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	<title>MetsCity.com - New York Mets Blog Fan Site</title>
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		<title>Santana a success so far&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think anyone that knows anything about baseball could have called this, but the Santana trade seems to be working out for the Mets.  Despite being 16-15 and in 3rd place in the NL Central, Johan has given them his usual production, save a few starts.  His ERA is under 3, he has 3 wins, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think anyone that knows anything about baseball could have called this, but the Santana trade seems to be working out for the Mets.  Despite being 16-15 and in 3rd place in the NL Central, Johan has given them his usual production, save a few starts.  His ERA is under 3, he has 3 wins, only 12 walks, and more strikeouts than innings pitched.  He&#8217;s helped the team forget about Pedro Martinez.  All in all, hes adjusted to the NL about as well as you possibly could.  There are some numbers that stick out, however&#8230;</p>
<p>His home runs allowed total is on pace to go through the roof.  After allowing 33 in his final season with the Twins last year, he&#8217;s already given up 7, and is on pace to give up a few more than that.  That&#8217;s a scary statistic, you don&#8217;t expect your Hall of Fame ace and arguably the best pitcher in baseball to give up that many home runs.  I&#8217;m sure Mets coaches would love for him to get this under control, but his past statistics say that he won&#8217;t, and they&#8217;ll just have to live with it.  It&#8217;s not like it&#8217;s really hurting his stats that much, but imagine him giving up a 3-run homer in game 7 of the NLCS that costs them the game.  It could happen to everyone obviously, but from Johan?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure I sound like an idiot when I say that, but it&#8217;s a legit concern in my opinion.  I&#8217;d rather my ace give up 10 home runs a year, not 35.  That&#8217;s high for any pitcher, even Steve Trachsel gave up less last year, and it&#8217;s never a good thing to be compared to or be listed by him&#8230;trust me.
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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