July 28, 2002
Changed His Evil Ways
Johan Santana turned it around after his poor outing against the White Sox on July 23rd (3.2 IP, 8 ER). He pitched 8 shutout innings today against the Blue Jays, striking out 13. He's only had a couple of bad outings, otherwise he'd have an even more impressive ERA. His K per 9 is nonetheless quite good, having struck out 76 men in 59 2/3 innings (11.5 per 9). As a point of reference, Schilling is leading the majors with 11.25 K per 9. Keep your eye on this youngster.
I often wonder, with the very good farm system the Twins have, if contracting them wasn't more about raiding their system? If the players had to be drafted, the Brewers would have gotten low picks, after all.
Posted by David Pinto at
05:23 PM
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