Harden vs. Wellemeyer 4/26/09

The Cubs need a win. No panic buttons (it is April, after all), but no one likes getting swept.

Please see one of the previous previews for explanations of the data. Tables are sortable, click the image for a larger version.

Rich Harden

Keep an eye on Harden's velocity. It's been declining for a couple of years, was noticeably down against the Rockies, but he should be "back to normal" today. More on that topic here.

Harden has barely faced the Cardinals - four current red birds were in the line-up against Harden last September, and he practically gave each one a different look:



Todd Wellemeyer

Wellemeyer has faced his former team a fair amount. I'm including Big Z since he's on tap to pinch hit or even play infield. That won't happen, right? Wellemeyer throws a four- and two-seam fastball, I'm lumping them in as "fastball" below.

first	last	bats	#pitches	Fastball	Change	Slider
Alfonso	Soriano	R	38	0.526	0.000	0.474
Reed	Johnson	R	43	0.581	0.023	0.395
Geovany	Soto	R	44	0.614	0.046	0.341
Derrek	Lee	R	44	0.614	0.000	0.386
Kosuke	Fukudome	L	23	0.652	0.348	0.000
Mike	Fontenot	L	32	0.656	0.281	0.063
Aramis	Ramirez	R	33	0.727	0.030	0.242
Ryan	Theriot	R	44	0.727	0.000	0.273
Carlos	Zambrano	L	5	1.000	0.000	0.000

first	last	bats	#pitches	Swing	Whiff	Chase	Watch
Alfonso	Soriano	R	38	0.605	0.478	0.583	0.357
Derrek	Lee	R	43	0.568	0.280	0.350	0.250
Reed	Johnson	R	44	0.465	0.250	0.455	0.524
Geovany	Soto	R	44	0.409	0.167	0.056	0.346
Mike	Fontenot	L	23	0.344	0.091	0.211	0.462
Ryan	Theriot	L	32	0.364	0.063	0.091	0.364
Aramis	Ramirez	R	33	0.424	0.000	0.000	0.300
Kosuke	Fukudome	R	44	0.348	0.000	0.000	0.273
Carlos	Zambrano	L	5	0.200	0.000	0.000	0.500

first	last	bats	#pitches	nkSLG	TBP
Carlos	Zambrano	R	38	4.000	0.800
Mike	Fontenot	R	43	0.600	0.094
Kosuke	Fukudome	R	44	0.000	0.000
Derrek	Lee	R	44	0.200	0.046
Aramis	Ramirez	L	23	0.333	0.091
Alfonso	Soriano	L	32	1.000	0.079
Reed	Johnson	R	33	0.714	0.116
Geovany	Soto	R	44	0.286	0.046
Ryan	Theriot	L	5	0.444	0.091