Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
May 29, 2007
Games of the Day

Josh Beckett returns to action tonight against the Cleveland Indians, his skin tear healed. Beckett kept the ball in the park this season (compared to 2006) so he home runs allowed tonight are something to watch. He faces Jeremy Sowers, who survives or not on his defense. With only thirteen strikeouts in 48 2/3 innings, lots of balls are falling for hits, accounting for his 6.29 ERA.

Brad Penny takes his homerless streak into Washington tonight, and RFK is a good park for him to continue to keep his HR total at zero. Even if Brad reverts to his career average of 0.85 HR per 9, he'll only give up about 11 on the season. Jason Simontacchi takes the Hill for the Nationals. He's done a good job shutting down left-handed hitters this season, allowing just a .216 batting averages without the platoon advantage.

The Giants visit Queens as Oliver Perez host Tim Lincecum. The rookie is devastating right-handed hitters, but lefties have touched him for power so far. Perez is stingy with extra base hits to both sides of the plate, as batters are slugging just .316 against him.

And there's a nice matchup of youngsters tonight as John Danks takes on Boof Bonser. Danks handled the Twins well so far, allowing a 2.84 ERA in two starts. Bonser made one start against the White Sox, giving up one run in seven innings but not getting the decision.

Enjoy!


Posted by David Pinto at 12:40 PM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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Anyone have a scouting report on Sowers? Just judging by the peripherals he looks like a soft tosser that honestly has no business being a starting pitcher on a team with thoughts of winning a very tough Central division title.

It looks like he doesn't throw enough ground balls and doesn't strike out enough people to really survive long in this league. Anyone have a different take? Is his stuff really as marginal as the statistics would have me believe?

Posted by: Steve at May 29, 2007 01:05 PM
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