With Johan Santana having a great start last night where he mostly dominated the Nationals minus Adam Dunn we can safely say that Johan is ready for opening day.
Over at Amazing Stories Santana was quoted as saying "I'm feeling good, I knew from the beginning what I had to do to get myself ready. We had a little set back but we were able to make some adjustments and to put ourselves back into it. I'm doing all the things I have to do to do my job and get ready for opening day"
He finished off the Nationals with a 75-pitch, 7-inning effort which he allowed just four hits and one run, striking out six without a walk. His strikes to balls ratio at one point in the game was 44 strikes to 9 balls. The man looks ready to have an incredible season. He even had K Rod pitch after him and after allowing the first 2 men on shut the door on the Nationals in the 8th.
As we mentioned last the Mets made some cuts. According to Adam Rubin Jose Valentin was assigned to the Mets Triple A team but will be released if he can sign on with a major league club.
Bobby Parnell looks like a lock for the bullpen and the Mets now just have a couple of relievers vying for a spot .
With 2 spots left it is between Brian Stokes ,Darren O'Day, Elmer Dessens and Fernando Nieve
more then likely we will see Stokes and O'Day making the cut.
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