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King Johan: Mets 4, Nationals 3

Game Result

SB Nation Coverage

* Boxscore
* Amazin' Avenue Gamethread
* Federal Baseball Gamethread

Recap

  • Johan Santana is very good.
  • The Mets clutch hitting continues to be very bad.
  • Carlos Delgado is suddenly in a funk, looking more like early 2008 Delgado than late 2008 Delgado.
  • Adam Dunn has 17 walks in 50 at-bats.
  • Mike Pelfrey goes tomorrow, so, ugh.

Swag contest results can be found here and the next game's swag form already available. You can read more about the swag contest here.

Win Probability Added

Big winners: Johan Santana, +24.5% WPA, Fernando Tatis, +17.7% WPA
Big losers: David Wright, -9.2% WPA, Jose Reyes, -8.9% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Beltran RBI single in third, +15.8% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Johnson homerun in sixth, -11.9% WPA
Total pitcher WPA: +43.2% WPA
Total batter WPA: +6.8% WPA
GWRBI!: Carlos Delgado

Game Thread Roll Call

Nice job by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright; his effort in the game thread embiggens us all.

Num Name # of Posts
1 Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright 49
2 itsmetsforme 48
3 Prince 35
4 JohnPeterson 27
5 DevonEdwards 22
6 JADDENHOPKINS 19
7 MetsfaninVA 19
8 squid92 17
9 Meddler 10
10 HotChipWillBreakYourLegs 5

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Pitching +43.2, Batting -6.8?

Either our pitching was really dominant or you should flip that minus sign.

by WWORDuke on Apr 25, 2009 4:02 AM EDT reply actions  

Whoops

Though, you’d be surprised how often it happens that one is positive and the other is negative.

by Eric Simon on Apr 25, 2009 7:59 AM EDT up reply actions  

I was at the game

And the entire field level engaged in the wave during the top of the 8th inning. I felt sort of embarrassed to be sitting there.

by jasondg on Apr 25, 2009 6:13 AM EDT reply actions  

Indeed

I’m embarrassed for humanity.

by Eric Simon on Apr 25, 2009 7:59 AM EDT up reply actions  

I saw that watching the game with my dad

We were embarrassed for you and ashamed of those around you.

by Mark Himmelstein on Apr 25, 2009 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions  

Fuck the fucking Wave.

I actually own a custom-made “Section 525 does not do The Wave” T-shirt.

Following the nonsense that went on during last weekend’s 1-0 Johan win, I realized that I need to get a couple more of them printed up for my friends.

Fuck the Wave.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Apr 25, 2009 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions  

I went to a homecoming game at my dads alma matter once

they did a slow motion/robot like wave. now that’s a crime against humanity.

by Gina on Apr 25, 2009 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions  

Damn you k-rod!!!

If he pitched a perfect ninth, I would have scored a 100 on the swag contest. I’ll take my 90 though.

by meigs1414 on Apr 25, 2009 7:14 AM EDT reply actions  

as a stats-worshiping junior sabermatrician,

I consider a walk the most thrilling event in baseball and am impressed by Dunn’s performance so far. He really knows how to please a crowd.

by hotspur on Apr 25, 2009 1:13 PM EDT reply actions  

17 walks in 50 at bats!!!
Thats damn impressive…pity he doesnt like baseball.

Seriously though it just makes me more annoyed the Mets didnt sign him for the relative peanuts hes getting paid.

by Ohpityme on Apr 26, 2009 6:28 AM EDT reply actions  

Meh

I still contend Dunn’s weaknesses making $10 million a “fair” amount to spend on him at best, and he would have been a marginal upgrade over the situation we have in LF. But I won’t go ranting and raving like I did about it all offseason. I’ll just say that though Fangraphs has had him worth about $10 million in the last couple years, they also have him worth about $35 million over his 6+ year career.

by Mark Himmelstein on Apr 26, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Dunn>>>Sheffield.

Obviously different price ranges. But still.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Apr 26, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions  

Oh absolutely

But as you said, $10 million>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>$400k

Notice I didn’t name names, I said “the situation we have in LF”. Even with Murphy’s antics out there, Dunn wouldn’t have helped much, he just wouldn’t have made that much effort. Dunn’s not athletic enough to make some of those ill-advised dives, but he also doesn’t have the range to keep much in front of him anyway, so it wouldn’t have made much difference.

There were better ways to squeeze an extra win or two out of the lineup. Orlando Hudson on a reasonable one year deal for example. And as far as the short term goes, its not like Dunn would have done wonders for all the problems leaving runners on base. Walks and whifs, we already have a hitter in the lineup doing that, one of the best hitters in the history of the franchise, who also happens to be getting booed at his home park right now.

by Mark Himmelstein on Apr 26, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

He's been worth just over 10 million

But most of those years were before the economic crisis and the market bottomed out, he’s certaintly not worth 10 million when a guy like Burrel only got what 8 million? And Abreu only got 6 million.

Also the way I look at it he’s worth ten million over a 0 WAR player, so the question would really be whether he’s worth 10 million over Daniel Murphy/Sheffield/Tatis, which I would say no way.

by Gina on Apr 27, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions  

Exactly

Agreed with everything you said 100%, that’s exactly how I feel/felt about it.

by Mark Himmelstein on Apr 27, 2009 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions  

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