Friar Watch

Chris Young: Well he gave up 5 runs but I don’t think he pitched all that badly. Terrmel Sledge badly misplayed a bases loaded deep fly ball off the bat of Pujols. Only one run scored, same as if Sledge had caught the ball, but the failure to get the out was […]

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David Wells: Boomer has not had a lot of success this season but today he was at least able to minimize the damage for 5 innings. Unfortunately Bud Black once again tried to get a little too much out of a visibly tired pitcher and had Wells come out to start the 6th. […]

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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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Justin Germano: Germano has been dominating in AAA this year so he gets the call up to fill in for the injured Clay Hensley. It looks like Germano features two pitches: An above average overhand curve and a below average fastball. First let’s take a look at Germano’s average velocity:

With a fastball […]

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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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Chris Young: Another rough outing for Chris. He had a couple of effective innings but left too many balls up in the zone and had a lot of trouble controlling his slider. When he doesn’t have the slider I’d like to see him go with fastballs almost exclusively rather than continue trying to […]

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David Wells: Not a good outing for Boomer. He had trouble with his command and when that happens he can be very hittable. He still managed to keep it from getting totally out of hand, 5 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 2 BB and 3 K. After pitching so well last game […]

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Chris Young: CY’s best outing so far. His slider was really breaking and he threw a lot of them along with his fastball. He was in the strike zone all night long, 72 out of 101 pitches were strikes leading to 7 Ks and 0 BBs.
Matt and Mud mentioned that Darren Ballsley noticed […]

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