Johan Santana News

After a day of dreamily looking to the future, the Mets came crashing back to reality Wednesday night.

The Mets bullpen finished the job as the Mets won 5-0. 1989: Dwight Gooden was good enough in a seven-inning stint against the Expos, yielding three earned runs on five hits and striking out nine to notch his 100th career victory.

Matt Harvey is hard enough to hit after a full night's sleep. When you've had just a few hours, it's nearly impossible.

Today is Harvey Day, and it was an especially good one: Down in Atlanta, the righty hadn't allowed a hit through six innings when Jason Heyward led off the seventh with this slow ground ball , on which no one covered first.

Mets principal owner Fred Wilpon said he believes the franchise is headed in the right direction and that general manager Sandy Alderson is on course to improve the team.

The Mets will have plenty of decisions concerning their rotation once the prized prospect Zack Wheeler joins the staff next week.

Left-hander Johan Santana, whose once-promising Mets' career was cut short with a second surgery to repair a torn anterior capsule in his pitching shoulder, stopped by Citi Field this afternoon for the first time since his surgery.

Just last season, the NL East was full of promise. The Phillies, winners of the five previous division titles, still had their three aces.

One year ago today, 12 days after an umpire's error in judgment helped Johan Santana become the first Mets pitcher to ever throw a no-hitter, a debatable decision by the hometown official scorer in Tampa Bay kept knuckleballer R.A. Dickey from logging a second one.

Ray Guilfoyle highlights the top fantasy performers from Wednesday's roto action, including big games from Carlos Gomez and Starling Marte.

On April 13, 2009, right-handed reliever Edward Mujica -- then a member of the Padres -- entered a tied game in the bottom of the fifth to face the Mets' powerful cleanup hitter, Carlos Delgado.

Mets general manager Sandy Alderson hates losing. Despises it. He is a former Marine who served in Vietnam, and the son of a decorated Air Force officer.

The hit summary from Wednesday's bottom of the seventh inning at Citizens Bank Park: A.J. Ramos hit home-plate umpire John Hirschbeck.

From sweeping the Yankees to swept by the Marlins. Just a typical week in the life of the New York Mets.

This is it. This is the Mets' lineup and it has to get better, captain David Wright said after Saturday's 8-1 loss to the Marlins.

Between April 11, 1962 and June 1, 2012, there were 209,127 regular season MLB games played.

It was well before Collin McHugh made his major league debut. This afternoon, McHugh looks for his first victory when the New York Mets continue their series with the Miami Marlins.

In 2012, Johan Santana pitched the first no-hitter in New York Mets history in an 8-0 victory over the St.

One year ago tomorrow, Terry Collins was trapped in a nauseating predicament. While the thousands in the stands and couple dozen in his dugout at Citi Field nervously watched Johan Santana approach history with unprecedented electricity, Collins did the same for other another reason.

Feb 15, 2013; Port St. Lucie, FL, USA; New York Mets pitcher Johan Santana throws a pitch during spring training at Legends Field.