blanks as Mets top Astros

 
It will be years before the Mets know how the prospects they sent to the Twins for Johan Santana really pan out. And by the year 2014 the $137.5- million contract Santana signed with the Mets might turn out to be an albatross on the franchise. (link)

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