Bonderman, Halladay, Peavy, and Webb — Oh, My!
Happy Monday, folks. Hope your weekend was good. Mine would have been better if the Padres had won their 17-inning marathon on Sunday. Still, a bad day at the ballpark beats a good day just about anywhere else.
With that pathetic attempt at wit out of the way, here’s what we’re keeping an eye on today:
American League
- Orioles at Tigers, 4:05 p.m. PT – Young? Check. Throws hard? Check. Okay, then, I guess we’ll watch Daniel Cabrera and Jeremy Bonderman square off at Comerica Park. You know about Bonderman, but Cabrera seems to be figuring things out in his second season under the tutelage of Leo Mazzone. A guy with Cabrera’s stuff can sacrifice a little in the way of missing bats and still be pretty darned effective.
- Rangers at Blue Jays, 4:07 p.m. PT – What’s up with these “:07″ start times? Anyway, Roy Halladay is pitching for Toronto, and you don’t really need a reason to watch that. Vicente Padilla goes for Texas. Did I mention that Halladay is pitching?
National League
- Cubs at Pirates, 4:05 p.m. PT – Chicago southpaw Rich Hill has been unhittable in the early going. Cubs fans have been waiting a long time for him to emerge as a front-line starter, and now they are being rewarded for their patience. On the other side, Zach Duke has gotten off to a slow start this season. I’m not sure which is worse, the fact that he has just 6 strikeouts in 26 innings or that 5 of those strikeouts came in one game; take that game away, and he’s fanned 1 batter in 20 innings.
- Nationals at Padres, 7:05 p.m. PT – Jake Peavy is off to a tremendous start. He struck out 16 batters in his last start. John Patterson goes for Washington. He’s still looking to recapure the form that made him so successful in 2005. Remember when Patterson and Brad Penny were up-and-comers in the Diamondbacks organization? That seems like decades ago.
- Diamondbacks at Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. PT – Speaking of the Snakes, the always dangerous Brandon Webb starts for them tonight in Los Angeles. The somewhat less dangerous Randy Wolf goes for the Dodgers, who lead Arizona by a half-game in the NL West.
If I had to pick one game to watch, it’d be Baltimore and Detroit. Get the dirt on the O’s over at Oriole Post. Find out more about the Tigers at (holy shmoly there’s lots of good blogs) Detroit Tigers Weblog, Tiger Tales, TigerBlog, and Mack Avenue Tigers. Enjoy!
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