[新聞] Johan eager to resume pitching
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Johan eager to resume pitching
After difficult offseason, ace hopeful that Classic is in the cards
By Marty Noble / MLB.com
NEW YORK -- Johan Santana hasn't thrown a pitch since Sept. 27. And since
then he has endured, in order, the disappointment of the Mets' defeat in
their final game of the 2008 regular season, surgery on his left knee, weeks
of rehabilitation and, within the last two weeks, the death of his
10-year-old nephew in an automobile accident in Venezuela.
Santana anxiously awaits the new baseball year. It will allow him to get past
an uncomfortable period. And participating in the World Baseball Classic
would be part of it.
Santana intends to tread lightly, though. Riding an exercise cycle as he has
regularly since recovering from the surgery in one thing. Pitching
competitively in March is something else. And pitching in April comes first
-- as a priority, if not on the calendar.
Santana is to be examined by the Mets' doctors in Port St. Lucie, Fla., next
week, and he has some thought of reporting to the club's complex a week
before the beginning of Spring Training. He'd like to know as soon as
possible what the immediate future holds.
"I'd love to represent my country," he said. "But I'm not going to do
anything crazy. We'll see how everything is with my knee. I'm hoping the
doctors will give me the OK.
"The team will have to approve of [the course of action]. It's a medical
decision. The reality is I haven't pitched or played in a game since
September. They're going to keep an eye on me. I'm going to go one step at a
time."
So Santana as of yet has no sense of what March will hold for him -- innings
wearing the uniform of his country, days dealing with the uncertainty of
rehabbing from surgery or what he would consider a normal training camp.
"Everything feels good now," Santana said.
But, strangely, he must wait for the Mets' medical staff and trainers to tell
him how he feels. And even then, we won't know how his push-off leg will
respond to the rigors of pitching.
General manager Omar Minaya said Wednesday of the World Baseball Classic and
Santana: "We encourage all our players to participate. However, we have to
take it case by case, and Johan had surgery last October. Once we get to
Spring Training, we will consult with our medical staff and decide whether he
is physically able to represent his country."
Santana's surgery on Oct. 1 was to repair a tear in his meniscus, one that he
apparently suffered weeks earlier. The injury was repaired without incident
-- but surgery is surgery. And Santana turns 30 in less than a month. He
doesn't feel his age, but acknowledges his daughters have found some gray
hairs -- and plucked them.
At age 29, he was everything a No. 1 starter should be. He led the National
League in ERA (2.53), and innings (234 1/3). He won 16 games, lost seven and
was in position to win seven other starts that became no-decisions because of
runs allowed by the bullpen. The Mets won 22 of his 34 starts, including 10
of the final 11. And his three-hit shutout of the Marlins in the season's
161st game -- he pitched on short rest and with a bum knee -- stands as the
team's premier pitching performance of the season.
He wants more of the same, plus a chance to pitch in October.
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