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"\"&lt;p&gt;A year after the Mets made &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/stats\\/player.php?id=458950\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;Philip Humber&lt;\\/a&gt; the third overall pick in the 2004 draft, the righthander went under the knife to have Tommy John surgery. Since that surgery in July 2005 and a sore shoulder that ended his Arizona Fall League stint in 2006, Humber&amp;#8217;s velocity has tumbled along with his prospect stock. He has lost 4-5 mph off his fastball, and he&amp;#8217;s still trying to hone his command. While pitchers can sometimes return from Tommy John surgery after a year off, some pitchers take longer to return, and some say it takes even longer for them to truly &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.twincities.com\\/ci_8723313?source=most_viewed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;feel comfortable on the mound&lt;\\/a&gt; again.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;blockquote&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id=\\\"default\\\"&gt;&amp;quot;There&amp;#8217;s not a lot you can do with your elbow; pretty much, the joint moves one way,&amp;quot; Humber said of his rehab, &amp;quot;so you spend a lot of time doing (shoulder work). After you go through that, you realize the importance of it.&amp;quot;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id=\\\"default\\\"&gt;* * *&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id=\\\"default\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;I think mentally I&amp;#8217;m in a better spot now, just because I feel like last year was kind of a feeling-out year, kind of getting that mentality of going after hitters and what is it that you do as a pitcher,&amp;quot; Humber said, &amp;quot;so I feel like I&amp;#8217;ve got that now, and it&amp;#8217;s just a matter of getting better every time.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;I never had any problem with worrying that I was going to get hurt again. For me, it was more a matter of figuring out what I used to do before I got hurt.&amp;quot;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;&lt;\\/blockquote&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id=\\\"default\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The Twins acquired Humber &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/majors\\/trade-central\\/2008\\/265535.html\\\"&gt;in the trade&lt;\\/a&gt; that sent &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/today\\/stats\\/player.php?id=276371\\\"&gt;Johan Santana&lt;\\/a&gt; to the Mets this off-season. Humber, 25, will start the season with Triple-A Rochester.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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