New York Mets Lose Another Big Gun For The Year
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It would be an understatement to say that the New York Mets have been beat up by injuries this season.
Now, their ace, Johan Santana, needs surgery for bone chips in his left elbow and the star pitcher is going to be done for the season, the latest blow to a Mets team battered by injuries in 2009.
Santana joins David Wright, Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes, Carlos Delgado, John Maine and J.J. Putz, just to name a few, on the DL.
The Mets did say that Santana is expected to be ready in plenty of time for when pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training next February.
“It’s not the worst,” Santana said on a conference call. “Believe me, I’m going to be ready.”
According to Santana, he had the same operation after the 2003 season.
He returned to have a career-high 20 wins and the first of his two Cy Young Awards for the Minnesota Twins.
