Mazal tov to the Santanas!!

Johan isn't in Queens tonight for the opening of Citi Field, but for good reason; he's in Miami with his wife, who delivered a son today. Felicidades a su hijo nuevo, los Santanas!

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Johan Santana threw a few innings in an intra-team game (with the minor league kids) rather than make the trip to wherever the rest of the team went yesterday, and the title of this post is the fraction of his total pitches that he threw for strikes. 71%.

I know it wasn't against major league hitters, but damn. I hope Johan is feeling as good as he looks.

a relief and a small concern

Santana isn't playing in the World Baseball Classic (officially) because he's still rehabbing his knee and needs to be extra careful. I hope the latter is more an excuse than the truth, but I'm relieved that our ace pitcher won't be risking any of his season by playing in the Classic. Never the less, it does not instill confidence to hear that your star pitcher is still rehabbing a knee when he's already at training camp and the decision was made after a session on the mound.