Santana's first start

Johan Santana is set to make his first start as a New York Met on Friday against the St. Louis Cardinals.

From Burt Hubbuch in the NY Post:

Johan Santana, who threw batting practice twice over the weekend, had a productive bullpen session today and remains on schedule to make his first Grapefruit League start Friday against the Cardinals in Port St. Lucie. Adam Wainwright is starting for St. Louis, and the game is slated for SNY.

We're coming full circle here, pitting our brand new ace, the best starter in the league up against the same guy who took us down in 2006. Sure, it's just an exhibition game, but it'll still be very fun to watch.

This will most likely be the highest rated Mets spring training game ever.