Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 24, 2008
Games of the Day

There's a rather uninspiring set of pitching matchups today. Arizona sends Doug Davis against Justin Masterson in best of the lot, although it would have made for a great story line to see Davis pitch against Jon Lester. Davis is posting a 2.78 ERA in June, but he's not pitching that well. He's only averaging about five innings a start with a high walk rate. He hasn't allowed a home run, however. Masterson's ERA looks la lot better than the stats producing it. The Hardball Times has his FIP ERA at 4.97. Either Justin really is hard to hit, or he's had a really good defense behind him.

The Reds visit the Blue Jays, which will no doubt lead to a lot of talk about Adam Dunn and J.P. Ricciardi. Adam Dunn is a player teams should want.

The Rays took two out of three against the Marlins in Tampa Bay, and now the Marlins try to return the favor in Miami. Andy Sonnanstine takes on Scott Olsen. Sonnanstine keeps winning despite a high ERA because he's getting 5.72 runs per 9 innings, 10th highest in the AL. Olsen's done a good job of capping opponents' power with men on base, 10 of the 12 home runs he's allowed going for solo shots.

The Reds/Blue Jays and Mariners/Mets should be competing for slugfest of the night, but all four offenses are so bad even facing pitchers with ERAs over 5.00 probably won't help them.

Enjoy!

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Posted by David Pinto at 11:06 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
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