Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
May 02, 2004
Games of the Day

It's a rainy day on the east coast, but if they can get it in, Arizona at Philadelphia offers a nice pitching matchup. The young Brandon Webb of the DBacks faces off-season acquistion Eric Milton of the Phillies. Webb's stikeouts and HR allowed are great, but his walks are very high (18 in 30 IP). Look for Abreu, Thome and Burrell to take advantage of this. Milton's overall record is probably a bit better than it should be. He's been extremely tough with men in scoring position so far this year. Opponents are just 1 for 15 against him in that situation with 1 RBI.

If you are looking for a west coast matchup, the Mets at Padres offers Tom Glavine vs. Ismael Valdez, both three game winners with excellent ERAs. Valdez is very dependent on his defense, as he's only struck out four in 22 1/3 innings. The Padres have a .775 DER behind him, an extremely good number. Glavine is similar, having struck out only 11 in 33 innings, and it turns out the Mets defense behind him has been even better, posting a .782 DER. This might be a good game to watch to see if it's the pitchers or the defense who are contributing more to the low ERA.

Enjoy!


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