5/10@ Twinkies

[TheKilo]

Maybe Tito will read the writing on the wall and give Hansen the closer's job that's rightfully his.

 

Dice-K vs. Some Dude.

[Jayhawk Bill]

Maybe Tito will read the writing on the wall and give Hansen the closer's job that's rightfully his.

 

Dice-K vs. Some Dude.

 

 

Wow. Starting Game Threads on TalkSox is easier than I'd thought.

[riverside sluggers]

This is Glen Perkin's 1st career start in the majors, after making 23 relief appearances for the Twins from 06 - 07

 

Daisuke Matsuzaka (1 game vs Minnesota, 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA---First career appearance at Metrodome)

Carlos Gomez ---

Matthew Tolbert ---

Joe Mauer ---

Justin Morneau, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) HR, RBI, K

Michael Cuddyer, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) Double, K

Jason Kubel, 2 for 3 (.667 avg) Walk, K

Delmon Young, 3 for 11 (.273 avg) RBI, 4 Ks, SB

Mike Lamb ---

Adam Everett ---

///

Brendan Harris, 3 for 9 (.333 avg) Triple, RBI, 2 Walks

Craig Monroe, 2 for 7 (.286 avg) Walk, K

Nick Punto, 0 for 3, K

 

Glen Perkins (4 games vs Boston, 0.00 ERA---Career at Metrodome in 11 games, 3.20 ERA)

Jacoby Ellsbury, 0 for 1

Dustin Pedroia, 0 for 2

David Ortiz, 1 for 2 (.500 avg)

Manny Ramirez ---

Mike Lowell, Walk

Kevin Youkilis ---

Jason Varitek, 0 for 2

Coco Crisp ---

Jed Lowrie ---

///

J.D. Drew, 0 for 1

Julio Lugo, 0 for 1

[Jayhawk Bill]

Who is Glen Perkins?

 

Glen Perkins, lhp

DOB: 3/2/83

Height/Weight: 6-0/200

Bats/Throws: L/L

Drafted: 1st round, 2004, University of Minnesota

What he did in 2006: 3.91 ERA at AA (117.1-109-45-131), 2.08 ERA at AAA (4.1-6-5-3), 1.59 ERA at MLB (5.2-3-0-6)

The Good: Local product has established himself as a an excellent power lefthander, sitting at 90-94 mph and striking out more than 10 batters per nine innings, as hard curveball gives him a second out pitch. Big-bodied and durable.

The Bad: Perkins' size can work against him at times, as he doesn't get a lot of movement on his fastball and it lacks much of a downward plane. He still struggles at times to throw strikes, particularly with his breaking ball. He's an extreme flyball pitcher.

 

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=5825

 

That "hard curveball" is only about a 78 mph curve...looking at limited Pitch f/x data, I think that his slider might be more of an out pitch. Regarding "durable," this is his first MLB start, it's coming at age 25, he's averaged under 5 IP/start in MiLB, and he had to be shut down due to a "sore shoulder" in 2007. His one PECOTA comparable who was an above-average MLB player is Tug McGraw, who found his niche as a closer after serving as a spot starter through his early twenties. Few of the readers here at TalkSox would recognize more than two or three of the comparables, because most of them crashed and burned or wallowed in mediocrity a decade or two back.

 

Perkins's 50th percentile PECOTA is a 2-4 W-L record and a 5.65 ERA, pitching mostly in relief. His work in AAA this spring is better, posting a 2.97 ERA in seven games, six of them starts. That would be an MLE ERA a little below 4.00.

 

Perkins has less of a platoon split than many LHP. He's actually had a reverse split thus far in his MLB career, as well as during his 2008 AAA time.

 

 

***

 

Boston's disciplined, hard-hitting lineup should be able to handle Perkins. He's a decent pitcher, but he's not a rising superstar.

 

Let's hope that Matsuzaka can throw seven innings tonight to save the bullpen.

[YAZMAN]

Let's hope that Matsuzaka can throw seven innings tonight to save the bullpen.

 

Tito will have to let him throw about 140 pitches for that.

[Jayhawk Bill]

Tito will have to let him throw about 140 pitches for that.

 

In seven 2008 starts, Matsuzaka has pitched either 6 2/3 IP or 7 IP three times.

 

Interestingly, though, he's not done it on any of his starts that came on just four days' rest...with long rest, he throws roughly the same number of pitches but retires more batters.

 

***

 

May 9 through May 25 was probably the best stretch of Matsuzaka's 2007 season. I choose optimism for tonight.

[VA Sox Fan]

Boston:

 

Ellsbury-RF

Pedroia-2B

Ortiz-DH

Ramirez-LF

Lowell-3B

Youkilis-1B

Varitek-C

Crisp-CF

Lowrie-SS

 

SP-Matsuzaka

 

Minnesota:

 

Gomez-CF

Tolbert-2B

Mauer-C

Morneau-1B

Cuddyer-RF

Kubel-DH

Young-LF

Lamb-3B

Everett-SS

 

Perkins-SP

 

Go Dice-K! GO RED SOX!

[VA Sox Fan]

Good news from the Globe:

 

Lugo out

 

Posted by Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff May 10, 2008 04:03 PM

 

Julio Lugo said he's suffering from headaches and the effects of a slight concussion as a result of a collision at second base last night and was scratched from tonight's lineup. We'll have more soon.

 

I have all the patience in the world for a batting slump. But not what Julio has been doing at SS. Enjoy your day off Julio

[VA Sox Fan]

A few things....

 

Posted by Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff May 10, 2008 04:52 PM

 

MINNEAPOLIS - So Jed Lowrie gets the nod with Julio Lugo's head hurting after his collision last night. Lugo is going for tests right now to determine how severe a concussion he has. He said he felt dizzy and had headaches and almost came out of Friday night's game.

 

Lowrie was placing short and batting ninth. Alex Cora is playing shortstop at Pawtucket tonight and he will likely be up tomorrow night while Lowrie could go down. But that might depend on Lugo's condition. Sean Casey, playing first base in Pawtucket, will likely be up tomorrow as well. It appears that Craig Hansen would go back to Pawtucket.

 

J.D. Drew is getting the night off against lefty Glen Perkins, but Jacoby Ellsbury gets the start in right field while Coco Crisp is in center.

[ORS]

Concussions are serious business. They should proceed with extreme caution. I recommend the 60-day DL.

[CrespoBlows]

Concussions are serious business. They should proceed with extreme caution. I recommend the 60-day DL.

 

He should probably be safe and retire like Albert Belle did. He shouldn't be risking his long-term health.

[VA Sox Fan]

Concussions are serious business. They should proceed with extreme caution. I recommend the 60-day DL.

 

 

:lol:

[redsoxrules]

game on

[redsoxrules]

no runs but we did make perkins throw 25 pitches

[Youk Of The Nation]

Youk is on fire.

[VA Sox Fan]

YOUK!!!!!!!!!

[ORS]

Manny has been looking kind of lost the last few days.

 

Youk hasn't.

[BoSox21]

1-0 on a homer by Youk

 

he is seriously playing out of his f***ing mind right now

[ORS]

Blyleven thinks the 2-2 to Tek had plenty of the plate. Gameday disagrees. But, he's a former pitcher, so I can't fault him.

[redsoxrules]

2 walks allready... cut that s*** out dice

[redsoxrules]

he looked out to me

[Youk Of The Nation]

Jesus f***ing Christ.

[redsoxrules]

Big K there

[das11209]

I hate dice-k.

[ORS]

Gomez: 2 of 5 walks on the season by Boston pitchers.

 

That's f***ing stupid. Dice blows.

 

EDIT: Those 2 walks are in 11 innings.

[redsoxrules]

he seriously needs to start throwing f***ing strikes , he's not gona get lucky all season like he has been recently walking hitters, its gona bite him in the ass soon

[redsoxrules]

WTF was that?

[Jayhawk Bill]

I think that Matsuzaka is losing a little velocity on his pitches.

[VA Sox Fan]

Come on Coveli!

[VA Sox Fan]

DAMMIT