Mets legend Johan Santana surprises pitcher who idolized him: He’s ‘my first baseball hero’
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,” standing there. “He shook my hand,” Manaea told reporters standing at his locker. “I was like, ‘Oh my God.’ Yeah, it was crazy.”
Mets' Sean Manaea meets 'childhood hero' Johan Santana
Santana was in Mets camp over the weekend as a guest instructor at the invitation of manager Carlos Mendoza, who knows the former Mets and Twins pitcher from Venezuelan baseball circles. Mendoza recently learned via the team’s social-media accounts that Santana was Manaea’s favorite back in the day, and he made the introduction happen.
A few days before Johan Santana arrived at Mets camp, manager Carlos Mendoza learned that one of the team’s top starting ...
Former Major League Baseball pitcher Johan Santana has had the opportunity to coach his son as a youth baseball player at a Florida high school, but he is also looking forward to t ...
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