Friar Watch

David Wells relies on control even more than most pitchers. When he’s not throwing his curveball for strikes and his fastball isn’t catching the edge of the strike zone he has to throw to the heart of the plate and he gets hard. Last night he showed what he can do when he’s spotting […]

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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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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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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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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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David Wells: The Padres needed Wells to go deep into the game tonight after yesterday’s marathon and Boomer did the job. He gave up two runs over 7 innings, and both of those were in questionable circumstances. He had good command of both his fastball and his curve, retiring 16 in a row […]

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After getting smacked around last night David Wells said it felt like the Dodgers knew what was coming:

Even if the Dodgers seemed to know what was coming, Wells wasn’t advertising. “I don’t tip (pitches),” he said. “If I did, I wish one of those guys would come forth and tell me so. That would be […]

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Not much to say about this one.

That covers Wells and Thompson. Cameron got off to a rough start but came back to get Furcal and Pierre to get out of the jam. Bell looked fine, he reminds me a little of Scott Linebrink.

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David Wells: The epitome of the wily veteran, Wells relies on excellent control and a variety of breaking balls to keep hitters off balance. Wells gave the Padres 6 2/3 strong innings despite another night of questionable umpiring. Matt Vasgersian mentioned that Wells threw 90+ pitches and only 4 of those were swung […]

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