Friar Watch

Jake Peavy: No TV and no Enhanced Gameday mean yet another game without much to say. Most pitchers would be happy with 3 ER in 7 IP but that’s a bad outing for Jake. Ted Leitner mentioned that Peavy threw very few sliders, relying instead on fastballs and change ups. To […]

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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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Jake Peavy: Just another ho hum outing from Jake, 7 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 1 BB, 8 K. Rather than break this one down into individual outcomes let’s just take a look at all pitches:
Green = pitches to lefties
Red = pitches to right handers
White = release point

The most obvious thing is the three […]

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Greg Maddux: Maddux bounced back from a poor outing with 5 very strong innings. Unfortunately he faltered in the 5th and didn’t make it out of the inning. The Padres jumped out to a big lead in the bottom of the fifth and watching the game I thought that Maddux may have decided […]

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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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Justin Germano: Who would have guessed that after his first three starts Germano’s ERA would sit at 0.47? Another terrific outing by Germano, 6 IP, 6H, 1 BB, 0 ER but also no strikeouts. As good as he’s been you have to think this is unsustainable. Justin has only struck out […]

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Chris Young: CY bounced back nicely from a shakey outing with a strong 6.3 IP performance. I thought Bud Black did a good job in removing Young with two on and two out in the 7th when Ichiro came to the plate. Rather than let Ichiro take another hack at a guy he […]

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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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