Series Preview: Pirates vs. Padres

10 Aug 2010

Adrian Gonzalez and Chase Headley - Image of Sport Photo/Newscom

Probable Starters

Tuesday, August 10th – 10:05 PM: RHP Jeff Karstens vs. LHP Wade LeBlanc
Wednesday, August 11th – 10:05 PM: RHP James McDonald vs. RHP Kevin Correia
Thursday, August 12th – 6:35 PM: LHP Zach Duke vs. RHP Jon Garland

PITTSBURGH PIRATES			SAN DIEGO PADRES
Offense	PIT	MLB Rank	Offense	SD	MLB Rank
wOBA	0.300	28	wOBA	0.308	27
BB%	7.8%	24	BB%	8.8%	12
K%	21.8%	22	K%	21.3%	18
ISO	0.126	25	ISO	0.126	25
O-Swing%	28.9%	14	O-Swing%	28.6%	11
Contact%	79.4%	23	Contact%	79.8%	20

Starting Pitching	PIT	MLB Rank	Starting Pitching	SD	MLB Rank
FIP	5.10	30	FIP	4.15	16
xFIP	4.88	29	xFIP	4.20	11
K/9	5.24	30	K/9	6.95	13
BB/9	3.22	17	BB/9	3.45	26
HR/9	1.34	29	HR/9	0.95	15
GB%	43.2%	18	GB%	46.3%	6
Whiff%	15.2%	29	Whiff%	19.0%	10

Bullpen	PIT	MLB Rank	Bullpen	SD	MLB Rank
FIP	4.20	20	FIP	2.90	1
xFIP	4.28	13	xFIP	3.02	1
K/9	7.99	8	K/9	9.82	1
BB/9	4.03	22	BB/9	2.56	1
HR/9	0.96	22	HR/9	0.74	7
GB%	44.8%	12	GB%	48.1%	3
Whiff%	22.0%	8	Whiff%	26.2%	1

Defense	PIT	MLB Rank	Defense	SD	MLB Rank
UZR	-27.8	26	UZR	+43.5	1
UZR/150	-6.0	25	UZR/150	+10.2	1
DRS	-41	28	DRS	+54	1

Top Players			Top Players
Offense	PA	wOBA	Offense	PA	wOBA
Andrew McCutchen	438	0.352	Adrian Gonzalez	473	0.377
Neil Walker	254	0.344	Yorvit Torrealba	226	0.347
Starting Rotation	IP	FIP	Starting Rotation	IP	FIP
Paul Maholm	134.0	4.41	Mat Latos	129.2	3.33
Ross Ohlendorf	93.2	4.64	Clayton Richard	141.0	3.63
Bullpen	IP	FIP	Bullpen	IP	FIP
Evan Meek	62.1	3.14	Heath Bell	46.2	2.04
Joel Hanrahan	49.1	2.99	Mike Adams	42.1	2.04
Defense	Pos	UZR	Defense	Pos	UZR
Ronny Cedeno	SS	+6.1	Tony Gwynn	CF	+10.5
Jose Tabata	OF	+2.5	Chase Headley	3B	+7.9