Johan Santana Throws No-Hitter

Mets Insider: Handling Harvey with care

Terry Collins still thinks about June 1, 2012. While most fans remember that as the night Johan Santana pitched the Mets’ first no-hitter, the manager is tormented by the idea of letting the lefthander who was coming off shoulder surgery throw a career-high 134 pitches.     New York Daily News

Mets' Terry Collins expresses regret in allowing Johan Santana to complete no-hitter last season

Santana threw 134 pitches to complete the first no-hitter in franchise history Newark Star-Ledger

Rapid Reaction: Phillies 8, Mets 3

WHAT IT MEANS: Dillon Gee had the shortest start of his major league career and the Mets had a three-game winning streak snapped with an 8-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park. Gee allowed six hits in a four-run second inning, then surrendered solo homers to Ryan Howard, Michael Young and John Mayberry Jr. the following frame. He became the first Met to allow three homers in an inning since Johan Santana on June 8, 2012 at Yankee Stadium, in the southpaw’s first start after the historic no-hitter. Mets Blog | ESPN New York

Alderson: No link between no-hitter, tear

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Sandy Alderson told Mike Lupica on ESPN New York 98.7 FM that there is no established connection between Johan Santana's June 1, 2012 no-hitter and the probable re-tear of the anterior capsule in the left-hander's pitching shoulder. Alderson said Friday there is "little to suggest it had to do with the no-hitter. He continued to pitch. He was symptom-free for a period of time thereafter." Listen to the complete interview: Would the no-hitter have been worth it? Mets Blog | ESPN New York

Lupica: Santana's legacy is costliest no-hitter ever

This is what Mets fans will remember about Johan Santana someday, when they are looking back at all the bad contracts and all the wasted money, from Bobby Bonilla to Jason Bay to Santana himself: They will add it all up and think that Santana got paid $137.5 million, guaranteed, to pitch the Mets the first no-hitter in their history. New York Daily News

Johan Santana failed to live up to his expectations with the Mets

Ace deliver the first no-hitter in franchise history but no postseason glory. Newark Star-Ledger

Johan Santana With The Mets, 2008-2012

It was always going to be a long shot for Johan Santana to return to his former dominance in 2012, as Adam Rubin illustrates well here. The Mets got a half-season of it, including a no-hitter to bookend his dominant 2008 season, which ended with Santana’s astounding 125-pitch complete game... Read More →The post Johan Santana With The Mets, 2008-2012 appeared first on The LoHud Mets Blog. The LoHud Mets Blog | Journal News

TC aims for Johan to start Opening Day

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- If Johan Santana is ready to go, and Terry Collins does not expect otherwise, Collins tenatively intends for the southpaw to start on Opening Day, April 1 against the San Diego Padres at Citi Field. Johan Santana #57 SPNew York Mets 2012 STATS GM21 W6 L9 BB39 K111 ERA4.85 "My guess is that's what it'll be," Collins told ESPNNewYork.com. After throwing the first no-hitter in New York Mets history last June 1, Santana produced an 8. Mets Blog | ESPN New York