That social media campaign informed the Mets manager that Manaea's first baseball hero would be in camp in a few days. He kept that fact quiet. When Johan Santana arrived in Port St. Lucie ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — It’s been more than a decade since Mets legend Johan Santana last pitched in a big league game. Eventually, he’d like to come back in some capacity, but first, he has some ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Mets left-hander Sean Manaea was having breakfast at Clover Park on Saturday when he looked up and saw Johan Santana, who he describes as his “first true baseball hero,” ...

New York Mets legend Johan Santana pitched for the organization from 2008 to 2012. The only other team he pitched for in his ...

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 ...

Former Mets ace Johan Santana returned to camp as a guest instructor, offering tips to Sean Manaea and other pitchers.

The two compared notes on Saturday. Retired Mets pitcher Johan Santana spoke with reporters in addition to the team’s pitchers on Sunday in Port St. Lucie. Corey Sipkin “It’s cool when you ...

One example of this is Johan Santana, who is present at the Mets' camp on Saturday. Santana is a two-time Cy Young Award winner, four-time MLB All-Star, and three-time MLB ERA leader who finished ...

New York pitcher Johan Santana delivers against the St. Louis Cardinals in the first inning of his spring debut. The Mets lost, 5-4, to the Cardinals on Friday in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Johan ...

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.