There are only four games on the schedule today, which has to be one of the lightest schedule days of the entire season. That's good because game six of the Stanley Cup Final is tonight. Got to be watching some hockey tonight. BUT, if you don't like hockey so much, or if maybe you are just not into this final because you don't like the teams or whatever reason you can come up with, there's some ball to be played tonight. Here's the starting pitchers for this evening.
I had originally planned on the advanced stats post from yesterday on Cliff Lee instead of Jhoulys Chacin, but when I found that interesting stat, I had to change course. I spent a lot of time scouring over Cliff Lee's stats yesterday and found them to remarkably average. I mean, average for his standards and for the league in general. He's doing nothing out of ordinary to indicate anything other than the usual success for Lee for the remainder of the season, of course if he can remain healthy. The health factor goes for all players, that goes without question.
Anyway so I have to decide which of these pitching matchups I'm going to declare the Match Up Of The Day ™ ™
I'm going to choose the Giants and Dodgers game form good old Dodgers stadium late tonight. Partly because perhaps after the hockey game ends, I can turn this on and watch. Madison Bumgarner is the future of that pitching staff in San Francisco. Throught equal amount of starts to begin a career, Bumgarner's stats are shockingly similar to the highly regarded lefty in Los Angeles, Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw has been around longer, so his numbers are better, but if you dial it back to what he was doing when he was at the spot that Bumgarner is at, they're very similar. One would tend to believe that Madison Bumgarner will soon be recoginized as the next great lefty pitching in California, if he's not there with all the fans around the league just yet. As a Braves fan, I've watched him pitch twice this season against the Braves, and he was just about unhittable in those starts. I'm not sure what he's looked like in his other starts, but judging by the fact that he's actually lost four games this year would indicate that he's just super good against Atlanta's lineup. If he pitched like he did against the Braves all the time, you might as well rename the trophy after him instead of Cy Young.
His opponent (use a Howard Finkel voice for this), weighing 255 lbs, from Incheon, Korea HYUN-JIN RYUUUUUUUUUU.
But seriously, Ryu has an amazing Haduken, but I've always perfered Ken, probably because I'm a white American male. I watched Ryu pitch last wednesday against the Yankees in a day game and he was okay. Not lights out, but he was effective. 6.0 IP, 5H, 3ER, 2BB, 4K and took the loss. Hiroki Kuroda was just better that day. Also, Ichiro had a good game. It was a super Asian afternoon in the Bronx. Ryu will be seeking his first win since he beat the the Angels Angels back on May 28th. His 2.57 ERA looks good.
Also, along with the pretty good pitching match up, it's always nice to watch the Giants and Dodgers play. There is certainly no love lost here, as these two have been rivals for over 100 years. Also, with the Dodgers already being involved in two bench-clearing brawls this season, that might happen, too. Oh and that hot-head Yasiel Puig just might be a shit-stirrer again. I wouldn't put it past him.
Also tonght, Esmil Rogers, who is so good they named the Blue Jays stadium after him, will try to keep the Blue Jays' 11 game winning streak alive against the Rays in Tampa. Jeremy Hellickson gets the start for the Rays. Hellickson beat the Red Sox last Wednesday, but he gave up seven hits over six innings. I'll take the Jays.
And I suppose I have to mention that Ubaldo Jimenez starts for the Indians against the Orioles and Zach Britton. Here you have two second place teams trying to gain some ground on their idle division leaders. I'm sure this interests someone out there.
So enjoy the hockey tonight. It could be the last of it until the fall. And if you don't, you're a crazy person. Watch baseball tomorrow. That's the beauty of the game. You can watch it tomorrow. It's okay.
I had originally planned on the advanced stats post from yesterday on Cliff Lee instead of Jhoulys Chacin, but when I found that interesting stat, I had to change course. I spent a lot of time scouring over Cliff Lee's stats yesterday and found them to remarkably average. I mean, average for his standards and for the league in general. He's doing nothing out of ordinary to indicate anything other than the usual success for Lee for the remainder of the season, of course if he can remain healthy. The health factor goes for all players, that goes without question.
Anyway so I have to decide which of these pitching matchups I'm going to declare the Match Up Of The Day ™ ™
I'm going to choose the Giants and Dodgers game form good old Dodgers stadium late tonight. Partly because perhaps after the hockey game ends, I can turn this on and watch. Madison Bumgarner is the future of that pitching staff in San Francisco. Throught equal amount of starts to begin a career, Bumgarner's stats are shockingly similar to the highly regarded lefty in Los Angeles, Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw has been around longer, so his numbers are better, but if you dial it back to what he was doing when he was at the spot that Bumgarner is at, they're very similar. One would tend to believe that Madison Bumgarner will soon be recoginized as the next great lefty pitching in California, if he's not there with all the fans around the league just yet. As a Braves fan, I've watched him pitch twice this season against the Braves, and he was just about unhittable in those starts. I'm not sure what he's looked like in his other starts, but judging by the fact that he's actually lost four games this year would indicate that he's just super good against Atlanta's lineup. If he pitched like he did against the Braves all the time, you might as well rename the trophy after him instead of Cy Young.
His opponent (use a Howard Finkel voice for this), weighing 255 lbs, from Incheon, Korea HYUN-JIN RYUUUUUUUUUU.
But seriously, Ryu has an amazing Haduken, but I've always perfered Ken, probably because I'm a white American male. I watched Ryu pitch last wednesday against the Yankees in a day game and he was okay. Not lights out, but he was effective. 6.0 IP, 5H, 3ER, 2BB, 4K and took the loss. Hiroki Kuroda was just better that day. Also, Ichiro had a good game. It was a super Asian afternoon in the Bronx. Ryu will be seeking his first win since he beat the the Angels Angels back on May 28th. His 2.57 ERA looks good.
Also, along with the pretty good pitching match up, it's always nice to watch the Giants and Dodgers play. There is certainly no love lost here, as these two have been rivals for over 100 years. Also, with the Dodgers already being involved in two bench-clearing brawls this season, that might happen, too. Oh and that hot-head Yasiel Puig just might be a shit-stirrer again. I wouldn't put it past him.
Also tonght, Esmil Rogers, who is so good they named the Blue Jays stadium after him, will try to keep the Blue Jays' 11 game winning streak alive against the Rays in Tampa. Jeremy Hellickson gets the start for the Rays. Hellickson beat the Red Sox last Wednesday, but he gave up seven hits over six innings. I'll take the Jays.
And I suppose I have to mention that Ubaldo Jimenez starts for the Indians against the Orioles and Zach Britton. Here you have two second place teams trying to gain some ground on their idle division leaders. I'm sure this interests someone out there.
So enjoy the hockey tonight. It could be the last of it until the fall. And if you don't, you're a crazy person. Watch baseball tomorrow. That's the beauty of the game. You can watch it tomorrow. It's okay.
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