Johan Santana
Johan Santana
Johan Alexander Santana Araqueis a Venezuelan professional baseball starting pitcher who is a free agent. Santana pitched in Major League Baseballfor the Minnesota Twins from 2000 to 2007 and for the New York Mets from 2008 to 2012, sidelined by injury challenges since the 2012 season. A two-time Cy Young Award winner with the Twins, Santana is a four-time All-Star and earned a pitching triple crown in 2006. On June 1, 2012, Santana threw a no-hitter against the St. Louis...
NationalityVenezuelan
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth13 March 1979
CountryVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
We showed what Latin baseball was all about. We showed the passion of the game.
I think we showed everybody what Latin baseball is all about. That's the way we do it. For either side, we showed the passion of the game.
Today, I think we showed what Latin baseball is all about. That's what we do.
It's up to the professionals and the baseball writers to decide who's going to win it, ... I feel like I did my job, and personally, I'm pleased with everything that happened. Unfortunately, we didn't go to the playoffs -- that's what we were looking for.
We're proud of Venezuela and Venezuelan baseball. People in America don't realize it, but we've got 25, 30 million people here, and so many of us love baseball. This is a great place to look for talent.
When you hear from other players and they're telling you you're the best pitcher in baseball, that makes you feel really good.
Even though they pulled me out, I still felt strong. Those guys are pretty good. They make you work and go deep into the count.
Even though they pulled me out, I still felt strong.
Even if we don't have a chance to win our division, we're still the champions from last year, ... They know they have to play hard to take it. We'll never give up. I, personally, will never give up. I'll do my best until the season is over.
At this point in the season, compared to a couple of years ago, I feel much better.
What can you do? I felt like I threw some good pitches and didn't get the calls.
What's going to happen in spring training, we don't know. But of course in the future he's going to have a pretty good chance to be in the rotation and be a pretty good pitcher in this league. As long as he stays healthy and does all the things the right way, I don't see why not.
To me, he showed a lot of improvement from last year,
I didn't want to go on the DL. I want to keep pitching and competing. They decided it's better for me to take some time off and that's what we're going to do.