Johan Santana News

In 2009, the New York Mets were the worst baseball organization in the country, compiling the worst combined win-loss record from the minors all the way up to the bigs.

The 800 pound gorilla that lives over the Triborough Bridge , the World Champion New York Yankees, are a team to be reckoned with.

The Metsa TM two biggest off-season objectives, to paraphrase Captain Obvious, are to acquire another slugger and to add a No.

But the Mets have made it their mission this offseason to sign a big-ticket free agent, a person familiar with the club's thinking said as the clocked ticked down to midnight yesterday.

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Roy Halladay pitches against the New York Yankees.

Several Mets players are participating in Winter baseball this year, andA Josh Thole and Lance Broadway are in Venezuela where there is incredible political unrest.

Johan Santana had long been considered the best pitcher in baseball. From 2004-2008, there wasn't a pitcher who could touch him, posting some remarkable numbers, especially when you consider that he called the AL home up until 2008: Struck out 200 or more batters every season Had a sub-3.00 ERA in four out of five seasons Posted three WHIPs of 1.00 ...

Reports circulated that Mets general manager Omar Minaya is hesitant to throw money around in this year's free agent class.

The Mets. Injuries. Fans. What does this mean? In 2009, the Mets had their first losing season in 4 years, despite starting the season as one of baseballs premiere teams.

The only time anyone's been talking about the Mets for the last couple of months was to mock/sympathize/observe the fact that their two greatest rivals were on top of the baseball world.

Friday's trade for Brewers shortstop J.J. Hardy altered the legacy of the Twins' 2008 trade of Johan Santana to the Mets.

Anthopoulos lays out his plan New Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alexander Anthopoulos talks with a reporter before the start of the Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles baseball game Saturday, Oct.

" The Milwaukee Brewers today acquired outfielder Carlos Gomez from Minnesota in exchange for shortstop J.J. Hardy.

The line that kept coming to me on Wednesday night as I tried to crystallize the Yankees' 27th championship , was "peaceful, easy feeling," from the song by the Eagles.

The presentation will take place at a news conference, in which commissioner Bud Selig and members of the Clemente family will participate, before Game 2. The award is given annually to the player who combines a dedication to giving back to the community with outstanding play on the field.

Having lived through -- and enjoyed -- some horrible years as a Mets fan, I don't understand the panic that has set in because of the current circumstances: "Fire the manager" and "Fire the owner." Yes, they stunk this year.

The payoff has arrived for Brian Cashman, who endured the brunt of criticism last year when the Yankees did not make the playoffs for the first time in his 11-year reign as general manager.

A After going through a horrific, injury-plagued 2009 campaign, the New York Mets head in this winter's Hot Stove with many questions and seemingly too few answers.

Jennifer Steinbrenner and Derek Jeter goof off after the Yankees clich in their 40th AL pennant.

Mike Silva from New York Baseball Digest wonders if the Mets would be interested in signing Chien Ming Wang.