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)
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.
What can you do? I felt like I threw some good pitches and didn't get the calls.
I felt pretty good today. I was throwing the fastball in and out of the plate and I was able to throw my change-up. It was a nice day.
I felt pretty good today, ... I had everything working. All you can hope for is that you give your team a chance to win and that is what we did today.
I felt pretty good. I didn't feel anything at all, ... I was able to throw all my pitches, and the slider, which had hurt the most.
Those guys did a good job. I felt like I was throwing the ball good.
I'm not a tourist. ... I want to play the game and pitch.
I knew, coming into this game, that we needed to fight. Tonight, we did a great job from top to bottom.
There's times when one play makes the whole difference, one calls makes the whole difference. And tonight it was that call.
I mean, coming into this season I was just hoping to come back, stay healthy and help the team.
I'm not executing my pitches. I'm not commanding my fastball, and I get behind in the count. When I try to throw strikes, I'm getting hurt. That's not the way I pitch.
I know who Mark Buehrle is. I knew it would be tough. We got ahead and put up some runs and from there I was just trying to protect the lead.
It's been incredible. It seems like he's put that aside and went out there and showed you the type of pitcher he is and that he likes to win.