Reality Check

At least we know that Johan Santana will indeed make his next start.

Last night, Santana had the shortest outing of his career, not able to get out of the second inning.  He allowed four earned runs (six total) on four hits and for the first time in a very long time, did not strike out at least one batter in a game.  But Santana told everyone that his shoulder is fine and that last night had nothing to do with the arm.  He said it had everything to do not being able to locate his pitches and throwing to many pitches early on.

Games like this will happen, they happen to every pitcher at some point in the season.  The best news is again there is no issue with Johan's shoulder.  It was just a bad game.  The Mets will still be able to take the series with a victory this afternoon.