Johan Santana wants Carlos Silva to learn a changeup:

Santana is working with Silva on trying to develop a changeup, one of three pitches the two-time Cy Young winner throws.

Santana watched Silva's bullpen session Saturday, two days after the big right-hander pitched much like he did most of last season and got pummeled in his spring debut by the New York Yankees.

But Santana started offering advice to his fellow Venezuelan long before that. Santana talked frequently with Silva throughout his nightmarish 2006 season, when his sinker lost its sink, resulting in an 11-15 record, a career-worst 5.94 earned-run average and a major league-high 38 homers. Santana and Silva also spoke on the phone a few times during the offseason.

Nice to see Johan helping his friend. Gardenhire is pretty blunt about Silva's situation, however:

'You can talk until you're blue in the face,' Gardenhire said. 'But out on the field is where Carlos is going to have to get it right, not in the bullpen. He's been nasty in the bullpen before.'