8/12/2003 Brewers (Franklin) @ Phillies (Duckworth)

[squarepusher]

East Coast starting time of 6:05 PM CST. Duckworth comes off a respectable 6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER outing in Colorado, but is still in danger of being moved to the pen. Franklin comes off two lousy performances, with an August ERA of 14.00.

 

Brewerfan.net / Statfox Matchup Info:

www.brewerfan.net/matchup.jsp

 

Wayne Franklin Player Profile:

www.brewerfan.net/ViewPla...ayerId=368

[rluzinski]

I KNEW Osik would pull it off!!!

 

Yeh right http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Kaukauna]

FREE KEITH OSIK.

 

oh wait...did I read the mantra wrong? Whoops.

[Harold Hutchison]

Quality start by Wayne Franklin.

 

He's turning out okay, IMHO. Since May 1, he's been pretty good. Not top-of-the-rotation good, but a decent #4 starter.

[Frisbee Slider]

Wayne Franklin splits:

 

April: 6.07 ERA, 1.55 WHIP

May: 4.66 ERA, 1.23 WHIP

June: 4.50 ERA, 1.50 WHIP

July: 4.66 ERA, 1.34 WHIP

[gregmag]

I just got back from the game (I live in Philly; I'll be seeing the whole series). A few random impressions, for what they're worth. Franklin's command seemed consistently spotty. He would have a game plan against one hitter, then lose the strike zone on the next guy. He got a lot of fly ball outs, but he got grounders when he needed them most. His fastballs were mostly 89, topping out at 91. A very hard pitcher to read. In the first, Podsednik fouled off a 3-1 pitch way high and outside as Young ran from first -- either the hit-and-run was on or Pods blanked on the count. Clayton looked great at shortstop, hopeless at the plate. Estrella and Kolb look like the best 8th-9th guys we've had in a while. Kolb's fastball was hitting 98 routinely. He only threw one pitch under 94, a wickedly located 91. I guess it was his changeup. He could really use a second pitch; Thome sat on the fastball and creamed one for a double. Kolb worked the corners beautifully, though. All in all, the Brewers played with an air of concentration and purpose, impressive for a last place team in August. A game like this gives me hope for some moderately exciting action next year.

[Harold Hutchison]

Ain't it nice to have a deep bullpen?

 

CRicks28

 

Thanks for the Wayne Franklin splits.

[Kaukauna]

Our Philly friend says Kolb was hitting upper nineties consistently, yet the radar gun on Foxsports indicated 90,91,92 for most part...which is it? Does Fox typically have a "slow gun?" God I hate how all radar guns arent created equal.

[batman]

Our Philly friend says Kolb was hitting upper nineties consistently, yet the radar gun on Foxsports indicated 90,91,92 for most part...which is it? Does Fox typically have a "slow gun?" God I hate how all radar guns arent created equal.

 

Fox doesn't have their own dedicated gun... I believe they just have ones in place at each stadium and the broadcasts share them.

 

I was worried about Kolb's velocity, actually. If he really was throwing 90-91-92 and not 96-97-98, that is not good... and it could very well be a sign of an injury. Daron and Bill were commenting on how he was throwing a sinker, which was very evident... it was obviously a two-seamer of some sort that was breaking down and in to right-handers quite sharply. Why he would want to throw that instead of his straight/hard fastball, I don't know. But if that was a conscious decision on his part to work on another pitch, that explains the velocity issue (he would need to take quite a bit off the two-seamer to get it to move that much).

 

If the Veteran's gun was clocking him at 96+, the real velocity was probably somewhere near 94/95. Regardless, they should be talking with him and perhaps shutting him down for a few days to make sure this isn't a sign of an injury... he has a history of arm problems and you can never be too safe.

 

~Bill

[Harold Hutchison]

batman

 

If Kolb was throwing a new pitch, it would explain the velocity difference and the fact it was breaking.

 

And why would he go with a two-seam that drops down and in to righties? Well, let's see, those are more likely to be hit on the ground. Could be very useful with men on base - a double play will go a long way towards getting out of a jam.