Garza v. Moyer

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 25, 2008 11:09 AM EDT Comment 18 comments

Pitcher	tRA	Ball%	SwStr%	ClStr%	GB%
Garza	4.4	36.6	7.6	14.6	41.5
Moyer	4.85	37.9	6.7	18.6	43.1

Statistics courtesy of StatCorner

Garza was born in 1983, Moyer was drafted out of St. Joseph's University in 1984. Garza's fastball sits around 93/94, Moyer's fastball tops out at 82/83. Garza allows 0.93 HR/9, walks 2.88/9 and strikes 6.24/9. Moyer allows 0.92 HR/9, walks 2.84/9, and strikes 5.64/9. These two are almost nothing alike, yet entirely similar. Don't sleep on Moyer because of his age or velocity, he's not as bad as you're thinking, assuming that Moyer doesn't go to bed around 8/8:30 it should be a decent match-up with the Rays having about a half-run edge.

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Love the matchup

dont mess this up, rain

Matt Garza is in the middle of having his 3rd testicle descend. He will be ready in time to win tonight though.

by joeybw on Oct 25, 2008 11:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

nevermind

if there is a rainout, this will still be the matchup, just tomorrow

Matt Garza is in the middle of having his 3rd testicle descend. He will be ready in time to win tonight though.

by joeybw on Oct 25, 2008 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shouldn't there also be an adjustment for league?

by matthan on Oct 25, 2008 11:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Probably.

I just don’t have the data available to do so.

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 25, 2008 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Garza was actually born in 1983

Heh.

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by killa3312 on Oct 25, 2008 12:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oops, I mixed the years up, thanks.

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 25, 2008 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gammons new blog is up...has this little interesting nugget...

Price obviously is going into the Tampa Bay rotation next season, but look for the Rays to take a big, hard-throwing lefty like Jake McGee — who is coming off Tommy John surgery — to try that role. Maddon says McGee throws harder than Price, and he sees McGee being used in important roles out of the pen once he learns how to pitch, sit and pitch again.

by walkoffwalk on Oct 25, 2008 1:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Lack of a secondary pitch is going to limit McGee to relief work.

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 25, 2008 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yea, it sounds like they already given up on him being a starter.

by walkoffwalk on Oct 25, 2008 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You say this like you've actually watched McGee to see if he has any good secondary pitches

McGee has a great curve, he just doesn’t have great command of it, and he’s hesitant to use it.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Oct 25, 2008 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So...lack of a secondary pitch is going to limit McGee to relief work?

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 25, 2008 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's got plenty of time. I've seen him pitch. His curve has good sharp break. His change also has sink and fade.

He’s not being limited to relief work because of his secondary pitches. He’s being limited to relief work because his 100mph fastball could help the big league team as soon as mid-2010. Team depth is why he’s most likely being moved.

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by Tyler on Oct 25, 2008 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does McGee have a decent change?

Maybe get him to work with Shields, coming out out the of the pen as a lefty with a 97-98mph fastball and a decent change and McGee could really be an asset.

by twenty5psi on Oct 25, 2008 3:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Is McGee in our farm system?

by plasticman on Oct 25, 2008 3:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Learn to reply and yes.

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by SRQman on Oct 25, 2008 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you're right

I’ve totally derailed this thread by not replying correctly. Geez, what was I thinking asking a question and not making it a reply of a comment above. With the CRAZY amount of replies in this post, I have clearly destroyed all conversation.

by plasticman on Oct 25, 2008 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs