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Game 52 WPA: That voo-doo that yoo doo. Nats win 4-3.

Looked like Roark was going get Znn'd after a pretty solid outing, but a string of patient and productive at-bats late (and Da Murf) helped him avoid the L. Maybe it's time to drop one of the current group of high-leverage pitchers...

By Doghouse
You can also pretend this is the bullpen putting the whammy on the opposing reliever.
You can also pretend this is the bullpen putting the whammy on the opposing reliever.
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Source: FanGraphs

(What do these graphs mean?)

  • How many 'new Zimmermanns' are we going to have? Tanner Roark (+5.6%) gives up 2 runs in 7 IP with 4 Ks and 2 walks and looks for a while like he's going to get tagged with a loss.
  • You take the good: Daniel "Hits" Murphy (+39.0%) is 3-4 with a double and a solo bomb that would have been out in a real ballpark, too, to tie it up in the 4th (+13.3%).
  • You take the bad: Murf Dawg hits into a fly-ball double play to kill a 7th-inning rally (-14.5%).
  • Homecoming (part 32 of an ongoing series): Jayson Werth (+22.3%) drives in a run to tie the game back up with two outs in the aeyth (+28.3%).
  • Then you take some more good: Murpherino hits a two-run single to put the Nats ahead with two down in the ayeth (+33.7%).
  • It'll be tough deciding whether he or Kelley should be "closer": Felipe Rivero (+8.4%) throws a 1-2-3 ayeth to hold the lead and earn a shutdown, fanning two.
  • Watching him makes my eyes bleed, no matter the outcome: Given a two-run lead, Jonathan Papelbon (+8.5%) gives up a run on a pair of doubles (-34.9%), putting the tying run on second before recording the first out. Happily, he records two more without another run scoring to hold the lead and earn a shutdown.

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