2-time Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana has been named pitching coach on Team Venezuela for the 2026 #WorldBaseballClassic! pic.twitter.com/DY2lryTwuY
— MLB (@MLB) August 11, 2025Santana won two Cy Young Awards with Minnesota and made four All-Star teams, three as a Twin, in his career. In eight years with Minnesota, Santana accrued 35.8 bWAR with a 3.22 ERA and 9.5 SO/9 before Minnesota traded him to the New York Mets in 2008 in exchange for center fielder Carlos Gomez and pitchers Phil Humber, Kevin Mulvey and Deolis Guerra. Santana had a 3.