Game Twelve: Indians 7, White Sox 4
by Ryan on Apr 18, 2010 4:43 PM EDT
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Even during this four-game winning streak, the Indians haven't been running on all cylinders. The bullpen, when it's been called upon, has been very shaky, and the bottom two-thirds of the lineup hasn't contributed much at all. But outstanding starting pitching and good defense has made up for these deficiencies, and the Indians are now at .500 just in time to start a difficult road trip.
The fortunate thing about baseball is that you only have to defeat the team facing you on that given day. White Sox starter Gavin Floyd didn't have it today, and he was chased from the game in the second inning. Mark Grudzielanek, today's inexplicable DH, got a key two-out, two-run hit in the first inning to give the Indians a 3-0 lead, and Shin-Soo Choo hit a second inning grand slam to effectively end Floyd's outing.
The Indians wouldn't score another run thanks to Chicago's deep bullpen, but Fausto Carmona and six (!) relievers would keep the Chicago offense at bay. Carmona had some tough innings towards the end of his outing, but ended his day with a quality start (6 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 SO, 2 BB). Walks often hold the key to a Carmona outing, and today his control was pretty good.
After Carmona left, Manny Acta wore out a path to the pitcher's mound over the final three innings. Joe Smith made the longest appearance at 1.1 scoreless innings, but Rafael Perez and Tony Sipp were quickly pulled after allowing two base runners. Thanks to long outings by the starters in the past week, Acta had the luxury of calling upon a fresh reliever to bail the team out of the inning. Chris Perez came in with one out in the ninth to retire Carlos Quentin and Paul Konerko to record his fourth save.
| Highest WPA | Lowest WPA | ||
| Shin-Soo Choo | .180 | Rafael Perez | -.077 |
| Mark Grudzielanek | .136 | Matt LaPorta | -.070 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | .110 | Jhonny Peralta | -.050 |
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Ship righted. Now, heading out on a tough 9-game road swing, with 3 more against the Twinkies when we get back home. Hope that starting pitching continues to hold, but lots of good LH bats to test ‘em. Come back at .500 and we’re exceeding expectations.
You hate the Twins TOO??!!! OMG! I’ve got my evil eyes aimed independently towards Minneapolis and Detroit. Kidding aside, if we sweep them, it’s first place, with a bullet! I just want the non-Choo members of the offense to pick it up, quite frankly, so we can start winning series against teams that can actually score.
Deleted, profanity. Too bad, too, it was pretty amusing rundown of our divisional rivals.
A recap is not a game thread.
It happens. It’s still early in the season. If you’re a game-threader, you almost have to be bilingual, remembering which thread you’re in all the time.
Awww. Can’t you paste it into the game thread so we can enjoy it, too?
by YoDaddyWags on Apr 18, 2010 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
To be clear, profanity is not allowed anywhere on the site.
It’s merely tolerated, within Game Threads only, and as part of an emotional reaction to the events of the game.
Well, and how you said GD on that front-page post two days ago…
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 19, 2010 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Giant Douche? I don’t think that counts.
by Logodaedalus on Apr 19, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Dude, seven dirty words. We have no ambition to have the site be cleaner than prime-time network television, and we never did.
Is this really so nuanced that it confuses people?
You can’t say /goddamn/ on TV, last time I checked.
Mostly I’m just giving you a hard time. If I was confused, Jay, I’d be swearing elsewhere outside of game threads.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 19, 2010 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I have heard “goddamn” censored before, but I suspect that’s just the networks trying to avoid angry letters and has nothing to do with the FCC.
by Logodaedalus on Apr 19, 2010 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Я не хочу ебать вас. но да, что это политика, к “игре потоков”.
Кроме того, ненормативная лексика в русском языке хорошо везде.
by Logodaedalus on Apr 19, 2010 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
This sub-thread bothers me because I can understand about 50% of it and know I should be able to understand all of it
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 19, 2010 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
For my part, I make no guarantees that my Russian would be entirely comprehensible to actual Russian speakers.
Well, I’m pretty sure that last comment was okay.
by Logodaedalus on Apr 19, 2010 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions
See, if he can just put up nine or ten seasons like that, he’ll be considered the greatest player of all time.
by Jay on Apr 18, 2010 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
OK, when you say nine or ten seasons of that, are we also including the inevitable before-after years of that peak? Or are we just saying his career is only those 9-10 seasons?
I’m taking this hypothetical entirely too far.
by Gradyforpresident on Apr 18, 2010 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Especially considering he was just making a throwaway joke about a statement Chuck made on a different thread.
Come on, four billion!
I can’t help it, I felt like I had to defend Ruth’s honor.
Oh God, am I going to be called a jackass-defender?
by Gradyforpresident on Apr 18, 2010 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course you aren’t! It would be grammatically awkward. You’ll be called “the jackass-defender” or simply “jackass-defender” when being addressed directly. There may very well be a coat of arms involved.
by VA tribe fan on Apr 19, 2010 1:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Some have said that it might be good to have a GM who makes decisions that blogger’s wouldn’t like. What about that from the manager? Or are we then into Wedge territory?
I hate Lou Marson.
favorite moment of the series- cabrera on 2nd with choo at the plate, raises both hands with the crack of choo’s sweet, sweet bat.
choo-ism of the day:
“He said, ‘Choo, you have a nice car and don’t worry about the tires or engine, right? It is the same with you. You have the talent so don’t worry and just go drive the baseball.’ That’s what I try to do,” Choo said.
Small sample size can yield some oddball stats. For example, the Indians are last in the division in runs scored and second in runs allowed. Who would have guessed that would be true at any point in the season? Not me.
Feels good to have one guy carrying the offense, hopefully someone else picks Choo up when he starts to cool down.
and they will call Him Carlos Santana
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by Cap'n Snegiryov on Apr 18, 2010 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice use of the capital H. Does the Carlos hit homeruns while walking on water and throw out stolen base attempts while healing the leapers?
Depends how high they leapt from.
by VA tribe fan on Apr 18, 2010 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I’m pretty excited to see how of these starters continues to maintain or build on the strides he has made.
I’m also hoping against hope that they have a decent road trip, come back to some good weather in late April and actually draw for that series at home against the Twins. Am I more concerned about this than I ought to be? Seeing the Tribe draw their lowest attendance since 1993 frightens me.
Am I wrong in thinking there have been true positive signs from these guys, and not just a string of lucky performances? Huff looks like he has added 1-2 mph and got his control back in check. Carmona looks like he has his control more or less in check and is learning how to pitch and not just throw crazy intoxicating stuff. Talbot I don’t know about because I didn’t see any of his start. Westbrook at the very least still seems to have his good sinker, even if he is figuring out how to control it still.
All true. I’d say that we would have all been disappointed if we knew we were going to be .500 with this string of starting pitching, but conversely, I’d say we’d be thrilled to be .500 if we knew that only Choo would be hitting. So there’s some justice there.
I was digging Carmona’s offspeed pitches today. Have to think Westbrook will get his control in order and become a 4.00+ ERA pitcher, which is fine. I just can’t figure out Masterson, and I keep thinking about Ryan’s recap, wondering if Masterson is destined for right-handed specialist duty.
If we’re .500, then a couple things are going a little bit right. It’s just a question of which things it is. You don’t get to cherry-pick the situation and say, okay, we’re .500, but I want it to happen exactly as I expected it to.
by Jay on Apr 18, 2010 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
All 4 of the young bucks are just throwing strikes: Talbot was doing it as well as any of them did. While I have concerns about each (well, duh) they all seem to have the ability to do what the bullpen doesn’t: you get along way in baseball just consistently throwing strikes.
It would be really special if one of the prospects turned into a legit frontliner. Everyone in Cleveland would look good behind a Lee/Sabathia type talent. I guess that’s a stupid thing to say but I’d like to know where/if we’ve got an ace on hand. Love Fausto bu I wonder if that ship has sailed. He doesn’t induce grounders like he did.
by afh4 on Apr 18, 2010 9:56 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Cliff Lee is a free agent after the season. Just saying.
Trust me, I know Cliff Lee won’t be signing with the Indians. As it was with Sabathia, though, the problem mostly is about years, not cash. And if ever there existed a Cleveland roster capable of paying a guy $15-17M per year, it’s the next few years.
After 2010, gone are Westbrook ($11M in 2010), Wood ($10.5M), and perhaps Peralta ($4.6M). That’s $26.1M. Projected internal increases are arbitration guys Choo and Asdrubal ($3M each?), Sizemore (2M), Carmona (1.5M), and Hafner (+1.5M). That’s $11M. It leaves $15M to spend, assuming payroll stays the same. If Perez is going to close (still suspect), Wood won’t be brought back. And my guess is that Cleveland’s run at $10M closers expires as well. And if Peralta’s offensive performance is acceptable, an offensive year of Marte can’t be much lower, plus you get better defense. If the stop-gap to Chisenhall is a Pedro Feliz-type, just give it to Marte.
If Lee maintains his performance when he returns this year, he’ll be the only ace available this offseason, and he’ll be 32 this year. Brandon Webb is on record of wanting to pitch closer to his Kentucky home if things don’t work out in AZ. And he’s still having shoulder issues, so temper that enthusiasm. Otherwise, the Indians would have to trade for a top-tier starter, and those kinda guys really aren’t available.
So yea, I’m not sure Cleveland has an ace-in-the-making on this staff. They have a small window to afford one in 2011-2013 before other guys need re-upped, and if 2010 leaves Cleveland with two or three serviceable guys in Carmona, Huff, Masterson, or Talbot, I’d like to see them go for it before the Grady/Choo/Asdrubal era gives way to the Santana/Chisenhall/Beau Mills (kidding) era. I’m just not sure where they find the guy, but a trade for a high-priced, high-talent starter with only a few years left on a deal seems like the only place. One guy who comes to mind is Ricky Nolasco, under control through 2012, but clubs will be feasting if he’s made available. He’s no Cliff Lee, but he could be the next Cliff Lee.
And that concludes my novella.
You know, just saying, but man am I tired of the expression just saying. What the hell is it supposed to mean? Is it supposed to mitigate or provide cover, or is it supposed to soften the stance? The expression has been banned at my workplace, along with it is what it is. Just saying what?
Back to your topic, isn’t Choo going to make more than a $3 million raise in arbitration?
I think the credit for just sayin’, meh and not so much goes to Jon Stewart’s writers (and popularity). My least faves from punditland: at the end of the day and having said that or its variant, that said.
I agree about “at the end of the day” — it’s become extremely overused and obnoxious. I don’t mind “having said that”, though; it seems like a reasonable segue to offering caveats. It’s good to try to see more than one side of an issue. Also it’s not metaphorical, so it hasn’t acquired the same hackneyed quality that expressions like “at the end of the day” have.
by Logodaedalus on Apr 19, 2010 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree it has its usefulness in establishing one’s empathic bone fides; having said that, I’m sick of it.
Meh… at the end of the day, what you think matters not so much. Just sayin’.
by Logodaedalus on Apr 19, 2010 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Complaining about “at the end of the day” is so meh.
Also! I was on “meh” before Stewart. Don’t know where I got it from.
Me too… Probably has something to do with The Simpsons.
by Logodaedalus on Apr 19, 2010 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a suspicion it’s older than that still (Yiddish? No empirical grounds for saying this; just speculatin’), but yeah.
by Logodaedalus on Apr 19, 2010 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I’m thinking it traces in pop culture back to Billy Crystal doing his old-Jewish-guy schtick. Or possibly Eddie Murphy.
That’s the theory. Quoting wiki again because I’m lazy:
There has been speculation that its origin is Yiddish because of its similarity to the interjection “feh”. American lexicographer Benjamin Zimmer expressed some skepticism about this idea, and wrote in 2006, “Whatever Yiddish origins the interjection might have had, they have been lost in post-Simpsons usage.” Lexicographer Grant Barrett wrote about “meh” and “D’oh”, “I suspect they’re both just transcribed versions of oral speech, which has any number of single-syllable sounds that mean a variety of things.”
Nah, “The worst tautology ever is the worst tautology ever” is the worst tautology ever.
Also!
The first rule of Tautology Club is the first rule of Tautology Club.
by Logodaedalus on Apr 19, 2010 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Don’t know where I got it from.
Anywhere on the entire internet?
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 19, 2010 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Some of us are actually older than the Internet. Or at least, old enough to have gone to college when basically nobody had e-mail.
I refuse to believe that truly cognizant life existed before the internet, let alone “meh”
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 19, 2010 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
What else can you say? Truth be told, when all is said and done, you are what your record says you are.
If you don't respect Aaron Laffey, I will fight you.
by Cap'n Snegiryov on Apr 19, 2010 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
He’s contractually obligated to advocate reacquiring Jake.
by Logodaedalus on Apr 19, 2010 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m already on record in support of (health assumed) a Westbrook re-upping in the Paul Byrd contract neighborhood. If Westbrook has the type of year that makes the Indians comfortable to offer him an extension, he’s probably pricing himself above a Paul Byrd deal Whether Westbrook would settle for that depends on if he feels like he “owes” the Indians for the nothingness of this most recent contract. Jake a good guy from what we know, but I’m not sure he owes Cleveland anything.
And then if I’m spending $10M on Jake, I’d probably rather spend $15M on Cliff. But the years will not line up. And I’m not so sure Cliff’s going to have to settle for less than $15M anually. I don’t know what team will offer, but the Yanks may swap Pettitte for Cliff and there’s always other clubs out there.
Westbrook says he started dropping his arm position occasionally to give him an edge. As he puts it, his curveball’s not very good and he’s not a strikeout guy, so he needs something to throw when he gets to 2 strikes. He did in in 2008, but his last start was the first time post-surgery.
The One True Perez also made an adjustment after his two disastrous outings, and the last two have been better, or maybe it’s just he can only close games against the White Sox.
With Fausto, I’m more interested in K/BB than K/IP. He was missing bats and mixing in a very good offspeed pitch today, especially in the early innings. His rocky fifth was more a BABIP blip than a bad inning of pitching.
It’s definitely both, but the guy isn’t going to ever be an excellent pitcher unless he some k’s, even if it’s not much. 6 k’s /9 is all I want. Add that with groundballs and low walk numbers, and that’s an ace. Anything lower and he’s Westbrook or Aaron Cook. While those are certainly good pitchers to have, they’re not aces.
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Agreed; 6 K/9 with his groundball rates will make a very fine pitcher. Just remember that any groundballer is guaranteed to have innings like the 5th today on a regular basis.
One way to try and limit the ball-in-play drama, or at least try and make it to your advantage, is to field a good defensive team. I wonder if Antonetti will shake it up a bit in the INF.
He was 5.73 K/9 and 2.55 BB/9 in 2007. I’d take 2007.
by YoDaddyWags on Apr 18, 2010 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Second-half 2007 Fausto is one of my favorite pitching lines.
by fleerdon on Apr 18, 2010 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
He was up 7-0 after two innings, and after that he wasn’t trying for — and didn’t need — strikeouts. He was pitching to contact, which caught up with him eventually. This is an example of how numbers can be deceiving, because he was still in control pretty much throughout his six innings.
You don’t think he basically always pitches to contact? Or maybe he switches strategies once he gets two strikes?
I think this is probably the case. Possibly with a similar strikeout shift in a close game with RISP.
by Logodaedalus on Apr 19, 2010 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not sure about that. His K% for his career is 13.9%, and it doesn’t seem to vary that much based on the score of the game:
PA SO K% Tie 779 110 14.1% 1R 1396 190 13.6% 2R 1817 248 13.6% 3R 2106 293 13.9% 4R 2215 307 13.9% >4R 230 34 14.8%
Late and close it’s 10.1%.
One could posit that a countervailing force is that he overthrows in close games and his control suffers, but at that point you’re just waving your hands.
by Logodaedalus on Apr 19, 2010 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, that would produce a high score for the opposition, which could just as easily result in a not-close game as a close game, depending on how the offense is doing.
by Logodaedalus on Apr 19, 2010 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions
You’re right, he does. My point was that looking at strikeouts as a gague for performance in this particular game is incorrect.
Well, it’s tricky. The numbers show that the best way to predict who can induce weak contact is, in fact, strikeouts. Pitchers who pile up a lot of weak contact in a season, without strikeouts, probably will not be able to repeat the feat, and pitchers who strike out a lot of guys may find, in future seasons, that if they’re “unlucky,” some of those strikeouts will become groundouts.
Westbrook, however, is a true outlier. There are only a handful of pitchers that routinely have groundball rates over 50% for multiple seasons, and because there are so few, it’s hard to conclude anything in terms of what correlates to what and for whom. Basically, there is no reliable way to deal with K rates and FIP for the handful of extreme groundballers like Westbrook.
I think it may be best to look at strikeouts and K rates combined, while setting some pretty high standards for what constitutes “good.”
I think most of what I was saying comes from a distrust of Fausto that he’s earned over the last couple years. When I saw him throwing as many strikes as he threw early in yesterday’s game, I just assumed that it was because of the lead and that he figured out he really didn’t need to do a whole lot to get the win. Which seems simple, I suppose.
And I’m really startng to conjure up some dissent on the “lucky” vs. “unlucky” thing in baseball in regards to sabermetrics, but that’s a conversation for another day.
He was in absolute control the first four innings. But I have to say, after he gave up the hits in the fifth, it was the first time all year that he looked like he did in 2008-2009. I can’t quite pinpoint it, but it just gave me the shudders.
First 4 innings – 44 pitches, 33 strikes.
Last 2 innings – 52 pitches, 28 strikes.
I think it’s still a work in progress with Fausto.
I had the grilled chicken one today. Wasn’t bad but it’s pricey. Almost 6 dollars for that?
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I live in DC. Food prices don’t shock me anymore.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2010 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Sure about that?
"You are an LGT success story" -- Jay
by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2010 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
you know, they’re not nearly as bad for you as you’d think
If you don't respect Aaron Laffey, I will fight you.
by Cap'n Snegiryov on Apr 18, 2010 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
But they’re every bit as delicious as you’d expect
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2010 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
In fairness, it’s a bad picture.
How did you think I looked?
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 18, 2010 11:35 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You look like a man of purpose, Phil. Your avatars must have skewed his expectations, that’s all.
It was for this reason that I spent last season repping myself out as a young Paul Newman.
by fleerdon on Apr 18, 2010 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
i, personally, always pictured you as being black
If you don't respect Aaron Laffey, I will fight you.
by Cap'n Snegiryov on Apr 19, 2010 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I love all three of your responses. This is why I love the internet.
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 19, 2010 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
/snark
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by Turkmenbashi on Apr 19, 2010 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Given his skill set, I don’t really care about his age. I know there is nothing there to be developed. But all the same, I think I’d rather have him be our emergency AAA outfielder over Crowe.
I know a 4th OF isn’t the sexiest position on the team, but Constanza can provide that better than any of our other options. Certainly Kearns has a possible pinch hit bat that Constanza doesn’t, but I’m happy to see others joining in on the Constanza love.
Donald is going to optimize Valbuena’s service time at some point this season. And, you now, possibly replace him.
You have to love Valbuena’s walk rates so far though, and this is from someone who was very down on him coming into the season.
LGT's resident moderate Yankee hating fan.
It’s kind of sad (although I guess not very) that Santana might not let us develop Marson into the kind of player he can be.
LGT's resident moderate Yankee hating fan.
i’m heartbroken
If you don't respect Aaron Laffey, I will fight you.
by Cap'n Snegiryov on Apr 18, 2010 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Donald is, weirdly, pounding righties and not hitting lefties. That’ll even out but in 2008 he hit both, so it looks like he’s not a guy who is going to struggly against righties. I guess he could be either side of a platoon.
by afh4 on Apr 18, 2010 9:51 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I’m really impressed with Cord Phelps so far.
by fleerdon on Apr 18, 2010 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
As a new customer, I’ve been happy. Wait, are we taking this too far?
by dgcambridge on Apr 19, 2010 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
From Castro:
# You know who we might see this year? Yohan Pino. I remember Torey Lovullo telling me how much he loved this guy at the tail end of ‘09, and the new coaching staff and Lou Marson quickly developed an appreciation for Pino’s stuff in spring camp. In two starts for Triple-A Columbus this year, Pino is 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA. Since joining the Indians in the Carl Pavano trade, he is 4-0 with a 1.38 ERA in four starts, striking out 25 and walking four in 26 innings. The Indians didn’t protect Pino in the Rule 5 Draft over the winter, and it’s looking like they dodged a bullet.
Choo has 37% of our total bases on the season so far
by APV on Apr 18, 2010 10:27 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Yikes. And to think his first few games were actually on the cool side.
by Logodaedalus on Apr 18, 2010 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Has a player ever led a team in every (major) statistical category? Seems like Choo has a chance this year.
Good idea, I forgot about that other Barry Bonds that existed at one time. I looked back on B-ref and he was edged out in some of the categories by Bonilla or Van Slyke. He came close every year though.
Barry Bonds was the Snuffy Stirnweiss of his era.
by YoDaddyWags on Apr 19, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think this is true. Choo has 29 of the team’s 133 total bases, or 21.8%. Only the Rangers get more of their total bases from a single player (Cruz, 26.2%).
Incidentally, did you know that the Royals lead the AL in total bases, with 202? That surprised me.
Bet they are glad they have him tonight…instead of say, using him last night when he probably could have given them an almost guaranteed victory.
Well, the Mets went with Pelfrey instead of Maine who was the scheduled starter for Sunday night from the start. LaRussa made about 8 mistakes, but I agreed with not going to Wainright.
Didn’t have to be Wainwright. Rodrigo Lopez would have been better than Joe Mather.
I hate Lou Marson.
All the pitchers were used. He could have gone to the next most rested starter, I agree. Not sure of all the circumstances. His biggest error was sending Ludwick on a hit and run with Pujols up.
I don’t see how you justify sending Mather out for a second inning. It was supreme luck they escaped the first inning with him in there.
I agree. Mather couldn’t even get near the strike zone. Lopez did not exit the game and I couldn’t quite figure out why they didn’t just let him have at it again when it was obvious Mather could not get near the strike zone.
Felipe Lopez, not Rodrigo, and I’m sure he’s on a strict pitch count.
by YoDaddyWags on Apr 19, 2010 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Yet another Stoner gets labeled as a loser.
I hate Lou Marson.
by westbrook on Apr 18, 2010 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
CC?
"Lotta heart in Cleveland." - Ian Hunter
by Denver Tribe Fan on Apr 19, 2010 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I like to apply what I call the “Constanza correction” to the Clippers early season stats. I figure at his absolute best, there is no reason Jose Constanza should have an OPS higher than .800. Since his is currently just shy of 1.200, I figure it is best to just clip .400 off of everyone’s line. The nice thing is that if you do that with Santana, he’s still hitting for a healthy .933.
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