Verlander

22 April 2008

 
    GS IP HR BB SO AVG VORP
Verlander (DET) 4 24.1 4 12 14 0.234 -9.2

Padilla (TEX) 4 26 2 9 15 0.292 5

Obviously, Verlander has not been good in his 4 starts thus far.  Padilla, however, has not been much better, despite his overrated 3.12 ERA.  Hitters have batted almost .300 against him, and his strikeout rate has been underwhelming.  The Tigers should be able to get some good hits off of him tonight.

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The Tigers, by contrast, have been incredibly disappointing so far.

Our ace, Justin Verlander, takes the mound tonight. But are we going to see the real Verlander, or the guy that has shown up so far this season? He comes into this game with a record of 0-3 and a meteoric ERA of 7.03. He has shown a few brief flashes of his usual dominance, but overall he has not been good.

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