Don't Mess With The Johan

Johan Santana is officially out of the World Baseball Classic. The following press release from WBC officials explains why. "Despite Johan Santana's strong desire to participate for Team Venezuela and the Mets being an avid supporter of the World Baseball Classic, it has been determined that the pitcher will not be able to participate in the tournament. The decision was based on the uncertainty of Santana being fully recuperated in time to participate in the Classic and the prohibitive insurance costs required to cover Santana's contract coming off of his knee surgery." Santana is doing just fine in his recovery from surgery to repair a torn meniscus. He has already thrown a couple of mound sessions and he says he feels great and is looking forward to a big season. We created some new mini banners like the one you see above for Johan and a few other Mets, with even more to come in the next few days. Enjoy them.