ERV Boxscore for May 9, at Arizona
This team can "answer"! From Guillen's homer in game 2 of the season to Saturday's touchdown after the Grand Slam to last night's Carroll to Johnson give and go, don't go messin' with this team's lead.
But the casualty lists keep getting longer -- word is that Guzman may be out for a week. Three weeks ago you could say "blessing in disguise", but I doubt Carroll can play 2B and SS at the same time. It feels like we are flying in a plane really fast and parts keep flying off, and the crew is busy in the back with some duck tape and string.
Note: Take a look at Ryan Church's line. ERVPA is a sum of the runs the average team scores in the situations in which Church came to the plate. In Church's three appearances, the average team scores 0.28 runs, 0.11 runs, and 0.11 runs. What did he produce from these meager morsels? 1.49 runs! His Return on Investment is over 300%! I'm pretty sure this is the highest of the year. By comparison, the highest for the year for the team is betwen 15 and 18 %. Ryan Church needs to play more!
ERV Win: Johnson
ERV Loss: Clayton
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posted by DM @ 6:37 AM
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I wouldn't necessarily worry so much about Livan's workload. He has continually been among the league leaders in IP and pitches. He may be one of those throwback guys who can throw and throw an throw.
Since 2000 (IP/# pitches)
2000 240/3808
2001 226.2/3705
2002 216/3476
2003 233.1/3584
2004 255/3925
I used to worry about Livan. Then, I started watching him pitch.
Yeah, he cranks a ton of pitchers up there, but he does the ol' Christy Mathewson (et al) trick of not pitching very hard on every pitch.
He doesn't seem to be going balls to the wall on every pitch, until he gets in a jam.
It seems like he's happy to let luck be on his side, until he has to make something and work hard.
So his 130 pitches might just be the equal of 110 for an ordinary pitcher?
Just a thought...
I agree with Chris. Livan is old enough to know how to throw 130 pitches in a game. I would worry if he were a rookie pitcher.
That said, I was suprised Frank left him so long last night. I thought it was clear he had lost it. What is clear that Livan is one of the guy's Frank trusts.
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