Friar Watch

The Scott Linebrink trade rumors were finally put to rest today as the Padres shipped him off to Milwaukee for three minor league pitchers. Given Scott’s recent struggles I think that Kevin Towers got a pretty good deal. It seems like the recent trend in baseball is to overvalue the compensatory draft picks […]

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During the 2004 and 2005 seasons Scott Linebrink was one of the most dominant relievers in baseball. Averaging nearly a strikeout an inning and holding opposing hitters below .200 he seemed to be Trevor Hoffman’s heir apparent. Then last year we started to see some weaknesses in Scott’s game. He seemed to […]

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Justin Germano: Not a bad outing at all for Germano, 6 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, but more importantly 4 K and 1 BB. Germano’s strikeout rate is slowly creeping up to an acceptable level. he did give up a home run but overall pitched well.
Cla Meredith: Another nice outing for The Claw. […]

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Yeah, I know I’m slacking. The biggest series of the year and not only am I late, I have all three games in one post. I’ll try to make this quick so I can get caught up.
Game 1
Greg Maddux: The Professor pitched a great game considering the opposition. He really deserved a […]

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David Wells: Boomer looked great for 6 innings. You know where this is headed: Black ran him out there in the 7th and it cost them the game. In the bottom of the 5th the Padres had two men on and I think one out and I told Geoff at the time that […]

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Justin Germano: Germano didn’t have his usual pinpoint control and, predictably, he paid the price. 4 ER in 5 IP and once again Bud Black left a pitcher in after it was obvious he was cooked because he was due up in the bottom of the inning. I don’t understand the reluctance to […]

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Maddux, Bell and Linebrink all pitched well tonight but the big story is Trevor Hoffman’s 500th career save. In honor of Trevor’s milestone let’s take a look at how he did it.
Leading off the inning: Nomar Garciaparra

Green dot = first pitch
Trevor usually likes to throw a first pitch fastball for a strike but Nomar […]

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Chris Young: 7 IP, 3 H, 4 BB, 5 K, 0 ER. Despite the 4 walks I thought CY had very good control with his fastball. He had trouble controlling the curveball but it was mostly missing out of the zone, he didn’t hang any where it could hurt him.
CY was able […]

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David Wells: Boomer pitched well in a game that really shouldn’t have been played at all. There was a steady rain throughout the game but the umpires were determined to get the game in to avoid scheduling problems. The field was a mess and the players had a hard time holding onto the […]

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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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