hardballtimes.com - 10/21/2009
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Continuing with my look at impact prospects for the 2010 season today we will take a look at Cleveland Indians catcher Carlos Santana . Santana came to the Indians organization in 2008 as part of a deal that sent Casey Blake to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The departure of Victor Martinez all but ...
fangraphs.com - 10/16/2009
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fangraphs.com —
As we looked at yesterday with John Lannan,
inducing ground balls is a great way to overcome...
other flaws in a pitcher’s repertoire. Lannan’s ERA stands nearly a run below his career FIP because of his high ground ball rate. Similarly, Joel Piniero had ...
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How Johan Santana Succeeds as a Fly Ball Pitcher
metstoday.com - 10/24/2009
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metstoday.com —
Through the first two months of the 2009
season, Johan Santana was — hands-down — the best...
pitcher on the planet. In fact, his first ten starts were the stuff of legend, and one of the most auspicious beginnings to a season for any ...
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2009 Analysis: Johan Santana
theclevelandfan.com - 10/21/2009
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Indians: A Lazy Sunday with the Candidates
Ohio Sports Report —
... , notably Mike Brantley and Carlos Santana, putting forth the idea that those two prospects are quite certainly the real deal. On the topic of offensive upgrades emerging from within, the aforementioned Santana was also the topic of discussion recently at The Hardball Times , as was ...
A Lazy Sunday with the Candidates
The DiaTribe —
... On the topic of offensive upgrades emerging from within, the aforementioned Santana was also the topic of discussion recently at The Hardball Times, as was ...
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Johan Santana: King of the Mound!
nleastchatter.com 10/16/2009 — Jack Moore of fangraphs.com takes a look here at why Johan Santana continues to be successful on the mound.
With the amount of HRs and line drives Santana gives up limited, and the amount of essentially automatic outs he induces via the infield fly, Santana’s low amount of ground balls has no ...
The View Of The Santana Trade From The Other Side
metspolice.com 17 days ago — Interesting perspective..
Half of package for Santana now has been traded The Twins have traded two of the four players they got from the Mets for Johan Santana. By JOE CHRISTENSEN, Star Tribune Last update: November 7, 2009 - 9:14 AM
Friday's trade for Brewers shortstop J.J. ...
Make it or Break it: Johan Santana, No Worries…
nleastchatter.com 9/25/2009 — It’s been 24 years since the Doc had that magical year on the mound in ‘85; 40 years since Seaver won an incredible 25 games in ‘69. People forget how long it’s been since the Mets had a true ace. Have we forgotten what kind of warriors these guys are? I know bone ...
Carlos Santana and Jeanmar Gomez are All-Stars
waitingfornextyear.com 8/28/2009 — Per Indians media relations:
Catcher Carlos Santana and right-handed pitcher Jeanmar Gomez have been named to the Eastern League’s season ending All-Star team, the league announced today.
Santana, who entered this year as the no.-1 prospect in the Cleveland organization according to Baseball ...
Santana Done For 2009, Back For 2010
nleastchatter.com 8/25/2009 —
The bad news is that Johan has to have surgery, the good news is it’s only minor arthroscopic surgery, the bad news is that it is his left elbow, the good news is that most likely he has been pitching in pain for a while and could be back the ...
Forward Thinking – Around the Diamond
clevelandtribeblog.blogspot.com 10/14/2009 — As the managerial search continues, but with little actually being cleared up in terms of John Farrell’s interest or what other names are legitimately involved, let’s start to take a look towards what the Indians may be looking at in terms of the makeup of their 2010 roster and what questions ...
Santana to get MRI
novafantasysports.com 8/27/2009 — According to the New York Times, "Through all the injuries that have plagued the Mets this season, the team could take some solace that Johan Santana, their star left-hander, had been immune to this seeming curse. That is no longer the case. Santana has been pitching through discomfort in
Johan Santana: Uh Oh
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 8/25/2009 — For all those people that said the Mets season couldn't get any worse, well, it just did: "He has not been throwing between starts for quite awhile. I would say since before the All-Star break. He has been pitching with this problem, but not with ...
Johan Santana May Need Elbow Surgery Update
theghostofmoonlightgraham.wordpress.com 8/25/2009 — It looks like Johan Santana will have surgery on his elbow. However, the surgery isn't as bad as some may have thought.
The Ghost of Moonlight Graham has the update on the story he wrote yesterday
Johan Santana will not require major surgery
novafantasysports.com 8/27/2009 — Update: The New York Mets won't know for sure about the status of star pitcher Johan Santana until sometime after he undergoes tests on Tuesday afternoon, but the expectation within the organization, sources say, is that Santana's injury is not so serious that he will require