Note: Be Careful
Adam Rubin of The Daily News is reporting that the Mets prefer that Johan Santana does not pitch in tonight’s All-Star Game in St. Louis.
Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen has asked Santana to “be careful”.
Rich Dubee, the Phillies pitching coach, told Rubin:
“If we can stay away from him, we’ll try to, unless we get into a bind. “Unless it gets into extra innings and stuff and we have to use him, we’re going to try to stay away from him.”
Santana threw 114 pitches in his win over the Reds this past Saturday, and he is slated to pitch this Saturday in Atlanta.
…as happy as I am that Santana is an All-Star, there should be enough pitching on the NL roster to avoid him, even though he is arguably the best they have…





