Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 24, 2007
Games of the Day

The Blue Jays and Yankees meet this afternoon in a makeup game, and the Yankees can clinch a tie for the AL Wild Card with a win. A.J. Burnett faces Andy Pettitte in a battle of the double-Ts. Burnett's been particularly effective against left-handed batters this season, which might gives the Yankees trouble. He's only allowed New York one run in fifteen innings pitched against them in 2007. Pettitte's handled the Blue Jays fairly well this year also, posting a 2.25 ERA in three starts.

It's a good day to see baseball in New York, as the Mets take the field at Shea this evening against the Nationals. You might see some runs in this one as Matt Chico and Mike Pelfry both hold high ERAs.

The Brewers get a chance to gain on the idle Cubs as they host the Cardinals. The ptiching matchup favor the Cardinals, however, as Wainwright owns an ERA 1.6 runs lower than David Bush.

And on the west coast, the Padres open a series in San Francisco with Chris Young facing Barry Zito. Young hasn't pitched well since returning from the disabled list, but his last two outings showed improvement. Having Young and Peavy hitting on all cylinders gives the Padres a much better chance for post-season success.

As for the massive tie scenario, a Mets loss and a Padres win is probably the best outcome to produce a division/wild card tie. For just a three-way wild card tie, a Padres loss is the best outcome.

Update: I understand Burnett will not start for the Jays this afternoon.


Posted by David Pinto at 11:30 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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Burnett is scratched for the Jays. 'Personal reasons'. Litsch takes the mound instead. He's been awful against the Yankees this year.

Posted by: James at September 24, 2007 12:41 PM

"personal reasons" my ass, how much are the yankees paying the jays to lay down on these games, this is pathetic, Vernon Wells was playing when they swept Boston, but just before the Yankees series he decided to have season ending surgery, wtf is this? the blue jays suck.

Posted by: Frank at September 24, 2007 01:21 PM

A.J. Burnett pitch counts over the last 7 games:

106
102
110
115
114
120
124

He's been great and going deep into games but it's playing with fire with his arm. Good call on the Jays part by sitting him and giving him extra rest. The Yanks are also one of the best teams for working a pitchers count quickly. Especially since they've seen him recently so some batters would be primed for him.

3-0 Jays so far... Litsch is recording plenty of ground ball outs.

Posted by: Andrew at September 24, 2007 01:39 PM
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