Former Mets ace Johan Santana returned to camp as a guest instructor, offering tips to Sean Manaea and other pitchers.

The former Mets ace has been receiving a taste of that satisfaction this weekend at Clover Park, where he is serving as a guest instructor for the team.

Johan Santana made a return to the Mets this weekend. He shared wisdom with the team's pitchers and discussed where his retirement has taken him.

Santana was in Mets camp over the weekend as a guest instructor at the invitation of manager Carlos Mendoza, who knows the former Mets and Twins pitcher from Venezuelan baseball circles. Mendoza recently learned via the team’s social-media accounts that Santana was Manaea’s favorite back in the day, and he made the introduction happen.

Manaea found Santana in one of the bullpens between the backfields where he was working with minor league pitchersM

The New York Mets play their first spring ... One example of this is Johan Santana, who is present at the Mets' camp on Saturday. Santana is a two-time Cy Young Award winner, four-time MLB All ...

Mets manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters that Manaea will be shut down for a couple of weeks and likely start the season in the injured list. He joins Montas, who suffered a high-grade lat strain and will be shut down for at least another 5 to 7 weeks, on the sidelines to start the season.

A few days before Johan Santana arrived at Mets camp, manager Carlos Mendoza learned that one of the team’s top starting pitchers, Sean Manaea, had grown up idolizing him. So Mendoza plotted with Santana,

Johan Santana works with Sean Manaea on a pitch grip When speaking with the media on February 22, New York manager Carlos Mendoza spoke about how Santana ultimately made his way to the Mets' camp.