Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Cleveland 8, White Sox 2
Here's the ERV Boxscore for today's game:
| Batter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | B/R | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pods | -0.24 | -0.34 | -0.24 | -0.2369 | -1.05 | ||||||
| Cintron | 0.27 | -0.35 | 0.27 | -0.1721 | 0.02 | ||||||
| Thome | -0.31 | 1.00 | 0.63 | -0.1075 | 1.22 | ||||||
| Konerko | -0.24 | -0.24 | -1.18 | -0.24 | -1.89 | ||||||
| Dye | -0.24 | -0.17 | -0.24 | -0.17 | -0.82 | ||||||
| Pierzynski | -0.17 | -0.11 | 0.27 | -0.11 | -0.12 | ||||||
| Crede | -0.11 | -0.24 | 0.87 | 0.52 | |||||||
| Mackowiak | 0.38 | -0.17 | -0.04 | 0.17 | |||||||
| Uribe | -0.21 | -0.11 | -0.37 | -0.69 | |||||||
| Total | -2.65 |
| Pitcher | ERV |
|---|---|
| Garcia | -3.89 |
| Logan | 0.91 |
| Cotts | 0.03 |
| Jenks | 0.52 |
| Total | -2.43 |
Fielding:
Crede: -0.92 ERV
Player of the Game: Jim Thome
Tomorrow is another day. I hate to be worried about anyone too soon, but the reports that Freddy Garcia's velocity was down today is troubling. Garcia's strikeout rate took a dip from 2004 to 2005, and I don't think he'll ever be a 8 strikeout-per-nine-inning guy again. I worry that if he loses his velocity, he won't be able to compete with his other pitches and he will drop off the table.
[EDIT: The Trib, the Sun-Times and the Southtown share the concern about Freddy.]
Note - Boone Logan had a fair debut today, even if he allowed two inherited runners to score. He had a +0.91 ERV, but that is mostly due to the fact that he bailed out Joe Crede's potentially costly (-0.92 ERV) error.
If you have not read it, you should check out Craig Burley's article on the Talent Gap between the American and National Leagues. Bottom line: the American League is even tougher this year. Burley thinks that a team has to get better by five wins to keep pace in the American League. Ouch.
