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Johan Alexander Santana Araque (/ ˈ j oʊ h ɑː n /; born March 13, 1979) [1] is a Venezuelan former professional baseball starting pitcher. Santana pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins from 2000 to 2007 and for the New York Mets from 2008 to 2012.

17 hours ago · When Johan Santana arrived in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on Saturday, Manaea was startled with a handshake from his boyhood idol. "When stuff like that happens, it’s super cool," Manaea said ...

17 hours ago · PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- A few days before Johan Santana arrived at Mets camp, manager Carlos Mendoza learned that one of the team’s top starting pitchers, Sean Manaea, had grown up idolizing him. So Mendoza plotted with Santana, sequestering him away until Manaea arrived at Clover Park on Saturday.

Johan Alexander Santana graduated from Liceo Jose Nucete Sardi (VZ) High School, where he played baseball and soccer...Was named Tovar Merida's Athlete of the Year in 1999...Created the Johan Santana Foundation which supports youth baseball and other children's charities in his native Venezuela...Arranged to have a fire truck delivered to his ...

17 hours ago · Hearing it was former Mets left-hander Johan Santana, Manaea felt like a kid all over again. “He was my first true hero in baseball,” Manaea said Sunday at Clover Park. “Super cool.

16 hours ago · And Santana, 13 years removed from his last game, wants to continue to re-enter the baseball world by dabbling, with eyes on maybe more once his youngest child, Johan Santana Jr., 15, heads off to ...

Feb 15, 2022 · Still, he carved indelible legacies in the stories of both teams whose uniforms he wore, and in this list of top 10 moments of Santana's career, we'll look at the impacts he had on both the Twins and the Mets. Santana's greatest triumph on the mound was unforgettable and historic -- yet bittersweet with the benefit of hindsight.

Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Johan Santana to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. Baltimore Orioles activated LHP Johan Santana from the 60-day disabled list. LHP Johan Santana elected free agency. LHP …

Jan 3, 2024 · One of the first things Johan Santana did after joining the Mets was sign a seven-year contract extension that made him the highest-paid pitcher in baseball history, with a salary reaching $25 million over the pact's last two years.