Dogs in My Rear View Mirror
With the month of August behind us, I figured it would be somewhat interesting to look back at the season so far for a bit. August ended with a down note, two losses in a row, but overall was relatively positive. As I mentioned a couple of days ago, the rox did end their streak of months with a losing record. I doubt anyone expected that out of the rox this season. They had nine wins on the road in August when they had ten total through July. August gave us as rox fans hope for the future. Not necessarily the future as in September, but the future as in the 2006 season and beyond.
The pitching staff has proven that it CAN be good. The primary reason the rox experienced their road success was solid pitching. Each month this season, the rox have improved their ERA.
April- 6.55
May- 5.17
June- 5.13
July- 4.97
August- 4.81
In the last 10 days, the rox ERA is 3.87, showing that yes, these guys can pitch and pitch well at times.
The offense continues to be an area of concern. The team batting average over the last 10 days is .224 with an average of 3.8 runs scored per game. Granted, this is better than during all other road trips this season, but still is not a good trend for the road. The return of Hawpe and Barmes are upgrades to Mohr and Quintanilla and should help to improve this trend.
One of the nice things about the unbalanced schedule is that teams, like the rox, that are out of the playoff race can impact the playoff picture. Out of the 29 games remaining, the rox play NL West teams in 22.
For as weak as the NL West is, where the division winner could very well have a sub-.500 record, the NL East is just as strong, where every team in the division has a shot at a playoff spot.
Hurricane Katrina: Blog for Relief Weekend is going through Monday. If you haven’t already contributed something towards the relief effort in the Gulf Coast, I encourage you to join the efforts of the blogging community. As of this morning, the total raised was $240,000 with over 1,300 blogs participating.
The pitching staff has proven that it CAN be good. The primary reason the rox experienced their road success was solid pitching. Each month this season, the rox have improved their ERA.
April- 6.55
May- 5.17
June- 5.13
July- 4.97
August- 4.81
In the last 10 days, the rox ERA is 3.87, showing that yes, these guys can pitch and pitch well at times.
The offense continues to be an area of concern. The team batting average over the last 10 days is .224 with an average of 3.8 runs scored per game. Granted, this is better than during all other road trips this season, but still is not a good trend for the road. The return of Hawpe and Barmes are upgrades to Mohr and Quintanilla and should help to improve this trend.
One of the nice things about the unbalanced schedule is that teams, like the rox, that are out of the playoff race can impact the playoff picture. Out of the 29 games remaining, the rox play NL West teams in 22.
For as weak as the NL West is, where the division winner could very well have a sub-.500 record, the NL East is just as strong, where every team in the division has a shot at a playoff spot.
Hurricane Katrina: Blog for Relief Weekend is going through Monday. If you haven’t already contributed something towards the relief effort in the Gulf Coast, I encourage you to join the efforts of the blogging community. As of this morning, the total raised was $240,000 with over 1,300 blogs participating.
posted by Todd Nikkel | 7:44 AM
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