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1-1, 4.86 |
6-4, 4.71 |
i just took a quick look at joel pineiro's batted-ball data at fangraphs. his groundball rate w/ the cardinals is only 42.5 percent, lower than at any other point in his career; accordingly, his flyball rate (38.9 percent) is the highest of his career. and pineiro's homers-per-flyball of 15.4 percent is nearly as bad as brad thompson's (15.9 pct) and considerably higher than anthony reyes' and kip wells' (10.5 and 10.4 pct, respectively). he's not fooling many national-league batters; they're hitting .294 and slugging .528 against him this year. this guy's saving grace is his low walk rate: just 1.44 per 9 innings, half his career average. his FIP with the cards is 5.14, 64 points higher than his era; he is not a whole lot better than replacement level. i reckon, unfortunately, that he's gonna be back in st louis next season . . . . .
and here's some cheery news regarding mark mulder from will carroll's column today: