IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (28 Aug 07)
Tue, Aug 28, 2007
by Geoff Young
| time: | 7:05 p.m. PT |
| tv: | 4SD |
| sp: | Justin Germano (6-7, 4.24) vs Brandon Webb (14-8, 2.63) |
| pre: | Padres.com, B-R.com |
It is March and black dust falls out of the books
Soon I will be gone
– W.S. Merwin
Actually, it is August and if the Padres can get any production out of the back end of their rotation, soon they will be headed to the playoffs. Justin Germano gets the call Tuesday night, and he’s scuffling a bit: 0-4, 5.54 ERA over his past seven starts. Germano also has an ERA two full runs higher at home than on the road, which is weird because the batting lines against him are nearly identical.
Brandon Webb, meanwhile, surrendered two runs his last time out against the Brewers. Those were the first runs he’d given up in over a month.
Here’s hoping for a miracle. Go Padres!
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August 28, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Padres are below .500 (45-46) in games that B(l)um has played in …
http://www.baseballmusings.com.....layerID=29
I don’t hate B(l)um … this is just a fact.
And that list makes it clear why Mike Thompson’s 2007 is much less appealing than his 2006 was …
August 28, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Webb is a good pitcher … and lately he’s been *HOT* … but I remember this game where he got beat by the Padres …
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=261001129
Do *that* again!
August 28, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Was that a smile from KG when Jenga flipped him the ball?
August 28, 2007 at 7:15 pm
#3: Yes, I do believe it was.
That also seemed like a tough error to hang on Bard. Conor Jackson is such a good hitter…
August 28, 2007 at 7:20 pm
I feel like that’s the first time that I’ve seen KG smile…. I wonder if his head he was saying “that Milton, he’s such a riot”…..
August 28, 2007 at 7:21 pm
drat, that should have read “in his head”…
August 28, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Blum is hitting .324/.387/.441 in 111 at-bats as a second baseman.
He is terrible as a pinch-hitter, third baseman and shortstop.
Or maybe that just means he has been good lately.
He is hitting .299/.371/.409 in 124 at-bats since the All-Star break.
August 28, 2007 at 7:31 pm
#7: Blum’s home/road splits still blow me away. How can a guy have an OPS more than 300 points higher at Petco?
August 28, 2007 at 7:32 pm
Bud Black and plate ump chirping early…
August 28, 2007 at 7:32 pm
Great, we have an asshole umpire tonight. This is not going to bode well.
August 28, 2007 at 7:32 pm
Geoff - Your stats for Germano will only ever be in your dreams…
August 28, 2007 at 7:33 pm
Shove that in the ump’s face!
August 28, 2007 at 7:34 pm
Attaboy, Khalil! Byrnes almost made another ridiculous catch there.
August 28, 2007 at 7:35 pm
#11: LOL, I keep doing that. Can’t we just give him those numbers already?
August 28, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Grant is talking about the length of Byrne’s glove. Doesn’t matter. The ball has to transfer from the glove to the other hand to be considered a catch.
August 28, 2007 at 7:36 pm
re: 8
Not sure, other than small sample size. Dmitri Young hits about 100 points high at RFK Stadium. Maybe hitters with less power have more room for their dinky hits in Petco or RFK.
August 28, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Geoff, were you at the game last night?
August 28, 2007 at 7:40 pm
#1 Since starting at 36-23 the Padres have been playing sub .500 ball (35-36) - Why the fall ? Blum is at second ?
August 28, 2007 at 7:41 pm
18:
Hard to make that case, since he has played better than Marcus Giles, other than Giles’ first month.
August 28, 2007 at 7:41 pm
#17: Yessir, and I’ve got the pix to prove it:
http://ducksnorts.com/blog/200.....ecord.html
On another note, CY will make his start Thursday.
August 28, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Germano’s pitches have good movement tonight. Heres hoping we continue to hit Webb and Germano avoids a “big” inning.
August 28, 2007 at 7:45 pm
#20: Just wondering what the crowd reaction was when Milty hit the HR to right off of the fencing. Looked like MB really wasn’t sure.
August 28, 2007 at 7:45 pm
#18: Most of the trouble came in July, when the Padres went 10-16 thanks in large part to a staff ERA of 4.80 that month.
August 28, 2007 at 7:47 pm
23: Exactly. Trying to blame Blum for that rough patch is worse than blaming Barrett.
August 28, 2007 at 7:48 pm
#22: I still haven’t seen any evidence one way or the other whether that ball left yard. We all thought the scoreboard operator made a mistake in sounding the horn and were surprised at the home run call, but I never saw where the ball landed.
August 28, 2007 at 7:49 pm
#24: Wait, I thought we’d determined that everything is Barrett’s fault…
August 28, 2007 at 7:49 pm
That was not a strike!!!!!!!!!
August 28, 2007 at 7:52 pm
Milton is gonna flip soon.
August 28, 2007 at 7:52 pm
Jenga strikes out, but gets style points for snapping the bat over his knee.
August 28, 2007 at 7:53 pm
25: It definitely was a home run, they replayed it probably 10 times on CH 4 and on Baseball tonight.
26: Oh ya, I forgot, well hopefully he just stays on the “DL” then haha
August 28, 2007 at 7:54 pm
This is probably one of Germano’s best starts. However, I don’t think he’ll get past the 5th inning.
OT: MB snapping his bat over his thigh is call for Wally to reprimand him for unessesarily exposing him to injury. I know he’s pissed, but we are to close to the play-offs.
August 28, 2007 at 7:54 pm
The umpire is killing our offense. Webb didn’t throw one strike to Giles and struck him out looking.
August 28, 2007 at 7:55 pm
Leaning into a pitch isn’t supposed to get you a free base.
August 28, 2007 at 7:55 pm
I think Black is gonna get tossed tonight.
August 28, 2007 at 7:55 pm
That’s terrible. The batter really needs to make some effort to avoid the pitch.
August 28, 2007 at 7:57 pm
#35: Agreed. That is so minor league.
August 28, 2007 at 7:57 pm
#30: I don’t doubt it; I just haven’t had a chance to watch the game on TiVo yet.
August 28, 2007 at 7:58 pm
31: What is he going to do? Milton is intense I dont think Wally slapping his wrist is going to change it.
August 28, 2007 at 7:58 pm
That ball was hit to slow to KG to get the DP.
August 28, 2007 at 8:00 pm
37: Gotcha… what was amazing is that the umpires got the call right so quick. I couldnt tell is it was gone or not till they showed it in slo-mo
August 28, 2007 at 8:01 pm
#38: But as a coach, he should have a heart to heart with him. We don’t need him on the DL again.
August 28, 2007 at 8:01 pm
And that horrible decision on the HBP comes back to bite us.
August 28, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Man, Justin Upton is fast.
On another note, why do the 4SD guys keep pimping Arizona’s Chris Young for ROY? He’s going to be real good, but the guy has a sub-.300 OBP.
August 28, 2007 at 8:04 pm
43: Young has been a below average hitter this year and that’s before taking into consideration that he plays in a severe hitters’ park.
August 28, 2007 at 8:05 pm
43: Who else is there besides Ryan Braun?
August 28, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Again, I’m going to defer to post #31 concerning Germano.
August 28, 2007 at 8:07 pm
#45: Troy Tulowitzki, although he should get dinged a little for his sub-700 OPS on the road.
August 28, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Let’s see if Webb continues to get pitches outside, inside and low out of the zone called strikes. Too bad Germano isn’t getting that same zone.
August 28, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Germano looks pretty good. That HBP was terrible, but he is keeping us in the game thats all he needs to as the 5th starter
August 28, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Not to praise the opposition but the Snakes new uniforms are an upgrade to those old purple pinstripes. I wish the Padres could wear their old uni’s more.
August 28, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Randy Johnson is the all-time leader in wins for the Diamondbacks with 107. You mean, their top winner has more wins than ours (Eric Show, 100)? Ugh.
August 28, 2007 at 8:09 pm
The umpire actually seems to be coming around in this AB.
August 28, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Chris Young gets some notice for ROY for his 28 HR and 21 SB and for the fact that he’s been up the whole season and plays CF. He doesn’t really have a shot but he could finish in the top 3. The funny thing is that due to Braun’s awful defense and the fact that he hasn’t been up the whole season, the best (taking offense and defense together) has been Troy Tulowitzki, mainly because he’s the best fielding SS in the NL (by both BP and UZR).
August 28, 2007 at 8:10 pm
49: Too bad he’s the fourth starter, huh?
August 28, 2007 at 8:10 pm
For the announcers to act like their is a Rookie of the Year race is silly. Braun should be unanimous.
41: No, he shouldn’t. Players are what they are. He is intense. If he turns that off, maybe he wouldn’t be slugging .600. And why would Joyner say something? It’s not about his batting stance.
August 28, 2007 at 8:11 pm
47: Those are the 3 front runners I am guessing. You have to take defense into consideration as well. Chris Young has been good as far as I know, Ryan Braun has been horrible, not sure about Tulo. I heard some stat on Chris young the other day that like 18 of his HR’s have tied the game or given them the lead.
August 28, 2007 at 8:13 pm
Defense has to be accounted for, but it’s not nearly as important. Braun’s offense makes him an MVP candidate, forget about ROY.
August 28, 2007 at 8:14 pm
#56: Tulo has been excellent at short by most accounts. My favorite stat on Young is his line with men on base: .192/.254/.338.
August 28, 2007 at 8:15 pm
Another name to throw out there as a possible CF for next year (assuming we don’t resign Cameron) is Rocco Baldelli. He’s only 25 and it looks like BJ Upton is their CF of the future. How about that for a family? Two starting CF in the majors in 2007, one who just turned 23 and the other just turned 20. Too bad Justin didn’t graduate from high school in 2004 — although the Padres probably wouldn’t have signed him anyway!
August 28, 2007 at 8:15 pm
54: Ya true… with CY coming back is Hensley going to get back in the rotation? He seems to be our best option by far, then germano would be the “5th” starter i guess
August 28, 2007 at 8:15 pm
#50: Red is a lot more intimidating than purple and green. Maybe there is some psych to that. Notice that we all like the Charger powder blues, but they seem to loose more often wearing them. Things that make you go Hmmm…?
August 28, 2007 at 8:16 pm
#50: I’d like to see the W-L stats of when the Padres where the camoflage.
August 28, 2007 at 8:16 pm
wear
August 28, 2007 at 8:19 pm
We’re so terrible at holding runners that we should stop calling pitchouts. It’s a waste of a pitch and it looks bad.
August 28, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Pitchout is a free ball. That’s it.
August 28, 2007 at 8:26 pm
#65: Well, some teams can catch baserunners stealing on a pitchout, but we’re not one of them.
Nice damage control that inning…
August 28, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Nice play by Kouz
August 28, 2007 at 8:30 pm
61 & 62: If the camoflage helps them win I’m all for it - although those things are pretty gnarly. I like the honoring of the miltary though. You’re right about the snake’s red uni’s being more intimidating.
August 28, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Yeah, that inning could’ve been a lot worse. Nice walk Germano!! Naked BP couldn’t come thru.
August 28, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Another good play by Kouz…
August 28, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Another nice play by Kouz. I’ve seen some criticism of his defense, but I’m not sure if it’s warranted.
August 28, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Branyan was designated yesterday for assignment by the Phils. I am not sure why his OPS was 1.111.
August 28, 2007 at 8:39 pm
According to Gameday, Germano got squeezed on at least one pitch to both Webb and Young. C’mon Blue!!
August 28, 2007 at 8:40 pm
niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice
August 28, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Cammy goes long ball to left!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 28, 2007 at 8:41 pm
Dong dong dong
I almost posted please, but didn’t want to jinx it.
August 28, 2007 at 8:41 pm
NICE CAM!
August 28, 2007 at 8:42 pm
#71: I would love to see a monthly breakdown of his defensive numbers. Kouz seems like a streaky defender.
Nice HR by Cammy.
August 28, 2007 at 8:42 pm
Cameron got hot last year at this time !!! If we make the same run this year as we did last year, we win 94 games.
This are getting awfully exciting around here !!
August 28, 2007 at 8:42 pm
I think Joyner is helping our hitters. Maybe I’m just saying that cuz Wally World is my favorite player of all time.
August 28, 2007 at 8:44 pm
40 more runs scored in August by the Padres than in July
August 28, 2007 at 8:45 pm
So they can get 3 runs of reigning Cy Young winner and the hottest pitcher in baseball since the AS Break (9 runs in 8 GS before tonight and an ERA over a run below Peavy’s 1.04 to 2.15) but they can get shutout by Chad Durbin, get shut down by Kyle Kendrick in Philly? What the hell? Talk about playing to the level of your competition….
August 28, 2007 at 8:48 pm
82: Only explaination to me is that we have seen Webb more than most teams, we had never seen Durbin or Kendrick before. We always seem to play to the level of the starter. We hit well against good starters bad against bad ones.
August 28, 2007 at 8:48 pm
Great approaches this inning. Let’s get more.
August 28, 2007 at 8:48 pm
Nice KG!
August 28, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Not exactly a Webb Gem there.
August 28, 2007 at 8:49 pm
78 - Geoff, that’s a good idea. I would chase it down if I knew where to find the data…I’ll look into this.
Wow, Webb screwed that play up something fierce. The DBacks might need some Pitchers Fielding Practice, tomorrow afternoon.
August 28, 2007 at 8:50 pm
Do you bunt Kouz?
August 28, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Melvin is gone.
August 28, 2007 at 8:52 pm
MLB.tv lag can be a bummer sometimes haha
August 28, 2007 at 8:52 pm
I knew somebody was gonna get tossed tonight. Just thought it would be Buddy to go first.
August 28, 2007 at 8:52 pm
I cant believe how low attendance is this series so far.
August 28, 2007 at 8:53 pm
That was a quick trigger. Melvin musta called him a [insert preferred Deadwood profanity here]…
August 28, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Unfortunately they don’t have fielding stats on espn.com by month but Kouz is last in fielding %, next to last in range factor and 2nd to last in Zone Rating (Atkins is last in both, Cabrera is next to last in ZR). The Padres are 3rd in the NL in Ground Out to Fly Out Percentage so that’s not throwing off his stats. So it certainly appears that Kouz isn’t a good defensive player.
August 28, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Shakespeare!
August 28, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Good things happen when you string together a bunch of hits. Glenn Hoffman should have sent Khalil there.
August 28, 2007 at 8:54 pm
OT … anybody else notice what Linebrink tonight …
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=270828116
… BS #7 … fyi.
August 28, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Bardo just keeps hitting w/RISP
August 28, 2007 at 8:55 pm
No fielding splits by month on MLB.com either. Those sinkers that Webb is throwing that are up and in are nasty…..
August 28, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Hey now…
August 28, 2007 at 8:56 pm
After that knock, Bard is now hitting .330/.505/.622 with RISP this year. Wow.
August 28, 2007 at 8:56 pm
96: It looked like he was sending him, i think him and KG got mixed up
August 28, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Are the fans goin’ nuts? I think I would be … what a rally!
August 28, 2007 at 8:57 pm
101: Actually Geoff he is hitting somewhere over .400
August 28, 2007 at 8:58 pm
#97: Sorry to see Liney struggle, but it’s pretty clear that we moved him at the right time.
August 28, 2007 at 8:59 pm
#104: My bad, it should read .410/.505/.622.