Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Jeff Weaver
Writing NL pitcher profiles for mlb.com helped me look closely at the pitcher profiles in the magazine. Too many included references to team situations. Some of those seemed like safe bets at the time (see Victor Santos comment below), but really weren't. Next year we go back to NO TEAM CONTEXT COMMENTS in the profiles.
More egregious are the references to the weather and Jeff Weaver's personal difficulties in his comment. These should have been part of the Derek Lowe comment. There is no excuse. The profile should read: It was a promising season, though the 35 homers he allowed was alarming. Dodger Stadium is pretty HR neutral, but this is a big bump up from his previous levels. Fortunately for him he walked fewer hitters than usual, which is why his ERA went up just a little. He's a solid play for the middle of the rotation, especially if he ends up in a pitcher-friendly ballpark.
More egregious are the references to the weather and Jeff Weaver's personal difficulties in his comment. These should have been part of the Derek Lowe comment. There is no excuse. The profile should read: It was a promising season, though the 35 homers he allowed was alarming. Dodger Stadium is pretty HR neutral, but this is a big bump up from his previous levels. Fortunately for him he walked fewer hitters than usual, which is why his ERA went up just a little. He's a solid play for the middle of the rotation, especially if he ends up in a pitcher-friendly ballpark.
// posted by Rotoman @ 6:43 AM 
