OBG08 Projections for Padres Pitchers
Sun, Feb 17, 2008
by Geoff Young
Yesterday we ran the hitters, today it’s time for the moundsmen:
| Player | No. | IP | ERA | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key: No., number of people who submitted guesses; IP, innings pitched, ERA, duh; range, lower and upper guesses for ERA. | ||||
| Left-Handers | ||||
| Hampson, Justin | 11 | 48 | 4.21 | 3.50 - 5.05 |
| Thatcher, Joe | 11 | 58 | 2.86 | 1.96 - 3.42 |
| Wolf, Randy | 15 | 124 | 4.18 | 3.71 - 4.91 |
| Right-Handers | ||||
| Bell, Heath | 12 | 81 | 2.76 | 2.25 - 3.53 |
| Cameron, Kevin | 11 | 53 | 3.78 | 3.10 - 4.85 |
| Germano, Justin | 14 | 81 | 4.62 | 3.74 - 5.50 |
| Hensley, Clay | 13 | 80 | 4.43 | 3.80 - 5.20 |
| Hoffman, Trevor | 15 | 51 | 3.21 | 2.60 - 5.00 |
| Maddux, Greg | 17 | 191 | 4.09 | 3.80 - 4.29 |
| Meredith, Cla | 14 | 72 | 2.97 | 2.40 - 3.41 |
| Peavy, Jake | 21 | 212 | 2.81 | 2.12 - 3.20 |
| Prior, Mark | 14 | 68 | 4.16 | 3.21 - 5.15 |
| Young, Chris | 17 | 179 | 3.23 | 2.40 - 4.15 |
- I don’t know if people got tired of the project toward the end or just had less confidence in projecting pitchers (especially relievers), but there was less participation here. I’m not being critical, just making an observation. Pitchers do seem to be more difficult to project, and with relievers there is so much yearly fluctuation due to small sample sizes.
- We may be underselling Hampson and overselling Thatcher. If the Padres get 100 or so innings of 3.50ish ERA from them combined, as we seem to think, I’ll be happy.
- The 5.00 ERA for Hoffman is an extreme outlier. The next highest guess puts him at 3.69. Still, at his age an implosion is not out of the question. Here’s hoping that guess is wrong.
- I love the amount of confidence we have in the Maddux projection. That is a remarkably small range.
- I could live with Peavy’s worst-case scenario.
- Prior might be the hardest guy in baseball to project.
- We like Young’s chances of returning to last year’s pre-injury form, but once again don’t expect him to make it through the season healthy.
We’ll see what happens…
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February 17, 2008 at 9:10 am
I think that was me with the 5.00 ERA for Hoffy. Maybe his new windup will help him this year:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/.....adres.html
Thanks GY for the compilations.
February 17, 2008 at 10:05 am
#1: No prob.
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February 17, 2008 at 12:04 pm
i know for sure i only rated the most guaranteed bullpen guys. i didnt even bother the back end of the pen because of how many kids are trying to get to those spots.
loved the part comparing the silva contract and the peavy contract. what a laugher.
will read more later but i really like how the sample starts!
February 17, 2008 at 1:42 pm
GY - I sent you this link via email, but I thought I’d drop by and drop it off here as well. It’s a break down of Priors pitching mechanics from a slightly different perspective.
http://tinyurl.com/22tvvs
February 17, 2008 at 8:17 pm
re: prior … i guess “pain free” is better than some alternatives …
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/ne.....;type=lgns
February 17, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Hoffy “might reintroduce a windup”?
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/ne.....;type=lgns
ps. I like how this writter describes the end of the 2007 season: “a 13th inning against the Colorado Rockies that never ended, Matt Holliday in the general vicinity of home plate”
February 17, 2008 at 8:57 pm
This Yahoo Padres Team Report says …
RHP Clay Hensley (right labrum surgery in September 2007) is questionable for the start of the 2008 season.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/ne.....eam_report
It says a lot of other things that match my understanding of the status of the team …
February 18, 2008 at 4:03 pm
http://coreybrock.mlblogs.com/.....adres.html KG saying what we know(SD is the greatest) while others are trying to convince us he wants to play elsewhere.