Boggs vs. Marshall 4/25/09

The Cubs saw Mitchell Boggs out of the bullpen last week, scored one run in two innings off the righty. The stuff they saw was different from how he's mixed his pitches in other games (mostly as a starter):



We'll see how much the curveball gets used coming out of the gates this afternoon, but we should expect him to throw a lot more four-seam fastballs than what we last saw.

Sean Marshall has a longer track record against the Cardinals roster.

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Sean Marshall vs. Cardinals

Pitch Mix

first	last	stand	#	Cutter	Curve	Fastball	Slider	Sinker	Change
Rick	Ankiel	L	18	33.3%	22.2%	5.6%	11.1%	27.8%	0.0%
Chris	Duncan	L	19	36.8%	47.4%	0.0%	5.3%	10.5%	0.0%
Skip	Schumaker	L	14	42.9%	28.6%	21.4%	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%
Jason	LaRue	R	2	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Albert	Pujols	R	44	34.1%	25.0%	11.4%	13.6%	6.8%	9.1%
Ryan	Ludwick	R	30	33.3%	40.0%	6.7%	6.7%	3.3%	10.0%
Khalil	Greene	R	14	35.7%	14.3%	28.6%	7.1%	0.0%	14.3%
Yadier	Molina	R	32	31.3%	21.9%	18.8%	9.4%	6.3%	12.5%
Brian	Barden	R	6	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Brendan	Ryan	R	24	33.3%	37.5%	8.3%	16.7%	4.2%	0.0%
			203	36.5%	28.6%	11.8%	9.4%	7.4%	6.4%

Plate discipline

Swing=swings/pitches
Whiff=misses/swings
Chase=swing rate on pitches out of zone
Watch=take rate on pitches in the zone

first	last	stand	#	Swing	Whiff	Chase	Watch
Rick	Ankiel	L	18	0.556	0.200	0.333	0.333
Chris	Duncan	L	19	0.474	0.222	0.308	0.167
Skip	Schumaker	L	14	0.786	0.364	0.667	0.125
Jason	LaRue	R	2	0.500	0.000	0.000	0.000
Albert	Pujols	R	44	0.318	0.071	0.160	0.474
Ryan	Ludwick	R	30	0.533	0.125	0.182	0.263
Khalil	Greene	R	14	0.500	0.429	0.600	0.556
Yadier	Molina	R	32	0.344	0.182	0.118	0.400
Brian	Barden	R	6	0.333	0.000	0.000	0.500
Brendan	Ryan	R	24	0.500	0.167	0.286	0.412
			203	0.458	0.194	0.247	0.364

Rough and indirect measures of contact quality and effectiveness:

nkSLG = total bases divided by balls in play (includes home runs) (league average ~.51)
TBP = total bases per pitch (league average is ~.10)

first	last	stand	#	nkSLG	TBP
Rick	Ankiel	L	18	0.500	0.167
Chris	Duncan	L	19	2.500	0.263
Skip	Schumaker	L	14	0.000	0.000
Jason	LaRue	R	2	0.000	0.000
Albert	Pujols	R	44	0.125	0.023
Ryan	Ludwick	R	30	0.556	0.167
Khalil	Greene	R	14	0.000	0.000
Yadier	Molina	R	32	0.286	0.063
Brian	Barden	R	6	1.000	0.333
Brendan	Ryan	R	24	1.200	0.250
			203	0.546	0.118