Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 29, 2008
What's Wrong with Owings?

The Padres knocked around Micah Owings Monday night, continuing the misery for the Diamondbacks pitcher. He started the season in fine form, posting a 3.73 ERA through his first 10 starts. Since, however, he's made eight starts and four relief appearances. Over that time his ERA stands at 9.21. He's striking out one fewer batter per nine innings while walking 1.6 more. He was giving up a good number of home runs early, and the long balls have gotten even worse. He gave up two more last night, accounting for five of the eight runs he allowed.

Clearly, nothing is going right for Owings right now. In a tight division race, the Diamondbacks can't afford to send out a pitcher who is highly likely to lose the game. I really wonder if he's hurt. His fall seems so severe that it makes you wonder if he's covering up an injury, maybe something minor that is just throwing off his mechanics.

The good news from the game is that Greg Maddux broke his win-less streak, finally picking up win 351. He didn't pitch great, but he didn't need to with Owings outing.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:12 AM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
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He's playing the wrong position.

Posted by: Bandit at July 29, 2008 09:44 AM
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