The Daily News is reporting that Johan Santana, under the instruction of the New York Mets training staff, has withdrew himself from consideration to play in the World Baseball Classic.
Santana, who was slated to pitch for his native Venezuela, will instead remain in Port St. Lucie with the Mets and gear up for a crucial 2009 campaign.
From a Mets fan?s perspective it is hard to disagree with the decision to forbid Santana from pitching in the Classic, as he has yet to throw off a mound since his knee surgery in October.
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