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. — Johan Santana was back in a Mets uniform on Saturday at Clover Park, the team’s spring training facility. He spent a lot of time in the backfields, watching pitchers ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Johan Santana was back in a New York Mets uniform on Saturday, returning to spring training as a guest instructor. While watching pitchers throw side sessions on the backfields, Santana was also ...

Manaea’s eyes lit up. It was his “childhood hero,” he said, one of baseball’s best lefthanders this century: Johan Santana. Santana was in Mets camp over the weekend as a guest instructor ...

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 ...

On Saturday, Manaea had the chance to pick the brain of another iconic left-hander, and this time it was a player who has a special piece of Mets history. Johan Santana, who threw the first no ...

Throughout their storied history, the Minnesota Twins have had the privilege of fielding some of the most dominant pitchers ...