Comments on: Luis Perdomo Dislikes Thrillers

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:16:02 +0000

On a somewhat related note, I think another interesting case is that of former Padre/current Oriole side-armer Cla Meredith.

From May 29 to August 24 of this year, Meredith pitched in 32 consecutive losses. That’s pretty amazing to me. He then pitched in one blowout win, and has since gone on to pitch in 6 more losses.

In his last 39 games, his teams’ records have been 1-38. I don’t know what that makes his role, but it’s astounding to me.

By: Don J

Don J — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:56:09 +0000

Not only is he the Padres “long” reliever, in blowouts he’s the arm they used(someone’s gotta do it, right?), but he also is a rule 5 draftee that the Giants took from St. Louis and when he was the last cut at the end of spring training, the Padres claimed him off waivers from the Giants.

So yes by design, they wanted to use him in less stressful situations this year, slowly grow his confidence, so that in future years he can take on more important roles. He has a rubber arm and pretty good stuff.

And, in his last 3 appearances he entered the game with Padres in the lead twice, and the other game he pitched in the 8th inning of a close game that the Padres won in the 10th. And hits 96 on the fastball and 89 on the slider.

Of course, Petco does make him look good, as he sports a 2.87 ERA vs 6.89 on the road. But he’s held RH hitters to only a .634 OPS compared to .962 for leftys.

I think the Padres have been happy with his performance this year.

By: Carson Cistulli

Carson Cistulli — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:15:04 +0000

Saw Perdomo strike out Ryan Roberts two nights ago, right before that crazy play where Hundley saved the ball from going in the dugout. The second strike was a 90 mph slider just off the plate. Swinging strike from Roberts. Next pitch, Perdomo throws a 96 mph fastball in almost the exact same spot. Roberts takes. Finally, for the fourth pitch, Perdomo throws a slider almost identical to the previous one in terms of velocity, movement, and placement. Roberts (a) swings, (b) misses, and (c) loses his shit. I swear, dude got all crazy-eyed.