Padilla Not the Only Pitcher Looking For a Rebound
by Eric Stephen on Apr 10, 2010 1:42 PM PDT
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The second game of the Dodgers-Marlins series at Joe Robbie Stadium Pro Player Stadium Dolphins Stadium Dolphin Stadium Land Shark Stadium Sun Life Stadium features a battle of two pitchers looking to rebound from poor opening day performances.
Vicente Padilla lasted just 4 1/3 innings on Monday in Pittsburgh, and had seven runs charged to his ledger. Tonight, however, he faces a Marlin lineup with just two left-handed batters, who have given him trouble throughout his career:
| Vicente Padilla Career Splits | ||||||
| Split | IP | PA | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS | FIP | x-FIP |
| vs LHB | 620.2 | 3057 | .298/.381/.481 | .862 | 5.44 | 5.12 |
| vs RHB | 699.1 | 3132 | .241/.300/.368 | .668 | 3.76 | 3.84 |
| *thanks to Baseball-Reference & FanGraphs | ||||||
Josh Johnson also struggled in his opening day start, allowing four runs in five innings in a loss to the Mets. In his last two starts against the Dodgers, both Florida wins, Johnson has allowed six runs in 12 innings, but also hasn't walked a batter while striking out 10. Johnson, who has rebounded from Tommy John surgery in 2007 to become one of the best pitchers in baseball, signed a four-year, $39 million contract this offseason which bought out his first two years of free agency.
Other Notes
- Catcher Brad Ausmus was placed on the disabled list, retroactive to Thursday, with a pinched nerve in his back. Back on March 20, he received an epidural injection to relieve lower back pain, missing a few spring training games. This is the first time in his 17-year career that Ausmus has been placed on the disabled list. Per the Dodger game notes, the only active major leaguers with 10 or more years service time to never make a trip to the DL are Derek Lowe, Javier Vasquez and Randy Winn.
- A.J. Ellis, who was sixth in baseball with 12 walks in spring training, has been recalled from Triple A Albuquerque to take Ausmus' place on the roster. Ellis flew to Miami today.
- Andre Ethier will likely not play the rest of the weekend, reported Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times.
- Hernandez also reports: "Sidelined reliever Hong-Chih Kuo is tentatively scheduled to throw a bullpen session Sunday. He could be sent on a minor-league rehabilitation shortly after.... Ronald Belisario, who was five weeks late to camp, could pitch to hitters in extended spring training as early as this weekend."
- Rafael Furcal leads the majors with three stolen bases. Tied for second (with 11 others) is none other than noted speedster James Loney.
- Seth from Dinger's Blog took an in-depth look at Hiroki Kuroda's wonderful start last night, especially how he peppered the strike zone.
- From the Marlins' game notes: Hanley Ramirez and Dan Uggla, who have started five straight opening days together (2006-2010), lead all middle infield combos since 2006 with 225 home runs (Uggla 122, Ramirez 103)
- The Palm Beach Post has a thorough photo gallery of yesterday's Marlin home opener here, including Russell Martin getting a haircut 30 minutes before game time.
- Jon SooHoo's Dodger photo gallery from yesterday includes a Pedro Guerrero sighting!
- I am not a fan of the green jerseys worn by the Dodgers on St. Patrick's Day, but I can't help but notice a good cause. Game worn jerseys from March 17 are being auctioned off by the Dodgers, with proceeds going to the Dodger Dream Foundation. The auction runs through April 19 at 11am, and more info can be found at Dodgers.com/DDFauction.
Check out Xeifrank's simulation of today's game here.
Game Time: 4:10pm
TV: KCAL
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will anderson or redd johnson start in the place of ethier?
reed sucks vs RHB but i dont want GA playing RF…
so should joe go defensive… or offensive..
Brilliant block of the plate by Shoppach
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Minor Leagues today
Today's lineup per Dylan
Dodgers lineup: Furcal 6, Anderson 9, Kemp 8, Manny 7, Loney 3, Blake 5, DeWitt 4, Martin 2, Padilla 1.
LOL at joe torre
put all the High OBP guys(martin and dewitt) in the end of the order…
but put the 2 worst(furcal and anderson) in the front…
Since beginning of 2005 season, Garret Anderson’s OBP is .319, and his season high during that time is .336. Ouch.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 10, 2010 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
switch anderson and dewitt
and weve got something
by SeanMillerSavior on Apr 10, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Anybody know the Yahoo! Fantasy position rules?
When is DeWonder going to be position-elligible at 2B? They still list him as a 3B and I’m dying with him wilting on my bench because I value Beltre and Loney more at the 3B and Util positions, respectively. Brenden Ryan…on the other hand…
If you go under Players → Position Eligibility, it will tell you how many games left to become eligible. My yahoo league is 10 games played or 5 games started, mean DeWitt is 2 games started from getting eligibility.
by CarolinaDodger on Apr 10, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
CC throwing a No No
against a loaded TB team on Fox game of the week. Teixeira just made a outstanding catch of a Barlett line drive for the last out of the 6th.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I knew he had a no-no
and I am even watching the game, but for some reason it didn’t really register with me until that Tex play. All of a sudden, whoa…we have a story here!
by Eric Stephen on Apr 10, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Same here
I have the game on but didn’t get the gist until the bad call by the umpire and the subsequent great play by Teixeira.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
That should say 2008
He did not start for three games a few times:
4 games: July 31 – August 3, 2008 (hello, Manny)
3 games: Sep 13-15, 2008
3 games: Jun 13-15, 2007
3 games: Jul 1-3, 2007
by Eric Stephen on Apr 10, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Those three games missed were due to his wife giving birth to the couple’s first child.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 10, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, what a play by AROD
This game is getting very interesting
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
st patrick's jerseys
I wonder how they came up with the opening bids for the jerseys. Clayton Kershaw’s and Billinsley’s started at $300 while Reed Johnson’s, Garrett Anderson’s, and Chin-Lung Hu’s started at $400.
Different kind
but I didn’t think he could throw out Upton after going full out down the line.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
However Wise play
was simply unbelievable given the context.
The Buehle play this week might be the best play I’ve seen from a pitcher.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
who is listening to the audio of the loons???
did you hear the AAAAHHHH AHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH AAAAAAHHS???
WebsterS IN!!!!!
Carl Allen Webster… goes by WEBBY! 6’3 185… all acoording to announcer…
first hitter gets a hit to CF…
Too bad Loney isn't hitting 2nd tonight
His batting order spots this season:
Mon: 6th
Wed: 5th
Thu: 4th
Fri: 3rd
Sat: 5th
He had a nice progression going, and I was looking forward to him leading off tomorrow.
announcer
scouting report for webster 90 to 95 mph fastball… hard curve and developing changeup
Sounds like Webby
is going to follow the Withrow and Miller route by struggling in the 1st. We can only hope he settles down like they did.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
If it was Tampa Bay
that had the no-hitter, I would have been pissed at that defensive play by Gabe Kapler. Horrible route.
ground ball single up the middle
off the glove of 2nd basemen
They sound terrible
Ynoa allows single up the middle
Ruggiano blows the tag
Catcher doesn’t block the wild pitch
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
well we have no clue if those were makeable plays..
ynas play the announcer said the ball went right past webster so it was dead up the middle…
you dont know how close the guy was to ruggiano for him to tag him…
and the announcer said the ball skipped up really high and the catcher used correct technique
True but you asked why and that is why
for each play you mentioned
the ball could have been fielded, the tag could have been made, that pitch could have been blocked. Or it could be your way.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
yeah
but im disputing the statement that silverwidow says the loons d is horrible…
but u can act like im disputing nothing..
You may be right
but they did sound really sloppy to me or I’m just trying to find excuses for Webster.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Just evaluate him using FIP and it doesn’t matter whose fault it is :)
by Michael White on Apr 10, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
With A.J. Ellis
with the big club, Albuquerque has added a third catcher, Keyter Collado, to it’s roster. Collado was in extended spring training.
CC
just got the 1st out in 8th with deflection of his glove to Cano who got the runner
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
From the ABQ game notes
In the first two games, McDonald and Elbert have pitched 11 innings and combined to strand 14 baserunners, including nine in scoring position
I was waiting till the 9th to turn it on….
by Michael White on Apr 10, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
except without the 185 Ks
hopefully 100 or less
Prediction for tomorrow
Carroll SS
Johnson LF
Kemp CF
Loney 1B
Belliard 3B
Anderson RF
DeWitt 2B
Ellis C
Haeger P
Manny is sitting tomorrow, per Torre (thanks to Jon at Dodger Thoughts)
by Eric Stephen on Apr 10, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Sweet!
I finally get off work early enough to get home and watch a game live.
Viva Los Doyers!
by Skunkburner on Apr 10, 2010 3:03 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
This will be my first complete game of the year as well. I’m excited.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 10, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t wait to shake hands with the catcher at the end of the game.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 10, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
1st batter of the 2nd inning...
webster gets a easy groundout
2nd out of inning
little dribbler down 1st base line for an out
Can't expect an outfield of
Songo, Galvzanos, Smith as being very good defensively
Compared to last years of Russell, Buss, Silverio
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Lot of curve balls according to the announcer
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Jon beat me to it
over on Dodger Thoughts….
Ellis caught 9 of Haeger’s 22 starts in ABQ last year (and appeared in 2 more of his games)
Gotta love the Fangraphs game logs.
1st Hit by Erickson... He can be a sleeper this year...
"I love the Tour de Pise", "I love La Joconde", "I love French Culture", "I love Gastronomie Francaise", "Hey, Obama I wanna to kick your ass", "OMG, they are a lot of Viets, everybody get down", "I do my Yoga" and "I love la France"... and she spits... By Louise Bourgoin (my avatar) in Sarah Palin :D
webby
good sign he has 4 groundouts to 1 flyout
Another K on a GREATCURVEBALL...
"I love the Tour de Pise", "I love La Joconde", "I love French Culture", "I love Gastronomie Francaise", "Hey, Obama I wanna to kick your ass", "OMG, they are a lot of Viets, everybody get down", "I do my Yoga" and "I love la France"... and she spits... By Louise Bourgoin (my avatar) in Sarah Palin :D
my audio is messed upp
is anyone else messed up too?
NO
"I love the Tour de Pise", "I love La Joconde", "I love French Culture", "I love Gastronomie Francaise", "Hey, Obama I wanna to kick your ass", "OMG, they are a lot of Viets, everybody get down", "I do my Yoga" and "I love la France"... and she spits... By Louise Bourgoin (my avatar) in Sarah Palin :D
Francisco is killing me
2nd straight huge fail
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Opposite Field HR for Sands...
It’s power time…
"I love the Tour de Pise", "I love La Joconde", "I love French Culture", "I love Gastronomie Francaise", "Hey, Obama I wanna to kick your ass", "OMG, they are a lot of Viets, everybody get down", "I do my Yoga" and "I love la France"... and she spits... By Louise Bourgoin (my avatar) in Sarah Palin :D
Just estimating here
I don’t know what A.J. Ellis’ 2010 salary is, but I have assumed $400,000 (he might be something like $400,750, which was J-Mac’s salary last season for instance). Major league salary is calculated over 183 days, so if he’s here for 15 days he will make…
$400,000 / 183 × 15 = $32,787
Last year, he made $118,032 in the majors, so his full season salary including the minors was likely somewhere around $200k. Thanks to the 60% rule, that would mean his minor league salary this year can’t be less than ~$120,000.
For purposes of this exercise, I have assumed $125,000 as the minor league portion of Ellis’ salary this year. Minor league seasons are shorter, and are spread over 153 days, so over 15 days in the minors he wold make…
$125,000 / 153 × 15 = $12,255
Meaning Ellis will make an additional $20k for his 15 days in the bigs, or roughly an extra $1,369 per day. Not too shabby.
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