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Brushing Up On Jeremy Sowers

Apparently it's good luck when I'm late.  That isn't what she said.

Okay, so Jeremy Sowers is just not good.  He also happens to be another one of those guys without too many pitches in Kalk's searchable database, too few to put it in the HUPGOOD.  I'm just going to put the relevant Kalk player card data in there.  It's just as well, as he isn't good enough to merit a thorough breakdown.  There's a reason that.  Paul Byrd has been replacement level this year, Westbrook is down for the year, Carmona hasn't had a start since 5/23. The Indians need starts.  So Sowers is getting thrown in the mix.  His sole skill appears to be shutting down lefthanded batters.  According to his BP card, his expected split:

  • LHB - .254/.329/.393
  • RHB - .290/.363/.468

They didn't just pull that out of nowhere.  This, in a nutshell, is pretty much what you need to know about Sowers.  He can get ground balls and poorly hit balls in general from lefties.  Against righties he gets utterly hammered and it led PECOTA to tab him as basically replacement level.  The only thing that would baffle us normally about Sowers is that he's somewhat unusual in that he's a soft-throwing lefty, but after tonight, the Sox hitters will have seen 3 of these sorts in the last 6 days.  In fact, we just faced Sean Marshall yesterday.  Sowers is basically Marshall without the good secondary stuff.  He pounds the zone with zone with his 87-90 fastball and hopes for the best from his defense.  At the Cell during the summer, that isn't going to play against a team that leads the AL in flyball/groundball ratio.  Beyond that, he's been giving up a ton of linedrives this year, to the tune of 26.7% of all batted balls.  Normally I'd say that's due to regress.  But the thing is, that only applies if he is in fact a major league caliber pitcher.  He may not be at this point.  Besides, it isn't like he'll suddenly start striking batters out.  Those batted balls will stay batted.  My guess is those line drives would turn into flyballs.  That won't exactly stem the tide. 

The Indians best hope is to get some luck, keep the run difference minimal through 5 and get into a bullpen war.  But that doesn't favor them either.  Obviously, this is baseball and anything can happen.  But it looks good for the Sox tonight as long as Gaving doesn't blow up.  So pray Gavin doesn't blow up.

 


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Joe Morgan's spellcheckers are on strike

http://www.firejoemorgan.com/2008/06/sic-semper-tyrannus.html

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jun 30, 2008 9:41 PM CDT   0 recs

The Stuff You Never See

Prior to tonight’s game, Brian Anderson entertained a group from the Mercy Home for Boys. Sporting “Team Anderson” t-shirts, Brian met with the group, signed autographs and talked during BP. They will be sitting in center field during the game.

And Scott Linebrink entertained two Vietnam War veterans prior to the game as part of his “Scott’s Heroes” program.

Anniversary Anyone

June 30, 1988 ring a bell?

At the stroke of midnight tonight (some would say the clock was magically stopped), 20 years ago, the Illinois General Assembly approved an amended stadium bill ensuring the club would remain in Chicago.

http://whitesoxpride.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/06/cleveland_returns.html

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jun 30, 2008 9:49 PM CDT   0 recs

Wow.

Thanks, Wiz. Great post.

CWS: Slashing negative expectations since May, 2008.

by winningugly on Jun 30, 2008 10:29 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

cowley is a smart guy
The Cleveland Indians resemble a team that has given up on 2008.
http://twitter.com/cst_sox/statuses/847283259


8-2 -> 9-7 …

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jun 30, 2008 11:18 PM CDT   0 recs

make that 8-1 -> 9-7 …

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jun 30, 2008 11:22 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

btw, cowley twitted that at 8:05

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jun 30, 2008 11:23 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Apparently it’s good luck when I’m late. That isn’t what she said.

Obviously, someone never dated a jersey chaser

Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.

by rhythm on Jul 1, 2008 11:24 AM CDT   0 recs

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