Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 05, 2006
Playoffs Today

The Tigers and Yankees play the make up game of their rain out at 1 PM on ESPN. Verlander and Mussina get the nod once again.

The Cardinals attempt to take a 2-0 lead from the Padres by sending Jeff Weaver against David Wells. I wonder if Bochy will start Bard at catcher today. Weaver has a huge lefty-righty split this season and with Bard Bruce can get six lefties in the lineup. Wells makes his 17th post-season start and his 27th appearance. He's 10-4 with a 3.15 ERA. Left-handers give St. Louis trouble, as their slugging percentage drops about 40 points vs. southpaws.

There was some hope that game 2 of the Dodgers/Mets series would feature Maddux against Glavine. But Greg will start in Los Angeles instead and Hong-Chih Kuo faces Tom in a battle of lefties. Left-handed pitchers are effective at reducing the Mets power at Shea, which is one reason Kuo is getting the start. Kuo, however, issues a lot of walks, which plays into another Mets strength. The Dodgers, on the other hand, hit better vs. lefties than righties.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 08:40 AM | League Division Series | TrackBack (0)
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Compare Kuo's walk rates in the first half vs. the second half of the season. You'll see a big improvement.

Posted by: Jon at October 5, 2006 12:55 PM
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