zero span

CHC --- 38 (Clement v MIL Capuano)
SFG --- 36 (Franklin @ FLA Burnett)
SDP 2.0 38 (Wells @ NYM Benson)
FLA 5.0 40 (Burnett v SFG Franklin)

I’ve got nothing today. Thankfully, same applies to the Giants. Cubs are technically ahead on winning percentage.

Carlos was pretty good last night, until midnight (midnight being 6 1/3) struck and it all fell apart. He wasn’t hit hard, but he was hit as much as guy who was just throwing a no-hitter could be. Nice that the bullpen settled things down.

Top 10 VORP for Pitchers

Schmidt     SFG 58.4
Santana     MIN 58.0
Johnson     ARZ 51.9
Schilling   BOS 50.7
Pavano      FLA 49.1
Zambrano    CHN 48.7
Clemens     HOU 48.0
Radke       MIN 47.3
Mulder      OAK 46.7
Hernandez   MON 45.2

Capuano/Clement was a game the Cubs should’ve won last time out, and now you wonder if the Brewers will figure out Matt the second time around. It’d be neat to see another 13Ks. Capuano excuses his bad performance to having too much time off between starts.

Obviously, this three game series is a turning point for the Marlins. It’s going to be tough to catch up to the lead pack if they don’t win 2 out of 3. They don’t have to worry about Schmidt, so they should be able to pull something off. Burnett has eh numbers on the season, but he’s 3-0/3.08 ERA at home.

Yankees are now back up by 6.5. So the story only existed for a day.

I like to see the Mets, who made stupid trades at the deadline, are now tied in the Wild Card at 8.5 games with the Reds, who just had everyone get hurt at the deadline. That didn’t quite work out.