Playing Devil's Advocate

by Rob Castellano on Apr 24, 2009 11:15 PM EDT

Who among us hasn't linked Derek Lowe and Oliver Perez in our minds? Or Luis Castillo with Orlando Hudson? So I figured it might be interesting to keep an eye on these offseason matches throughout the season, just to see what things could have looked like (plus most of us would have been looking anyway so may as well put them all in the same place for convenience sake). I suppose I'll re-post and update these numbers about once a month or so just to keep track. I'll mix and match a few different stats in each time just to keep things interesting.

*statistics as of Thursday, April 23

	IP	ERA	WHIP	HR	K/9	BB/9
Oliver Perez	15.0	7.80	1.73	1	9.00	7.20
Derek Lowe	22.0	3.27	1.36	0	7.00	4.10

Obviously its too early to draw any conclusions but lets just set the stage: Clearly O-dog is getting wrecked so far. I'm one of the bigger Perez backers but this is definitely going to be an uphill battle...

	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	SB	E
Luis Castillo	0.381	0.435	0.476	0	0	1
Orlando Hudson	0.385	0.459	0.600	2	4	0

Not many NL second baseman off to a hotter start than Luis Castillo...yes, Hudson is one of them. However, this should be an interesting race to watch.

	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	Saves
Francisco Rodriguez	5.2	0.00	0.71	14.30	3.20	3
Kerry Wood	5.1	5.06	0.94	18.60	1.70	3
Brian Fuentes	5.0	7.20	2.00	10.80	3.60	3

Now here's a matchup I feel confident in, though Wood will definitely be solid.

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Neat

I like the idea of keeping track on the players we all argued about during the hot stove.

One nit to pick: you should list all of their respective salaries as well, just for reference.

'Oh yes, I know all about that duty-of-a-citizen stuff. It doesn't go. There are exceptions to every rule, and this was one of them. When a man risks his liberty to come and root at a ball-game, you've got to hand it to him. He isn't a crook. He's a fan.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Apr 25, 2009 12:06 AM EDT reply actions