Omir Santos' Heroics Allow Mets To Trade Ramon Castro

The Mets have found themselves their new catcher. Omir Santos, who was called up from Triple-A Buffalo last month to replace the injured Brian Schneider has been nothing but spetacular for the Metroplitans this season.

Last week Santos beat the Boston Red Sox with his two run home run over the Green Monster, and tonight, Santos delivered again. He hit a solo home run off of Sean White to tie the Mets game with the Florida Marlins at one in the fifth inning. Then in the 11th inning, Santos won the game with an RBI single to drive in Gary Sheffield.

Santos is hitting .276 this season for the Mets with 3 homeruns and 17 RBI. His energy and sense of the big moment in the big game is something the Mets have never really had. You could say he is their version of Yadier Molina, the Cardinals catcher who has developed a career of big hits in big moments, i.e. his game clinching homer against the Mets in Game Seven of the 2006 NLCS.

Because of Santos' heroics, the Mets were able to deal Ramon Castro to the White Sox for relief pitcher Lance Broadway. Broadway will be sent down to Triple A Buffalo. Santos will likely slide back into the back up catcher role, with Schneider ready to come off of the DL tomorrow. However, if Santos continues to deliever, look for him to become the everyday catcher before the end of June.