Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 30, 2004
Games of the Day

Will tonight be the final performance of Randy Johnson in an Arizona Diamondbacks uniform? Pitching in Colorado, will he go out with a bang, or will his pitches be banged out of the park? After having only 1 loss to show for 0.82 ERA over his last three starts, you'd think Randy might want to get out of town. Preston Wilson has 17 K in 38 career AB against Randy. If Johnson can strike him out four times tonight, 50% of Wilson's AB against Johnson will haved ended in strikeouts.

On the pennant race front, the San Diego Padres host the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight. The Padres are fresh off a series with the Giants that saw them take 3 out of 4 from Bonds' team and establish themselves as the wild card leader. A sweep of the Dodgers will give the the NL West lead. Jeff Weaver face Adam Eaton. Lefties have been pounding Weaver this year, hitting .310 off him with an OBA of .386. I suspect that Burroughs, Giles, Long and Klesko are in for a treat tonight. Eaton has pitched well since a disastorous May, going 5-2 with a 2.64 ERA since June 1. I get the feeling his ERA is worse that his pitching stats would indicate, but I also notice he gives up long hits with men on base. Opponents are slugging .452 with men on base against Adam. Since slugging average is a resonable proxy for the distance batters can move runners, it's not surprising that he's given up more runs that I would have expected.


Posted by David Pinto at 01:46 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
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It occurs to me that all the league may be waiting for Randy to hit the showers. And that could be pretty late on the east coast.

What time do the offices open tomorrow morning for the announcement of trades?

Posted by: Rowdy at July 30, 2004 05:04 PM