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Stat: Santana’s Homeruns

by Mike Nichols on May 19th, 2008 at 11:46 am

In his last start on Saturday versus the Yankees, Johan Santana allowed three homeruns for a total of 11 this season. However, only three of his 11 homeruns allowed this season have come with runners on base.

Currently, Santana is on pace to allow a career-high 40 homeruns this season.

…being a fly ball pitcher i’d expect johan to always have a propensity to give up the long ball, but not at the rate he is…at least the majoriy of his homeruns are of the solo variety…

…some may be alarmed about this, but i’m not, typically johan is a slow starter and his homerun rate decreases as the season progresses…

added to by Matthew Cerrone

Santana is 48–29 with a 3.57 ERA when starting before the All-Star Game, but is 50–17 with a 2.79 ERA when starting after the All-Star Game.