Last week, Ben Shpigel of the New York Times said the Mets could ask Johan Santana to sit out of the World Baseball Classic.
“He should be O.K., but we’re going to be conservative,” Omar Minaya told Shpigel. “If we have a little bit of doubt or concern, we’d rather have him not play.  We’re pro-Classic, but [...]

In a post to Newsday, David Lennon provides incredible details from the Mets negotiations with Francisco Rodriguez.
Lennon relays a collection of interesting anecdotes, the best of which reads as follows:

“When K-Rod and his agent, Paul Kinzer, had dinner with the Mets on Sunday night, they were pleasantly surprised when the team executives got a call [...]

The Associated Press is reporting that the Giants’ Tim Lincecum has won the NL Cy Young Award and received 23 of 32 first-place votes.
Brandon Webb of the Diamondbacks finished second, and Johan Santana finished third.

The National League Cy Young Award will be announced today at 2 pm EDT.
According to a survey from Rasmussen Reports in mid-October, 19 percent of baseball fans said Johan Santana should win the award over Brandon Webb, Tim Lincecum and Ryan Dempster.
However, according to Jim Molony of MLB.com, Lincecum and Webb are the favorites to win, while Dempster, Brad [...]

According to a recent survey from Rasmussen Reports, 19 percent of baseball fans believe Johan Santana should win the National League CY Young Award over Brandon Webb, Tim Lincecum and Ryan Dempster.
Additionally, fans believe Indians RHP Cliff Lee should win the AL CY Young Award, Cardinals OF Albert Pujols should win the NL MVP and [...]

According to Bob Klapisch, in the Bergen Record, the Mets and Yankees are poised to get in to a bidding war over free-agent RHP CC Sabathia.
In the report, Klapisch writes, “Cashman and Minaya figure to empty the tank in their pursuit of (Sabathia),” who will likely seek a seven-year, $150 million contract.
In 18 starts for [...]

The Mets have announced that Johan Santana underwent successful surgery today on his left knee to treat a torn meniscus.
According to the team, Santana had torn his meniscus prior to his final start of the season, but was able to work through the injury.
…umm, i’d say…
Santana is expected to make a full recovery and be ready for [...]

Last Wednesday, Steve Serby conducted his Sunday Q&A with Johan Santana, which ran in the New York Post on Sunday, prior to the team’s final game of the season.
In the interview, Santana gives his thoughts on booing, his temperament on the mound, and says he would rather win a World Championship than another Cy Young [...]

Johan Santana has been named the National League’s Pitcher of the Month for September, during which he was 4–0 with a 1.83 ERA.
He had a 2.09 ERA in his last 17 starts.
The way I see it, Santana should win the Cy Young award because no other pitcher in the league was on the mound longer and no other [...]

The Mets beat the Marlins, 2-0, at Shea today, keeping their postseason hopes alive. For a box score and recap, go to SNY.tv.
Johan Santana was spectacular.
Santana, throwing on short rest after a 125-pitch outing on Tuesday, started out the game by getting Marlins sparkplug Hanley Ramirez to fly out on the second pitch and proceeded [...]