When you’re an ace…you’re an ace no matter what!

As much as I’m a big Johan Santana fan, I’m trying to be as fair as possible here.

First. What happened to the amazing regular-season Josh Beckett had? Backed up by an even better post-season, Josh Beckett could be seated a little bit closer to Johan Santana.

Second. What happened to the Cy Young C.C. won? Again, he had an amazing regular season, and will keep getting better.

Santana had created such strong presence in the game, that even after his worse season in the past 4 years - five, if we include 2003, in which he wasn’t a full-time starter- Peter Gammons calls him the “best pitcher on the planet.”

Not only is he being considered the best pitcher on the planet by a Hall of Fame baseball reporter and national sportswriter of the year – many times. But he’s been unanimously voted as the best fantasy SP by Yahoo! Sportswriters. That’s like saying: “I’d take a very ‘bad Johan Santana’ over the best Josh Becket.” Pfff, that’s a pretty bold statement to make… Especially when they could face each other this fall.