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chri
Baseball is a funny game. Guys like Humber and Dallas Braden throw perfect games, but greats like Pedro and Nolan Ryan never threw one.
Ray Ray
To look at it another way, Nolan Ryan and Pedro Martinez do not need a perfect game to be remembered. In 10 years, Braden and Humber will be in the same category as Len Barker and Don Larsen in that the perfect game will be the only thing remembered about their careers. Well, people might still remember Braden’s tantrum about A Rod too, but you get my point.
beauvandertulip
Lol but you leave out the fact Nolan Ryan had 7 no hitters…
jd396
The Twins traded Johan Santana for Carlos Gomez, Philip Humber, Kevin Mulvey, and Deolis Guerra. Two years later they swapped Gomez for JJ Hardy, and subsequently swapped Hardy (and Brendan Harris from the Garza-for-Delmon deal) for Jim Hoey and Brett Jacobsen, indirectly to make room for Tsuyoshi Nishioka.
Johan Santana provided 15.2 bWAR for the Mets.
The Twins got this:
Philip Humber -0.1 bWAR
Kevin Mulvey -0.2 bWAR
Deolis Guerra didn’t hit the majors until 2015 with the Pirates
Carlos Gomez 2.6 bWAR
JJ Hardy 1.3 bWAR
Jim Hoey -0.6 bWAR
Brett Jacobson never made the majors
Tsuyoshi Nishioka -2.4 bWAR
Happy retirement to you, Philip… You got into the annals of history with your perfect game, and were part of a trade for one of the, if not THE best, pitchers in the game. Other than that short run for the Sox, success never really came… but still, you have more to brag about than I ever will.