Quote: Johan is a Concern for Rick Peterson
Earlier today, former Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson was a guest of Brandon Tierney on 1050 ESPN Radio and said:
“Well, Santana is a major concern, obviously. I know it’s been reported he has a blister on his middle finger and that can certainly be a major, major detriment for a pitcher; and then there’s been some rumors that his knee has been bothersome. When you have a finger issue and then you have that knee issue like he had before you really have to be concerned… But, hopefully for the Mets and hopefully for Johan it’s temporary, hopefully it’s just a blister and a cranky knee and he bounces back after a few days rest.”
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… rick pulled on another interesting point, which is, he has always let up fly balls, even in Minnesota… this is true… the thing is, those fly balls in a spring-time Citi Field might have all dropped for outs, while now, in a warmer, dead-air Citi Field, they may be carrying in to the gap or over the wall…
That said, in a post to Twitter, SI.com’s Jon Heyman quotes a ‘Mets bigwig, really big,’ as saying he is ‘not at all worried.’
Nevertheless, in a post to Mets Today, former pitching coach Joe Janish breaks down Santana’s delivery, and explains why he may be struggling.
