Santana the Slugger

External Since: May 17, 2007 Posts: 231

I don't know what Mets fans are thinking about Johan so far. He is
3-2 with a 3.12 ERA, which is fine, I guess. As we know, he generally
gets better as the season progresses. He has 39 K's and 8 walks in
40 IP. None of this is very surprising. I don't follow the Mets, so
I don't know why a guy with a 3.12 ERA has a 3-2 record. It seems
they lack offense, at least when Santana is pitching. That may be OK,
because he is pulling his own weigh offensively. I mean we knew he
could hit the ball, but he has better numbers than some "hitters" the
Twins are puttting on the field every day.

Johan's BA/OBP/SLG: .267/.313/.467. In 15 AB, he has 4 hits, 3 of
which are doubles. He also walked once. Maybe he does belong in the
National League.

brianj

External Since: May 12, 2007 Posts: 95

On May 1, 9:55ï¿½am, brianj <firstp... RemoveThis @turtlecreek.net> wrote:
> I don't know what Mets fans are thinking about Johan so far. ï¿½He is
> 3-2 with a 3.12 ERA, which is fine, I guess. ï¿½As we know, he generally
> gets better as the season progresses. ï¿½He has 39 K's ï¿½and 8 walks in
> 40 IP. ï¿½None of this is very surprising. ï¿½I don't follow the Mets, so
> I don't know why a guy with a 3.12 ERA has a 3-2 record. ï¿½It seems
> they lack offense, at least when Santana is pitching. ï¿½That may be OK,
> because he is pulling his own weigh offensively. ï¿½I mean we knew he
> could hit the ball, but he has better numbers than some "hitters" the
> Twins are puttting on the field every day.
>
> Johan's BA/OBP/SLG: .267/.313/.467. ï¿½In 15 AB, he has 4 hits, 3 of
> which are doubles. ï¿½He also walked once. ï¿½Maybe he does belong in the
> National League.
>
> brianj

It was fun watching him pitch against Tim Redding (Washington) the
other day. Johan had two doubles and Tim had one. Tim got two RBI's
with his double and that was the only RBI's for Washington that day.
Tim and Johan were roommates part of the year when they played for the
Battle Cats.

I am surprised that Johan is not a better bunter than he has been so
far. I have not seen him execute a succesfull sac bunt yet and he has
had three or four at bats when he needed to.

He has realy only had one bad game and that was against the Brewers.
If I remember right, he had a couple of starts against the Brewers
when he was a Twin and they always hit him pretty good.

David