Johan Santana threw the first no hitter in Mets history, blanking the St. Louis Cardinals 8-0 at Citi Field. Full story here: Click For Mets.com Box
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Johan Santana
The Mets acquired Santana from the Minnesota Twins on February 2, 2008 in exchange for Carlos Gomez, Philip Humber, Kevin Mulvey, and Deolis Guerra. He comes to the Mets having already won two Cy Young awards. Upon reaching the trade agreement, the Mets signed Santana to a long-term extension. Santana is a native of Tovar, Venezuela. He will again represent his country in the 2009 WBC after pitching to a 0.96 WHIP in the 2006 competition.
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Johan Santana has started playing catch, beginning the long road back from should surgery last September, to repair a torn anterior capsule in his left shoulder, according to Mets.com: “Warthen told reporters at the team’s Spring Training complex in Port St. Lucie, Fla., that Santana has played catch three times, his first throwing activity since [...]
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