Thu, May 06

No Holiday For Halladay
Roy Halladay picked up his 3rd win of the season yesterday, but once again he didn't have his real good stuff out there. He gave up 11 hits over 7 innings striking out only 4. On the upside he didn't walk anyone and threw 74 of 101 pitches for strikes.

Though there has been no reports or rumours of an injury to Doc, he has given up 56 hits in 49.1 innings so far this year, which is the first time he has given up more then a hit per inning since 2000. He has also given up 7 home runs in 7 games, well ahead of last years numbers when he allowed only 26 home runs in 36 starts. Given the fact his walk total is about normal and his only real issue is that people are knocking the snot out of the ball, it makes you wonder if its an injury rather then something mechanical.

If you look at his numbers over the past 4 years you can see that this years OPS number is off the charts, based mostly on the fact that hitters are slugging .424 against him this year, but even his K/BB ratio is higher then normal.

Year K/BB OPS
2001 3.84 .613
2002 2.71 .627
2003 6.38 .664
2004 3.17 .743

So unlike last years slow start when his secondary numbers were good but he just wasn't getting the wins. This year his other numbers aren't looking nearly as good, which doesn't bode well for a quick turnaround.
06 May 2004 by Rivux