What happened to Santana in September?

Dave Rouleau posted 1/31/2008 from blog.baseballdigestdaily.com [flag]

While the Johan Santana trade was in the works, there was some suggestion that his value could have been lower than expected due to concerns about an injury that he was playing through towards the end of last year. What does pitch f/x have to say about the reasons behind his poor September performance? [link]

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