Thursday, June 01, 2006

Jason Schmidt

ESPN.com: San Francisco Giants Player Card

Whew! It was only a leg cramp attributed to humidity/dehydration.

Jason Schmidt it dominating the ratios as if it were 2004. The worry is that he is doing it with fewer strikouts while his walks look to be remaining the same.

This is a red flag.

However, an examination by month shows that Schmidt has markedly improved his control from April to May (FWIW, I predict Schmidt to be the NL Pitcher of the Month for May.)

He walked 18 in 34 April innings and only 7 in 46 May ones.

The question of whether Schmidt continues to dominate or falls back to the very good starter pack will be answered when we know if the April or May Schmidt is the real one.

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