Friar Watch

Jake Peavy: Another matchup of aces as Peavy faced Brad Penny. This time nothing weird happened and Jake was back to normal.

Back on 6/07 I wrote that I was concerned because Jake didn’t seem to have his usual good stuff. He went through a series of 3 or 4 starts where he just didn’t have the same bite on his slider. I posted a graph that showed his velocity and movement were down across the board. How does tonight’s start compare?

Blue: 5/27
Red: 6/07
Green: 6/30

That seems to jibe with the results; Jake hasn’t been at his peak but he’s better than he was earlier this month. It’ll be interesting to see how this data corresponds to Jake’s performance.

Heath Bell: A strong two innings from Bell. Nice to see him continue to be effective in a second inning.