Today is the day that we say if Johan is really what the Met’s needed. Most people always said we were an ace away from being a World Series Champion for the last two or three years well today we will see if Johan is all he’s cracked up to be. Johan as many of the SNY broadcasters have said is usually not around for interviews after the game and you really don’t read about a lot in between starts somehow or another as an ace in New York he manages to keep a low profile. Well for me at least today is his most important start as a New York Met. Against the arch nemesis the Atlanta Braves who have taken three straight from us in convincing fashion, we need a big start out of our big time pitcher. He came to New York with a huge contract extension so now the lights are on Johan, you’re here and it’s time you show us a big time outing shut the Braves down and make a statement. With the team beat up right now as they are missing Ryan Church possibly for tonight again and Moises Alou will also be unavailable for tonight’s game Johan may have to pull out one of those vintage shutdown performances that we all became so familiar with over the years. A win like that today could do wonders to stop the bleeding give the team a little confidence, send a message to the rest of the league, and most importantly send a message to the Flushing Faithful that he’s worth the price of admission and he’s worth all the money and prospects traded for him because he can perform and get that big win before the team starts a big losing streak. That’s what we need that’s what we need.