Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 12, 2004
Losing Control

I never thought I would see a line from Greg Maddux where he had five walks and only one strikeout in a game. In eleven season with the Braves, he never walked more than 52 (and that was in his first season with Atlanta). Two less than stellar performances make me start to wonder if 300 is reachable. Sometimes players lose their ability very quickly. My guess is Maddux can find the 11 wins, but not with a 7.45 ERA.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:53 PM | Pitchers | TrackBack (1)
Comments

Didn't Maddux get off to a very rough start last year? And his first outing was just fine: 6 innings, 3 runs, only 1 walk. Also, conditions in Chicago today were terrible: very cold, very windy.

But then, I've got to say all these things, because I'm a Cubs fan who's hoping against hope that you're wrong.

Posted by: Kevin B. O'Reilly at April 12, 2004 11:35 PM

How soon we forget that Maddux's ERA was 11.00 after 2 games last year, and 11.05 after 3. By August we knew that reports of his demise had been greatly exaggerated.

Posted by: ddc at April 13, 2004 11:04 AM