IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (19 Apr 07)
Thu, Apr 19, 2007
by Geoff Young
first pitch: 12:35 p.m. PT
television: none
matchup: Jake Peavy (2-0, 0.90 ERA) vs Livan Hernandez (1-0, 1.80 ERA)
previews: Padres.com | SI.com
It’s probably too early to call this a trend, but there’s reason to be encouraged by Jake Peavy’s performance so far in ‘07. Forget the ERA, and look at pitch efficiency:
| Date | IP | TBF | #PIT | P/PA | P/IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3 | 6 | 23 | 98 | 4.26 | 16.3 |
| Apr 8 | 7 | 28 | 103 | 3.68 | 14.7 |
| Apr 14 | 7 | 26 | 100 | 3.85 | 14.3 |
Again, who knows whether Peavy will be able to sustain lower pitch counts over the course of a full season. Wouldn’t it be nice if he could?
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April 19, 2007 at 11:47 am
If there ever was a need for a gem, today is the day. Go Jake!! (and, go offense - we need you just as much if not more today)
April 19, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Looks like Black took my suggestion for the line-up from the earlier post (Cruz second, OG third, Cameron fifth). It will be my fault if it doesn’t work.
April 19, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Go Padres, wish I could be at Petco sitting in the sun enjoying the 2-for-1 hotdog deal. We need a good performance all around today, how about 8-1, that sounds just about perfect.
April 19, 2007 at 12:19 pm
I like this lineup. Particularly Cruz’ lifetime 1000+ OPS vs. Livan
April 19, 2007 at 12:40 pm
They’re making him throw lots of pitches early on. Our friend from last nite is manning home plate tonite, so hopefully we won’t have any issues.
April 19, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Good to see somebody in our rotation knows how to hold runners.
April 19, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Sounds like Jake had him completely fooled.
April 19, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Brian Giles leads the team with 5.7 runs above replacement.
April 19, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Now would be a real good time for Cameron to break out of his slump.
April 19, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Bases juiced. C’mon Cameron, deep fly ball. I’m not asking for a slam here.
April 19, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Cameron is dead last with-3.1 RAR.
April 19, 2007 at 12:55 pm
I’d rather have him K then GIDP if I had to choose.
April 19, 2007 at 12:55 pm
-3.3
April 19, 2007 at 12:55 pm
That will work. Simple fly ball.
April 19, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Okay, that works.
April 19, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Cameron got the job done, but pulled an outside pitch…
April 19, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Yeah, but it was hit really well. You can get away with doing that against Livan Hernandez.
April 19, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Ha, typical padres rally
April 19, 2007 at 1:00 pm
announcers on mlb.tv (not sure which feed it was) said “typical padres rally, single-walk-walk for the bases loaded and they only manage one run”…. yup, that sounds about right…
April 19, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Those are the Padres radio guys.
April 19, 2007 at 1:01 pm
We’re apparently averse to scoring more than one run early in the game.
April 19, 2007 at 1:05 pm
JaKKKKe!
April 19, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Jake is throwing a ton of pitches.
April 19, 2007 at 1:06 pm
4 Ks in 1.2 IP. Could be one of those days eh? I just hope he doesn’t get his pitch count up too high with this behavior.
April 19, 2007 at 1:11 pm
wow, apparently I haven’t been paying enough attention - does every team put on such a shift for Russel Branyan?
April 19, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Every time Branyan makes a non strike out out, I feel disappointed. C’mon, Branyan, ground outs are for Marcus Giles, you’re here to walk, strike out, and hit home runs.
April 19, 2007 at 1:11 pm
The offense needs to take the pressure off of Jake. 34 pitches through 2 isn’t bad, but isn’t great… C’mon guys.
April 19, 2007 at 1:13 pm
A two out hit!
April 19, 2007 at 1:13 pm
34 through two means he would throw 136 to pitch eight. Not so good.
April 19, 2007 at 1:13 pm
wtg NOG! that’s a big run with a clutch 2-out hit (even if it was a bloop).
April 19, 2007 at 1:14 pm
26: LOL
April 19, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Situational hitting? Are we sure that the San Diego Padres are on the field today?
April 19, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Mike Thompson down, Justin Hampson up.
April 19, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Are we really fretting about pitch counts after 2 innings?
April 19, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Come OG - BE ORANGE! (i’m borrowing this line from another blogger)
April 19, 2007 at 1:17 pm
I can’t speak for “we.”
April 19, 2007 at 1:18 pm
But I will say that the Padres are on pace to win 9-0.
April 19, 2007 at 1:19 pm
34: Yep, we’re fretting. After 12 and 14 inning games, absolutely.
April 19, 2007 at 1:20 pm
“We always watch the pitch count with Jake.”
–Jerry Coleman
April 19, 2007 at 1:27 pm
5 k’s for Peavy through 3… not a bad pace…
April 19, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Peavy: 47 pitches through three innings. Pace: 94 through six innings.
His season ERA is now 0.47.
April 19, 2007 at 1:28 pm
8-0, actually.
Me resembling old cranky ex-pitcher/fan/coach: Pitchers’ durability has been weakened, er, wussified by contemporary baseball’s obsession with pitch counts, 5-man rotations and innings limits. Discuss.
Seriously, “everyone” is hurt all the time. I believe Rob Neyer has done some myth-wrecking about the “old-schooler” POV — pitchers threw 40 starts and 300 innings with little repercussion in the past — but I’d have to go searching for it.
April 19, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Sorry, correction on ERA: 0.78
April 19, 2007 at 1:30 pm
42: I agree.
April 19, 2007 at 1:31 pm
42: Bill James has written the same on the subject.
April 19, 2007 at 1:31 pm
“I don’t know if he was trying to catch the ball or dodge it.” - Jerry
April 19, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Go Branyan! Our boys are getting consecutive hits!!!
Let’s break it open hear and not look back.
April 19, 2007 at 1:31 pm
1B plays olee with hopper. 3-0, Padres. Pace: 9-0
April 19, 2007 at 1:32 pm
There you go Russell, treat Livan like the 4.5 ERA innings-eater that he truly is…
April 19, 2007 at 1:32 pm
re 46: That was great.
April 19, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Jake with a 2-run triple!!! Way to help your own cause!!!
April 19, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 19, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Jacob Edward Peavy tripled to left field?
April 19, 2007 at 1:33 pm
I loved it last season when Werndl was griping about “pitchers today” and pointed to Randy Jones as an example of a pitcher from yesteryear who racked up CG after CG. And I thought, “Jeez, Billy, how many years did RJ pitch (and pitch effectively)? Can’t you pick a better example?” Can the man even lift his arm? Apparently, if he can fish, right?
April 19, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Wow. Triple by Peavy, helping his own cause. 6-0. Pace: 18-0.
April 19, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Off the bat, Jerry thought it was gone. Let’s get him in.
Anyone watching this? Should he have gone for the triple?
April 19, 2007 at 1:36 pm
The throw was a little, but it could have been a close play. Peavy slid. He used quite a bit of energy on that triple and coming home on the sac fly, and he could have been involved in some contact at third if the throw was better.
Hey, he’s a ball player.
April 19, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Both Giles brothers are batting .308. Kinda amusing.
April 19, 2007 at 1:37 pm
after the last few games, does anyone else feel that this is kind of a waste?
April 19, 2007 at 1:37 pm
56: hard to say. With only 1 out, maybe. Looked like a bad throw, though I didn’t see a replay. 3rd baseman came down “without the ball” and laid a tag that looked like Peavy would have been out.
April 19, 2007 at 1:37 pm
The left fielder was retreating and dove the ball but missed. The ball bounced off of the wall. And then mlb tv froze and I missed the rest of the play, and subsequent replays have been too jittery for me to tell. I do know his slide into third was pretty ugly.
April 19, 2007 at 1:37 pm
59: No.
April 19, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Stephen -
You lose credibility listening to Werndl - quoting him is inexcusable.
I recommend a self-imposed time out, you determine the duration based upon your level of embarassment.
April 19, 2007 at 1:38 pm
did we just score 5 runs? I’ve been taking vicatin today and there’s a chance that I’m snoozing right now and just dreaming it….
April 19, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Six Ks for Peavy, actually ties his season high.
April 19, 2007 at 1:41 pm
62: right, neither did I, just checking.
April 19, 2007 at 1:41 pm
I have to go the gym now (bummer), but I’m glad to do it with a 7-0 lead.
April 19, 2007 at 1:42 pm
So after Peavy finishes pitching today, can we switch him over to third base to keep his bat in the lineup?
April 19, 2007 at 1:43 pm
He already pinch-hits.
April 19, 2007 at 1:43 pm
68: I hear we need a new CF…
April 19, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Peavy: 66 pitches.
April 19, 2007 at 1:45 pm
63: Quoting him as a means to mock him. Can I scoot by with a warning? I was just telling a colleague that I’ve cut way back on my XX this year. Haven’t even lurked at the Padres msg board since last season. Feeling pretty good about myself.
April 19, 2007 at 1:46 pm
70: Seriously, when is Cameron going to fix his approach at the plate?
April 19, 2007 at 1:49 pm
A-rod with a three-run game winning home run today… unbelievable….
April 19, 2007 at 1:50 pm
74: That guy is clutch. haha!
April 19, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Wow! A base hit with nobody on from Cameron!
Stunning.
April 19, 2007 at 1:51 pm
72: I definitely took it as you mocking him and thus no need for the timeout.
Werndl doesn’t have the brain horsepower to connect RJ’s workload with his 10 year career. The last 6 of those years he averaged below a 100 ERA+; 78 was pretty good, the other years went from average to bad.
April 19, 2007 at 1:51 pm
good for cammy, maybe that will get him going…
April 19, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Now if Khalil can jump on the Cameron bandwagon.
April 19, 2007 at 1:54 pm
79: Don’t lump Khalil in with Cameron. Khalil has been involved in lots of important scoring plays this year.
Also, Khalil doesn’t seem like he’s K-ing as much this year. What are the K comparisons between Khalil & Cameron?
April 19, 2007 at 1:55 pm
WTF? I’m on a conference call for, like, 20 minutes and the boys bust out with six runs. Wow…
April 19, 2007 at 1:56 pm
78: Hopefully it’s the result of fixing what was wrong and not a fluke.
April 19, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Cameron hit the ball on the screws his first time up with the bases loaded. Unfortunately for him, it was hit right at the left fielder. This is not a matter of clutchness, this is a matter of Cameron currently struggling at the plate, and, in the first inning today, getting unlucky.
April 19, 2007 at 1:56 pm
1st scoreless inning by the Padres offense in 16 hours
April 19, 2007 at 1:57 pm
April 19, 2007 at 1:59 pm
80: I’ll lump Khalil’s 262 OBP right in with Cameron. The XBH are nice, but him making outs has contributed to a lot of our struggles, too.
He’s struck out 13 times, Cameron 15.
April 19, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Khalil’s actually hitting at about league average this year. He’s just been doing it with extra base hits.
April 19, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Khalil’s wOBA is about a hundred points higher than Cameron’s. There’s no comparison.
April 19, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Power can make up for some lack of OBP, but not that much.
April 19, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Geez, Jake. We need you to go 7.
April 19, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Geoff -
Do me a favor, can you schedule another conference call for tomorrow night around 7:30
Thx
April 19, 2007 at 2:02 pm
My points, which I posted earlier in a different thread, is that Khalil has scored the game-winning run in 3 games already this year. Although his average isn’t way up there, he’s geting on in situations that matter.
On an unrelated note, why is Jake giving up so many hits now?
April 19, 2007 at 2:02 pm
89: He has a .314 wOBA. MLB average is .319. wOBA is based in linear weights, so it models run scoring accurately.
April 19, 2007 at 2:03 pm
92: I have to imagine the triple and scoring on the sac fly took it out of him.
April 19, 2007 at 2:04 pm
92: Bad luck, and he’s missing his spots a little. But mostly bad luck. The balls aren’t being hit hard, they’re just falling in.
April 19, 2007 at 2:04 pm
C’mon Jake, stop the bleeding. 3 runs this inning is way too much.
Geoff, go back on the phone.
April 19, 2007 at 2:04 pm
crapburgers!
April 19, 2007 at 2:04 pm
#91: I’m trying to schedule another call for right now. Maybe I should just turn off the radio.
April 19, 2007 at 2:05 pm
we really needed jake to go a long way today..our bully doesn’t need anymore work..
April 19, 2007 at 2:05 pm
95: It happens. Also, the ump has been squeezing both starters today if you believe Gameday (which I’m not sure I do).
April 19, 2007 at 2:06 pm
WOOT! Out of the inning!
April 19, 2007 at 2:07 pm
92: He’s also making unproductive outs in situations that matter.
93: I know you love wOBA, but I don’t. A player making outs almost 75% of the time is not productive. Any one XBH can only do so much damage. And the point was never that Greene was as bad as Cameron, just that he needs to start being more productive.
Well, thanks Jake.
April 19, 2007 at 2:10 pm
100: The pitch location data in the basic version of Gameday is (so I hear) entered by a human who judges the location by eye. The enhanced version uses an automated system that is supposedly very accurate. The enhanced system is missing a lot of data from last night’s game and looks to be totally offline today.
April 19, 2007 at 2:14 pm
102: Why do you dislike wOBA? It’s based on actual data.
103: Thanks.
April 19, 2007 at 2:19 pm
WOW - a bit (not completely) surprised to see Jake back out there. …. definitely trying to rest the bully…
April 19, 2007 at 2:19 pm
C’mon Jake.
So much for giving our bullpen a rest. He was looking so sharp today too.
April 19, 2007 at 2:21 pm
I have to imagine Jake is tired from running the bases.
April 19, 2007 at 2:21 pm
Is the D-Backs BABIP really .563? This is insane.
April 19, 2007 at 2:22 pm
time to yank Jake.
April 19, 2007 at 2:23 pm
This is bad news.
April 19, 2007 at 2:23 pm