Our network partner MLB Trade Rumors says USA Today has the scoop: Johan Santana will be a Met if New York can work out an extension.
If true, and if Orioles’ owner Peter Angelos approves the Erik Bedard trade, we might see a lot more starting-pitcher moves the next couple weeks.
Also: MLB Trade Rumors caught Royals’ starter Brian Bannister for a long, three-part Q&A. Bannister is obviously a thoughful guy, and even better, he uses adverbs correctly. Check this out:
…Whether you like it or not, baseball is a game of randomness. We play outdoors (mostly) in changing elements and field dimensions, and each pitch results in a series of events that can go in either teams favor. One thing that I have have come to accept is that just because I train hard physically, I practice perfectly, I prepare diligently, and execute a pitch exactly as I wanted, it can still result in a home run. In golf, if you analyze all the variables correctly (lie, distance, slope, wind, etc.) and execute your swing perfectly, it will result in a great shot. Not so for a pitcher or a hitter. A hitter can swing the bat perfectly and it will result in an out more than six times out of ten. Therefore, as a pitcher, I study and play to put the percentages in my favor more than anything because I know that I can't control the outcome in a single game or series of games, but over the course of a season or a career I will be better than average.
