Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 30, 2005
Games of the Day

Does it get any better than Bush vs. Wang? Look for some Chien music from the Taiwanese pitcher today as he makes his major league debut against the Toronto Blue Jays. Chien has excellent strikeout and home run numbers in his minor league career. He needs the Yankees offense to straighten up, however, or he may suffer the same fate as Johnson at the hands of the Blue Jays.

David Bush has not lived up to his minor league numbers so far. He's already given up five home runs in 22 innings pitched this season; in his minor league career he allowed 19 in about 300 IP.

Jamie Moyer looks to go 5-0 in April as the Mariners face the Athletics and Joe Blanton in Oakland. Through 2004, Moyer averaged 5.5 K per 9. He's upped that to 6.5 per 9 this season. Blanton is losing despite a 1.75 ERA. The A's are scoring 1 run a start for Joe this season.

And if you're looking for some offense, the Cubs at the Astros offers two pitchers with ERAs over 5.00. Kerry Wood stand at 5.79 although he's coming off five decent innings vs. the Pirates. The Astros are another good choice for lowering his ERA. Brandon Backe's ERA is at 6.17 for the opposite reason; three decent starts, then the Cardinals pounded him last time out.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 11:37 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
Comments

"Does it get any better than Bush vs. Wang?"

One flaw, it's pronounced "wong" which takes something away from the pairing.........bummer.

Posted by: NetShrine at April 30, 2005 01:38 PM

True. Wang's name is pronounced Wong. However. He replaces Wright in the rotation. So the Yanks hope that, since everything was wrong with Wright, that they will be right with (Wong)

Posted by: phil at April 30, 2005 02:12 PM

My fiancee's last name is Wang and pronounces it like Wang Chien-Ming (i.e. "Wong.") She says that's the correct pronunciation.

Posted by: Adam Villani at April 30, 2005 03:53 PM
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