i hate jim edmonds i was just listening on the radio today how the padres just had to bite the bullet and cut jim edmonds because his defense was so poor that they just couldn't have him in the big outfield here at petco. then he goes and does that to us ... again
If you watch him, he pretty much times it so all his catches look spectacular in some way. He'll pretty much WALK if he has to for the first half of the path to the ball, so he can make an over the shoulder catch, or a diving catch. It probably caught up with him at Petco.
Am I the only one that is a bit disappointed that Moehler didn't put a Cub on his ass after what happened to Lee?
My basis for a good outing by Moehler was getting through 5 innings giving up 3 or less runs. He did that even if it wasn't pretty. If he pitches the 6th and gets through it cleanly, he did a very good job for him. If it wasn't for Edmonds this is at most a 1 run game.
great points. wish we had 5 moehler's in our rotation. we could expect to win most of those games. in fairness to cassell since you're bringing up last years stats, he gave up 8 ER's in 4 starts in 2007. when cassell got his 2 starts earlier this year, i guess you "fully didn't understand" why on earth he was getting them over moehler. they gave cassell 2 starts, he pitched decently in both of them, and then they went with moehler instead of him. that's what i dont understand.
Actually, I fully understood that too. They are both fairly average pitchers, so one's going to start and one's not. It's fairly simple. Last time, they had space on the roster for Cassel because people were on the DL. Now, they'd have to send someone else down that they don't want to. Why do that when you have a similarly mediocre option already on your roster?
Did Nieve's fastball always top out at 91-92? I thought he could pitch faster than that a couple years ago. Is this a result of his injuries?
If I'm a pitcher facing Wigginton right now, I throw nothing in the strike zone. Wigginton will almost surely swing at 3 bad pitches per AB if you give him the opportunity.
