We’re looking back at our pre-season community projections. On Wednesday we covered the hitters; today we turn to the pitchers.
Left-Handers
Justin Hampson, 2008
IP
ERA
Projected
48
4.21
Actual
30.2
2.93
Our most optimistic projection had Hampson at a 3.50 ERA.
Joe Thatcher, 2008
IP
ERA
Projected
58
2.86
Actual
25.2
8.42
We missed this about as badly as we could. So did other people: CHONE had Thatcher’s ERA at 3.67, Marcels had it at [...]
Padres vs Marlins
12:35 p.m. PT
DIRECTV 726 (Fish feed)
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 186
MLB, B-R
Fun game Tuesday night. Nice to see Scott Hairston finally get on track — two doubles, a homer, and an out to the wall in left-center works for me.
Chip Ambres, Brian Myrow, and Joe Thatcher all were recalled to the big club [...]
Padres (32-48) vs M’s (28-50)
Randy Wolf vs Jarrod Washburn
7:05 p.m. PT
Channel 4SD
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 183
MLB, B-R
Resistible force, meet movable object. Seems to me something has to cease yielding…
Padres (32-44) vs Tigers (35-39)
Randy Wolf vs Justin Verlander
1:05 p.m. PT
Channel 4SD
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 189
MLB, B-R
Padres (31-40) @ Yankees (37-33)
Randy Wolf vs Andy Pettitte
4:05 p.m. PT
Channel 4SD
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 176
MLB, B-R
I wonder if Johnny Damon has figured out who plays for San Diego. He’s had enough time…
Meanwhile, this is ugly:
Struggling Middle Infielders
PA
BA
OBP
SLG
OPS+
Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference and are through games of June 16, 2008.
Robinson Cano
275
.225
.269
.322
60
Khalil Greene
287
.226
.272
.333
65
Padres (28-38) vs Dodgers (31-33)
Randy Wolf vs Chad Billingsley
7:05 p.m. PT
Channel 4SD
AM 1090, FM 105.7
MLB, B-R
Billingsley has faced the Padres 11 times in his career and worked 44 innings, more than against any other team. He’s posted a 2.05 ERA and fanned 53 batters. As a team the Pads are hitting .224/.290/.279 against the 23-year-old [...]
Padres (25-37) vs Mets (30-29)
Randy Wolf vs Johan Santana
7:05 p.m. PT
Channel 4SD
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 188
MLB, B-R
The last time Johan Santana faced the Padres, he served up a homer to Dave Roberts (the last time Roberts took a southpaw yard) and lost to Darrell May in what appears to be the final victory of [...]
Padres (23-34) @ Giants (23-33)
Randy Wolf vs Tim Lincecum
1:05 p.m. PT
Channel 4SD
AM 1090, FM 105.7, XM 184
MLB, B-R
Padres look to sweep in San Francisco on Sunday. It’d be nice if someone other than Lincecum were standing in their way.
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