From Adam Rubin: Santana did not second-guess the Mets' handling of the situation, even though the wrong injury -- a pectoral strain -- originally was announced. But was it ever a pectoral strain? Did the Mets know all along that Santana injured his shoulder and not his pec? From the Wall Street Journal: Now, according to the team, Mr. Santana has a tear of the anterior capsule of his left shoulder, an injury revealed earlier this week during an MRI at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. Mr. Santana had last pitched on Sept. 2 in Atlanta, and anyone who was in the visiting clubhouse at Turner Field that night could see this coming. Manager Jerry Manuel, pitching coach Dan Warthen and Mr. Santana each had offered a different explanation for what had caused Mr. Santana to leave that game after five innings. The principals couldn't get their stories straight. Mr. Santana said he felt tightness in his left pectoral muscle but "felt fine" after seeing a team trainer. Mr. Warthen, characteristically blunt, said that Mr. Santana's shoulder "wasn't right" and that a doctor had examined him. And Mr. Manuel, in addressing the matter with reporters after the game, needed prompting from a team spokesman. "Arm or chest?" Mr. Manuel asked. "Chest," the spokesman replied. "The chest? Really?" Mr. Manuel said. "I don't know the anatomy very well." More from Rubin: "I don't know. I don't really know," Santana said about the timeline for his return during a news conference to discuss what has been diagnosed as a tear of the anterior capsule of his left shoulder, which will require surgery. "This is something that I was told is going to take time. I just have to wait and see. I think the most important thing is to be ready to be 100 percent whether it's April, whether it's May, July, October. Who knows? Time will tell." Of course, I have no idea when Santana will return. He hasn't even undergone surgery yet. But I'm ignoring the team's expectations for an April return from Santana because the team's priority is to sell tickets -- not to keep us fans accurately apprised. I wouldn't expect ownership to publically concede that Santana's recovery might, for example, take up to 12 months even if that was the most accurate prognosis: the team's decision not to pursue expensive free-agent talent for the 2011 season coupled with an admission that Santana might miss half of next season or more would likely erode next year's season ticket base. The Mets (and every other team) would rather mislead if they believed that honesty would hurt their gate. This is frightening to me. I think I am having a "Strasburg Attack"