Johan Santana and Mets Have a Decision to Make LUCIE, Fla. - As Johan Santana enters the final year of his Mets contract, maintaining his health has become his main priority, more so than any tangible goals. But his effort to stay injury-free could end up keeping him from another goal, pitching for Venezuela at the World Baseball Classic in March. "What's going to happen in the future, I don't really know," Santana said. I just got to stay healthy and see what the future will bring. Santana should be a free agent at the end of the season. But his situation could theoretically mirror that of Carlos Beltran, whom the Mets traded in the middle of the final year of his contract. Through that deal, the Mets were able to acquire Zack Wheeler, the highly-touted pitching prospect, while still paying a considerable portion of Beltran's remaining salary. "There's a lot of things in this game you can't control, and that's one of them," said Santana, who has a no-trade clause. The only thing you can control is yourself when you're on the mound. Santana, 33, said he felt he was at full strength after being shut down late last season with physical issues in his ankle, back and shoulder. Over two years have gone by since he had surgery to replace a torn capsule in his shoulder, and he said he did not need any limitations on his normal workload. Knowing that, Santana said he wanted to pitch in the World Baseball Classic but that he would respect any request by General Manager Sandy Alderson and the Mets for him to sit it out. He has had informal talks about it with Dan Warthen, the team's pitching coach, Terry Collins, the manager, going so far as to make a plan for what his spring training preparations would look like around the tournament schedule. "But that doesn't mean I'm going to be in it," he added. A lot of things have to go right. I have to talk to, in the next couple of days, Sandy and the Mets and see exactly what they want me to do.