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Mets Bullpen: Always An Adventure!
Published 4/9/2009 by Rob Harding at Hot Foot
... had no command of his fastball, whatsoever. Now if this were last year and say Billy Wagner had no control of his fastball, I would have said that the Mets were in deep trouble. ...

Heir Apparent?
Published 3/7/2009 by metsfan73 (noreply@blogger.com) at 24 Hours From Suicide...A Day In The Life of a Met Fan
... received a rude awakening to the pros. Forced into the major leagues from AA due to a season ending injury to Billy Wagner, and the ineptitude of ...

National League East Division Preview (Featuring Kevin Kernan)
Published 2/27/2009 by Patrick Sullivan at Baseball Analysts
... was 48-for-48 in save opportunities (including the postseason) and led all relievers in Win Probability Added last season. Get this, he has averaged 12.50 K/9 over the course of his six-year career. K-Rod and J.J. are upgrades for the Mets, at least versus the post-Billy Wagner days last season. ...

Walkoff Walk Presents the BONILLA Projection System: Age 37, 38, 39
Published 1/16/2009 by Kris Liakos at Walkoff Walk
... him a 2AM time slot for weekly Sox highlight show "Cowboy Wrap-Up." Jorge Posada, C: In second year of 4 year, $52M contract. Still getting phantom pains in amputated throwing arm. First name not pronounced "Whore-Hey" but "Kenny." Ivan Rodriguez, C No contract, still has both arms. Had good fortune of never being caught with steroids, probably another HoF shoe-in. Keeps crinkle cut fries in his ass. Billy Wagner, P: Since Billy Wagner isn't playing baseball this year here's a ...

Mets Mates on Ollie: Yes, Yes, Yes
Published 1/15/2009 by dave.singer@gmail.com (Dave Singer) at NY Sports Dog
... has the full backing and support of his 2008 teammates and coaches. "Bring him back!" is the universal rallying cry. Billy Wagner : "He's possibly one of those guys who can win the Cy Young award every year," ...

Fun With Sim Scores: The Rest of The Ballot
Published 1/12/2009 by Dan Turkenkopf at Beyond the Box Score
... 1. Billy Wagner 940 2. John Franco 868 3. Eddie Guardado 852 4. Trevor Hoffman 846 5. ...

HOUSTON ASTROS - ALL TIME HOME GROWN TEAM vs. ALL TIME ACQUIRED TEAM
Published 12/29/2008 by Sully (info@sullybaseball.com) at SULLY BASEBALL
... to be one of the most loved players of their division title winning teams. Keeping it positive, Dave Smith was the Astros best reliever during the 1980s. He burst onto the scene in 1980 helping build a formidable bullpen to win the division title. He was a consistent closer and a member of two All Star teams. And evidently loved to show his flowing blond hair off during batting practice. Please please PLEASE don't have any more tragic stories. BILLY WAGNER Wagner broke into the scene in 1996 and by 1997 was the full time closer ...

[THE HANGOVER] Grant Balfour One Of Most Dominating Relievers In History Of Baseball
Published 10/16/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (The Professor) at Rays Index
... with at least 11 strike outs per 9 innings, while giving up less than 9 hits and walks combined per 9 innings with an ERA less than 1.70 (minimum 40 innings pitched). Three criteria for a dominating relief pitcher. The results? The Mad Australian is just the 4th pitcher in the history of baseball to post such a dominating season out of the bullpen. The other three is a who's who of dominating closer performances, including Eric Gagne (2003), Billy Wagner (1999) and Joe Nathan (2006). Gagne won the Cy Young ...

Maybe losing Billy Wagner isn't all that bad
Published 9/8/2008 by Andrew Vazzano (noreply@blogger.com) at The 'Ropolitans | NY Mets Baseball Blog
I present to you, Billy Wagner's postseason numbers. Take it as you will. And for reference, Luis Ayala's October numbers. Oh, wait. There are none.

rookie closers
Published 5/26/2008 by lboros at Viva El Birdos
... wagner was sharing the closer’s role with xavier hernandez by the end of his first season, but he only registered 9 saves in his 37 games as a rookie; he ranked 3d on the team in games finished, behind hernandez and todd jones. aside from him, every one of these guys served at least a full season in some other role --- setup man, mopup man, starter, whatever. i'll grant that none of them had to understudy behind a pitcher as unremarkable as ryan franklin, but franklin does have a 1.50 era. managers are a conservative bunch; i doubt many would handle this situation any ...

Being late to work, and other steps on the death spiral
Published 4/25/2008 by Tommy at Breaking Balls
... game for the Mets. So, when he came out to play in the outfield in the top of the 11th inning, he gave some of the Shea faithful a few high fives on his way out. The fans were excited because Milledge was a top prospect, and they just got a taste of what, perhaps, was to come. Milledge was excited because he was a 21-year-old who just hit a home run to the tie the game in extra innings. (GET THE TORCHES! HE HITS HOME RUNS AND LIKES TO GIVE HIGH-FIVES!) Of course, clubhouse angel Billy Wagner took it upon himself to teach young Lastings the essentials of being ...

Always Be Closing...
Published 3/12/2008 by Mets2Moon at The Ballclub
... There's one other thing. Every few years, Wagner seems to get hit with injury problems that knock him out for a good chunk of the season. In 2000, he appeared in 28 games and put up an ERA of 6.18. In 2004, with Philadelphia, he again was hurt and appeared in only 45 games. I have this haunting fear that Wagner's about due for another one of those seasons where he's ineffective and injured, and that's not good, especially ...

What You Know Can't Kill You: The Third Base Management Genius of Sandy Koufax
Published 3/1/2008 by j at Management by Baseball
... responding to a request by New York Mets' reliever Billy Wagner to come to the team's spring training facility. While Koufax, perhaps the highest-impact ...

Fun with Career Earnings
Published 2/21/2008 by Mike A. at River Avenue Blues
... in career earnings. Scott Podsednik ran really really fast to a $6,375,000 career payday. Scotty Brosius made $22,563,000 for being on the right team at the right time. Imagine if any of ‘em were any good! The Dodgers paid Darren Dreifort $63,882,000 for 872.2 innings of 95 ERA+ ball. The Angels have paid John Lackey $10,303,333 for 1161.1 innings of 116 ERA+ ball. Yeah, the boys in blue got the shaft on that one. The $65,133,000 Billy Wagner has made in his career is the greatest total for a guy with zero career starts. Trevor ...

66 days ’til Opening Day
Published 1/25/2008 by Gilbert at Obscure Sports Quarterly
... There’s 66 days left until that best day of the year, MLB Opening Day. 66 is also the number of games Billy Wagner pitched in 2007. As usual, I chose a completely useless stat. But it leads me to a different point. ...

Active Hall of Fame Projections: Pitcher
Published 8/27/2007 by Jake at Motown Sports Revival
... Billy Wagner ...

-SHEA REPORT: GAME 8-
Published 5/30/2007 by AE at SPORTS UNFILTERED
... . Each pitcher gave up 3 runs, but damn, they both looked better than that. Perez and Lincecum each went 7 innings and stuck out 8 each. I liked watching Lincecum, this kid is the real deal. People like to compare him to Billy Wagner because he can throw 100mph and is shorter than 6 feet. It’s not a bad comparison because this kid is gonna be good for quite some time. ...

Delving into the Dalkowski depths
Published 5/29/2007 by Steve Treder at The Hardball Times
... iles per hour via a similar method in the 1940s. However, Feller had been able to throw from a mound; poor planning in this experiment required Dalkowski to throw from a flat surface. Even poorer planning had this experiment occurring the day after Dalkowski had pitched, exhausting himself in his typical 150-plus-pitch outing. And, of course, this was Steve Dalkowski: Try as he might, he couldn't locate one of his pitches through the small target. Finally, after about 40 minutes of sweaty exertion, Dalkowski hurled one through the laser beam. It recorded the velocity as 93.5 mph, an amazing feat under the circumstances. All observers agreed that pitch wasn’t anything close to the hardest Dalkowski could throw. But he couldn't get another one in there, he was spent, and the experiment was concluded in frustration. It was a microcosm, one might say, of Dalkowski's entire career. The man behind the cannon Dalkowski wasn't a big guy at all. He was 5-foot-11 and 170 pounds, a ...

Making It Rain: Yanks/Mets Gamer II
Published 5/19/2007 by attackgerbil at YFSF
... relieved Perez to catch Jeter looking with two outs after a long at bat in the eighth.  Billy Wagner retired ...

Evaluating Closers- Part 2
Published 1/30/2007 by Mike Green at Batter's Box Interactive Magazine
... To take another example, look at the ERA+ (or if you prefer RA+) of Billy Wagner over 2001-2006- 166, 170, 248, 180, 300, 193. He has actually been a remarkably consistent pitcher over those years. It seems to me that one gets a much more accurate picture of the effectiveness of a closer by looking at a career than a peak. ...