Friar Watch

I don’t have much to say about these games, they’re on the east coast so I haven’t been able to watch the game. On top of that there’s no Enhanced Gameday data so nothing to analyze.
5/29
David Wells was fine, 2 earned runs in 5 IP.
Meredith gave up a rare home run in one […]

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Justin Germano: Yet another good outing for Germano. 5 IP, 5 H, 0 BB and a season high 4 K. 2 of those hits were home runs but they came with no one on so the damage was minimal.
This one is a little cluttered but includes all pitches, as well as […]

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Chris Young: Very strong outing for Chris, 7 IP, 10K, 3 H, 2 BB, 1 ER. Chris got away with at least one mistake, Cliff Floyd tomahawked a high fastball that would have gone out in most parks. Fortunately, Petco is not most parks and Mike Cameron hauled it in at the fence.
One […]

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Jake Peavy: Jake had a rough time in the first, giving up a run but more importantly throwing 30 pitches. The high pitch count limited Jake to 6 innings. I like that Bud Black took Peavy out after 98 pitches, it would have been real easy to leave him in for another inning […]

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Greg Maddux: Maddux just wasn’t able to locate and when he can’t locate it’s like batting practice for the opposition. The first two innings were especially bad, pitches that normally catch the outer edge of the plate were drifting into the heart of the plate and not sinking, pretty much the worst possible place. […]

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Greg Maddux: Another good outing by Maddux but in what’s becoming a trend the Padre offense failed to capitalize, putting undue pressure on the bullpen.
Maddux got into it with the umpire a little bit in the 5th inning. The 0-1 pitch was called a ball and Maddux wasn’t happy about it, especially when the […]

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What an odd series. Odd start times, no HD feed, no Matt and Mud, no crowds at the park. The whole series seemed like some kind of minor league affair. Only 15,310 fans were in attendance Sunday afternoon when Jake Peavy shut down the Marlins and the crowd looked even smaller on […]

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Clay Hensley: A bit of a rough start in the first inning, he gave up a couple of hits and a run but did a great job of getting out of a jam to limit the damage. Unfortunately Clay appeared to injure his groin on a pitch to the first batter of the third […]

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David Wells: Another tough outing for Boomer. He didn’t walk anyone but he left too many pitches in the heart of the plate. One benefit of having a veteran like Wells as your fifth starter is he’s able to hang in there when he doesn’t have his best stuff. Unfortunately that’s a […]

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Clay Hensley: Clay continues to improve after a terrible start. He’s still not where he needs to be but was very effective in spots. His command was off, leading to 4 walks, but he probably had the best movement all year. It was nice to see him throw curveballs for strikeouts rather […]

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