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Johan Santana Is Johan Santana Again

Johan Santana has not been his usual dominant self most of this season — most worrying, his walk rates are up and his strikeout rates are way, way down — and he wasn’t Old School Johan last night, either. Fortunately, he’s still pretty great, and he shut out the white-hot Reds 3–0 and even added a homer for his troubles. The Mets’ playoff odds are up to 43 percent, and that’s if they don’t trade for Cliff Lee. It’s Jon Niese tonight, against this guy.

Johan Santana Is Johan Santana Again