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July 6, 2010

Gallardo to the DL

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The Brewers placed Yovani Gallardo on the disabled list:

Gallardo had another examination with team physician William Raasch today and the doctor felt more tightness in the left oblique area than he was comfortable with, so the Brewers made the move, which was more of a “safety first” deal than anything else, assistant GM Gord Ash said. Ash also said this development doesn’t make the “mild” strain any more significant, but there is also no need to rush Gallardo. Since the plan was to be cautious with his return anyway, this makes the most sense.

It’s a tough loss for the Brewers, but the All-Star break softens the blow a bit since they can skip the back end of the rotation one time through.

July 5, 2010

Ten Days Off for Gallardo

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Yovani Gallardo won’t pitch in the All-Star Game:

According to Macha the “best-case scenario” for Gallardo is “doing no baseball activities for at least 10 days” and “you can’t have a guy walk off the mound one week and then put him in [All-Star] game the next.”

If that’s true, the Brewers should place him on the disabled list. The All-Star break gives Gallardo a chance to get healthy without missing too many games, and the Brewers won’t be wasting a roster spot in the meantime.

July 4, 2010

Games of the Day

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Yovani Gallardo and Adam Wainwright matchup in a battle of great NL Central pitchers as the Brewers try to take three out of four from the Cardinals. Milwuakee needs a long hot-streak to climb back into the NL Central race. Gallardo ranks third in the NL with an impressive 9.9 K per 9 IP. He’s yet to lose on the road this season where his 2.25 ERA is helped by having allowed just two home runs. Wainwright is 8-0 at home with a 1.34 ERA, with only one of his nine homers allowed coming at Busch Stadium.

Mike Leake and Ted Lilly face each other in Chicago as the Reds try to take 3 of 4 from Cubs. Leake, a right-hander, owns an interesting platoon split. Left-handed batters don’t get on base well against him, but hit him for a lot of power. Right-handers get on base at a .355 clip, but hit him for no power. Lilly appears to suffer from poor run support as his 3-6 is poor for a pitcher with a 3.12 ERA. The Cubs have been held to two runs or less in eight of his starts.

Enjoy!

June 29, 2010

Yovani Away!

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Yovani Gallardo hits his third home run of the season to tally Milwaukee’s first run tonight. He’s only allowed five on the year, making me wonder if it’s possible for him to hit more than he allows this season. Prince Fielder‘s 16th home run of the season has Milwaukee out to a 5-2 lead over Houston in the top of the fifth inning.

June 24, 2010

Zeros for Gallardo

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Yovani Gallardo completes his second shutout of the season and second of his career. He holds the Twins to five hits, no walks and 12 strikeouts as he lowers his ERA to 2.36. Over the last two seasons he struck out 319 batters in 288 2/3 innings, a rate of 9.9 per nine innings pitched. I’m impressed.

The Brewers win 5-0, and have a nice four game winning streak in which they dominated on both sides of the ball.

June 24, 2010 June 19, 2010

Games of the Day

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The Mets go for their ninth straight victory as they send Mike Pelfrey against the Yankees and Phil Hughes. Both pitchers come into the game with 9-1 records, Pelfrey earning his with an ERA about 0.7 runs lower than Hughes. Last season, when Mike allowed an ERA of 5.03, he allowed 19.5 home runs per 200 innings, a good rate. This season, that’s down to 6.9 home runs per 200 innings, a great rate. Phil Hughes is in an interesting slump. Over his last six starts, he’s struck out and walked batters at extremely good rates, but owns a 4.95 ERA. Opponents have hit .353 with runners in scoring position in that time, raising his ERA.

Jered Weaver and the Angels continue their series in Chicago against the Cubs and Ted Lilly. Lilly is coming off a near no-hitter his last time out. He’s 2-5 despite a 2.90 ERA, as the Cubs scored two runs or less in his last five starts and seven of his last eight. Ted has two short shutouts in his last five, and those are the only two the Cubs won. Weaver continues to have his best year in terms of strikeouts and walks, leading to his lowest ERA since his rookie season.

Yovani Gallardo battles Jeff Francis as the Brewers face the Rockies. Milwaukee was shut out for the seventh time this season Friday night, losing 2-0. The Brewers scored three runs or less in a game 29 times this season, going 4-25. The Rockies have done so 28 times, but have an 8-20 record, sixth best in the majors. Gallardo start nine of those low scored Brewers games, and all four of their wins came in his starts. Yovani is undefeated on the road this year, with 50 strikeouts in 42 innings pitched. Francis has a low strikeout rate, but he’s not walking many batters and holding opponents to a .279 OBP in Coors this season.

Finally, the Reds and Mariners face off in Seattle with Sam LeCure facing Felix Hernandez. Sam has not pitched as well as his 3.75 ERA indicates, but he’s limited opponents to a .136 BA with runners in scoring position. Hernandez is giving up a few more home runs than ususal, but his big problem comes from a lack of support. The Mariners scored three runs or less in six of his last ten starts.

Enjoy!

June 13, 2010

Battle of the 10 Ks

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Colby Lewis of Texas and Yovani Gallardo of Milwaukee each came into the game with three ten-strikeout games, tied with Tim Lincecum, Francisco Liriano, and James Shields for the most in the majors. Both struck out 10 Sunday afternoon to move into a two way tie for most 10-K games. Yovani’s was more concentrated, as four walks and four runs forced him out after six innings. Lewis went eight innings, giving up three hits, one walk and two runs to earn the win as Texas wins two out of three from Milwaukee 7-2. Lewis does a better job of striking out batters on the road, where he now owns 54 K in 51 1/3 innings of work.

June 2, 2010

Yovani Goes Yard

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Yovani Gallardo prevents a loss with a seventh inning solo home run to tie the Marlins at two. It’s his second of the season and the sixth of his career. His injury season of 2008 was the only one of his MLB career that he didn’t hit two home runs. He was batting eighth tonight, too. He now has 26 career hits, half of them for extra bases.

May 28, 2010

Shutout for Gallardo?

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Yovani Gallardo just completed his ninth scoreless inning of the night, but finds himself without a shutout yet. Johan Santana is taking a shutout into the bottom of the ninth as well. The Brewers collected three hits and two walks, while the Mets knocked out eight hits and drew one walk. Santana has two of the Mets hits, including a double, and Gallardo is one for three.

Update: Pedro Feliciano replaces Santana to start the ninth.

Update: Feliciano gets his one batter, and the Mets bring on Ryota Igarashi, celebrating his birthday.

Update: Ryan Braun beats out an infield single.

Update: McGehee pops out to first. Two down.

Update: Corey Hart, the tragic poet of MTV, hits his tenth home run of the season and the Brewers win 2-0. Gallardo earns the shutout, his first complete game of the year. Hart’s all about the power this year, with nearly half his hits going for extra bases.

May 28, 2010

Games of the Day

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The Cubs host their usual Friday afternoon game as the Cardinals come to town. Chris Carpenter faces Randy Wells as the third place Chicago tries to gain on second place St. Louis. Carpenter is allowing home runs on the road at twice the rate he allows them at home, a big reason why he’s already given up two more HR than all of last season. After scoring 33 runs in Wells’s five starts in April, the Cubs have scored just 12 in his four May starts.

The rejuvenated Fausto Carmona brings the Indians to Yankee Stadium to face Phil Hughes. Carmona pitches well on the road this season, sporting a 2.16 ERA in four starts with one home run allowed in 25 innings. Phil Hughes went through a rough patch in his last two games as batters figured out how to hit him. He’s allowed 14 hits in his last 10 2/3 innings, along with nine earned runs.

Maybe the best pitching matchup takes place in Milwaukee where Yovani Gallardo host Johan Santana and the Mets. Like Carpenter, Johan’s had trouble with the long ball on the road, with five of his six home runs coming away from Citi Field. He’s also pitched 14 fewer innings away. Gallardo allows a low .229 batting average this season, but it goes down to .189 with runners in scoring position. Yovani has not given up a hit with the bases loaded this season, but he has walked two batters.

The Rangers and Twins meet in Minnesota in a battle of first place teams. Each holds a 1 1/2 game division lead. Colby Lewis squares off against Kevin Slowey. Lewis holds 6.03 career ERA, but brought that down to 3.45 this season by cutting his home run rate nearly in half. There are some early reports that Target Field is tough on home runs, but not for Slowey who allowed six of his eight at home.

Enjoy!

May 17, 2010 May 17, 2010

Games of the Day

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The Red Sox trail the Yankees by 5 1/2 games in the wild card race as they meet in New York for two-game series. Daisuke Matsuzaka faced unhitta-Phil Hughes. Dice-K is coming off his first good start of the season, one in which he showed great control, walking none while striking out nine. Hughes leads the AL in ERA with a 1.38 mark. Hughes holds batters to a .165 BA, and only three of his 22 hits allowed have gone for extra bases.

If you want to see a lot of offense, Pittsburgh at Philadelphia might be your game. Charlie Morton takes on Kyle Kendrick in a great park for offense. Morton comes in with a 9.19 ERA, meaning you’re likely to see a run in every inning he pitches. His walk and strike out rates are actually good, but he’s given up so many hits and so many home runs, mostly with men on base, that his ERA is astronomical. Kendrick only has two more strikeouts than walks, usually a bad sign for a pitcher. His six home runs in 36 innings is another.

Yovani Gallardo tries to start bringing the Brewers back from the brink as they battle Johnny Cueto and the Cincinnati Reds. The Brewers won three games this season when they scored three runs or less, and Gallardo won two of those. He’s pitched very well on the road this year, posting a 1.96 ERA away from Milwaukee. Cuteo has not pitched well at home this season, where home runs have been a problem.

Finally, 1/2 games separate the Giants and Padres as Matt Cain visits Clayton Richard. The selective Padres have given Cain trouble this year as they’ve drawn seven walks in 12 2/3 innings against him, scoring seven runs. Three of those walks were intentional, the only three intentional walks Cain issued this season. Richard faced the Giants twice as well, holding them to three walks in 13 1/3 innings and posting a 2.03 ERA.

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May 8, 2010

Low Scoring Win

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The Brewers simply haven’t done well in low scoring games this season. Through April, they only won game in which they scored five runs or less, and in seven of their nine victories that month they scored at least eight runs. In the last week, however, they’ve posted two low scoring wins, both win Yovani Gallardo on the mound. Last night Gallardo held off the Diamondbacks for a 3-2 Arizona victory. When a team scores five runs or less, the median winning percentage this year is .326. The Brewers played 18 such games and are 3-15, their .167 winning percentage only better than Arizona, 3-16 in 19 such games, including Friday night’s contest.

Yovani is on a roll with no more than two runs allowed in any of his last five starts and a 1.55 ERA in that time. He’s walking a ton of batters, but striking out many more.

May 1, 2010

Babe Gallardo

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Yovani Gallardo ends the Brewers scoreless inning streak with a home run leading off the top of the third. It’s the first time they’ve scored against the Padres in the series (20 innings) and the streak reached 24 innings total going back to their last game against Pittsburgh. How embarrassing for the Brewers, however, that the only run comes off the bat of a pitcher? That’s five career home run for Yovani, and if this score holds up it would not be the first time he won a game 1-0. He accomplished the feat last year on April 29th against Pittsburgh.

April 8, 2010

Gallardo’s Gold

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The Milwaukee Brewers signed Yovani Gallardo to a long-term deal:

Gallardo, age 24, would have been eligible for arbitration for the first time next year. He made his major league debut in 2007, missed almost all of 2008 because of a knee injury and then went 13-12 with a 3.73 ERA for Milwaukee in 2009. He was the Brewers’ Opening Day starter this season, going seven innings and being charged with the loss against the Rockies on Monday.

Jon Heyman just tweeted that the deal is five years with one option year. Yovani is a pitcher with high strikeouts and low walks, and the Brewers obviously have confidence in this knees.

Without knowing the price, it’s tough to tell just how good a deal this is. I also wonder if this helps or hurts keeping Prince Fielder. If the team spent a lot of money, maybe they don’t have enough for Prince. On the other hand, they now have Braun and Gallardo locked up, and maybe Prince will want to stay and win with them.

March 5, 2010

Players A to Z, Yovani Gallardo

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Yovani Gallardo pitches as a starter for the Milwaukee Brewers. Gallardo’s main strength lies in his ability to strike out batters, so far downing 9.1 per nine innings for his brief career. Pitching in his first full season in 2009 at age 23 (following two knee surgeries), Yovani upped that rate to 9.9 per nine innings. Thanks to his high K rate, opposing hitters bat just .231 against him, although his walk rate is high enough for those hitters to produce a .313 OBP.

Still very young, if Gallardo can master his control, and go from a pitcher who allows around four walks per nine innings to one who allows three walks per nine innings, he’ll join Lincecum and Wainwright as a perennial Cy Young contender. Brewers fans should be very excited about Gallardo’s future.

March 4, 2010

Time for Renewal

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The Brewers and Yovani Gallardo could not agree on a salary figure, so the Brewers renewed his contract. The move did not appear to create bad blood:

Ash said the negotiations had been cordial and that the sides just “agreed to disagree.” GM Doug Melvin said at some point the club might offer Gallardo a multi-year deal to buy out some upcoming arbitration years.

That starts next season. I don’t blame the Brewers for waiting on this. I’d want to see if he can remain healthy.