Twins overspend on veteran, again
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...of truly great players. Remember, it was just a year ago that they couldn't afford Johan Santana but quite happily blew $9 million on Craig Monroe and Livan Hernandez. And if they're...
Blog | November 07, 2009The trade the Yankees didn't make
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...starter, Chien-Ming Wang, had been trounced twice. They needed an ace like the Twins' Johan Santana, and the general partner Hank Steinbrenner wanted him badly. Yet, the Yankees made no deal. They...
Blog | October 08, 200920-win candidates
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotFor the Cardinals, there's not a great deal of drama left. The division title is a fait accompli, and so is Albert Pujols' MVP Award. Fortunat...
Blog | September 09, 2009Give Jeter the Irving Thalberg
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Cy Young Award in 2005 but then, neither should Rivera. That one should have gone to Johan Santana. Onward: And he hasn't gotten the Cy Young for any of this. He is...
Blog | September 04, 2009If not Greinke for Cy, then who?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotSince we looked at the National League Cy Young candidates already, it's only fair to give equal time to the American Leaguers (especially as I to...
Blog | August 26, 2009Did Mets mismanage Santana?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotThe Mets' Johan Santana is out. For how long, we don't know yet. In the mean time, Nick...
Blog | August 25, 2009Time for Mets' Niese to get his shot
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...and Clay Buchholz, the results were far different. So, when John Maine returns, a rotation of Johan Santana/Perez/Pelfrey/Maine/Niese is the way to go. The Mets are nine games out, and...
Blog | July 20, 2009Santana eases worries ... for now
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...to-day life watching a baseball team. That is not to say it was easy. Watching Johan Santana walk the eighth-place hitter in the Cincinnati lineup, I quickly moved beyond the ramifications in...
Blog | July 13, 2009Our (preliminary) All-Decade Team
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Vladimir Guerrero in right field than you might guess. SP1 Randy Johnson SP2 Pedro Martinez SP3 Johan Santana SP4 Roy Oswalt SP5 Mike Mussina/Curt Schilling I must quibble here. If you're...
Blog | June 01, 2009Still tilting at pitch counts
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...big lead after Cliff Lee's thrown only 103 pitches. It is frustrating to see Johan Santana lose the Cy Young Award because (in part) he was lifted with a bunch of leads...
Blog | May 25, 2009Is Johan Santana MLB's best?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Young." It's held in December, and the host and No. 1 attraction is Johan Santana, the town's native son and the New York Mets' star southpaw. --snip-- ...
Blog | May 21, 2009Why not send Phil Hughes to bullpen?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotIt's pretty obvious that the struggling Phil Hughes will lose his rotation spot when Chien-Ming Wang rejoins the Yankees, leaving Michael Salfino ...
Blog | May 19, 2009Is Joe Saunders this good?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...limit batters, year in and year out, to much lower than .290 on balls in play. Johan Santana's career mark is .286. CC Sabathia's is .297, Roy Halladay's...
Blog | May 12, 2009Is Greinke the best in the game?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...has been considered by many to be the best pitcher in baseball has similarly impressive numbers: Johan Santana hasn't won all of his starts, but he has the same number of strike...
Blog | May 01, 2009Looking for another miracle
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...what Lee did goes beyond someone posting incredible numbers who is not an established ace like Johan Santana or Roy Halladay and too many analyses are failing to make this distinction. Case in point...
Blog | April 28, 2009EDITOR'S PICKS
...Mark Teixeira Francisco Rodriguez CC Sabathia Dustin Pedroia Alex Rodriguez Cliff Lee Tim Lincecum Albert Pujols
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