The Mets announced today that Johan Santana's pectoral issue is really a shoulder tear that will require surgery. That makes three surgeries in the three years the Mets have had Santana under contract. It's doubtful he will be ready for the start of the 2011 season. The beat goes on for a team that just seems to find calamity as a matter of course. If I were a GM, I would never offer a pitcher more than a three-year contract, especially guys in their 30s. Yes this would make it almost impossible to sign top-shelf pitching talent, but it would force teams to place even more emphasis on the developing pitchers in their farm systems. It makes a lot of sense, which means that the Mets will almost certainly do the exact opposite in the off-season and sign some 37-year-old busted wing to a multi-year, multi-million-dollar contract. It's so awesome being a Met fan.
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