Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 24, 2005
Games of the Day

The theme for this afternoon is "recovering pitchers day." Randy Johnson has been less than dominating for the New York Yankees despite very good strikeout and walk numbers. He has been vulnerable to the long ball this season, giving up a homer about every five innings. He'll face the rejuvenated Pedro Astacio in the Bronx this afternoon. Pedro has yet to allow a homer in 22 IP, leading to his 1.64 ERA.

Sidney Ponson wasn't horrible against the Tigers his last time out. He'll need to do better than that against the Jays today as Toronto sends Roy Halladay to the mound. Roy appears to be returning to his Cy Young form of 2003, which would be a huge boost to the Toronto rotation.

Kerry Wood gets a chance to work out his kinks vs. a low scoring team, the Pittsburgh Pirates. At 3.0 runs per game, the Pirates are the lowest scoring team in the majors. They'll send Josh Fogg. Fogg has a much better ERA than Wood despite allowing almost has many HR (5 for Wood, 4 for Fogg). A big difference between the two is that batters are hitting just .188 vs. Fogg with runners in scoring position, while they're hitting .263 vs. Wood.

Finally, Brad Penny makes his 2005 debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers today. He'll be starting in Coors, where he has a 4.00 ERA in three starts. That's not bad. Jeff Francis, who has 12 walks and 7 strikeouts in 16 2/3 innings will oppose him.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 11:12 AM | Games | TrackBack (0)
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