St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh, 22 August 2005

by Charlie Wilmoth on Aug 22, 2005 1:04 AM EDT in News

Mark Mulder (14-6, 3.87) vs. Josh Fogg (6-8, 5.07). Fogg's VORP is down to -1.4 for the year. I'm playing word association now: VORP... Value Over Replacement Player... Replacement... Replace... Replace...

Despite those fourteen wins, Mulder is developing into a generic starter, an okay #3 rather than one of the Big Three. He's walking lots of batters now and isn't really striking anyone out anymore or preventing homers. Daric Barton, who is hitting .335/.434/.525 at Class AA Midland despite only turning 20 a week ago, could make the Mulder trade a very nice one for the A's.

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hey charlie, it's larry at Viva El Birdos, the SB Nation's cardinal site. you've got mulder pegged --- he's a nondescript innings-eater now, nowhere near as good as the record suggests. mulder has a very bizarre split going this year --- 13-1 with a 1.96 era in night games, vs 1-5 with a 7.57 era in day games. hard to imagine a breakdown that dramatic is completely random --- except that last year he had the reverse split, going undefeated in day games and getting murdered at night.

by lboros on Aug 22, 2005 8:22 AM EDT reply actions

watch out for rainy games

Though relatively small in stature, I'm a big A's fan (and big Pirates fan), and I remember Mulder was TERRIBLE in the rain-sorry I don't have a stat to quote here. I haven't followed him much this year, but I'm curious to know if that trend has continued.

by Brian in 317 on Aug 22, 2005 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions