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Geoff for kicks
By egrissom | January 4, 2008
Here’s what Brad Lidge and Geoff Geary have done over the past two seasons and their combined numbers for those two seasons:
|
Player |
Year |
IP |
ER |
H |
BB |
ERA |
Ratio |
| Lidge | 2006 | 75.0 | 44 | 69 | 36 | 5.28 | 1.40 |
| Lidge | 2007 | 67.0 | 25 | 54 | 30 | 3.36 | 1.25 |
| Lidge | ‘06+’07 | 142.0 | 69 | 123 | 66 | 4.37 | 1.33 |
|
Player |
Year |
IP |
ER |
H |
BB |
ERA |
Ratio |
| Geary | 2006 | 91.1 | 30 | 103 | 20 | 2.96 | 1.35 |
| Geary | 2007 | 67.1 | 33 | 72 | 25 | 4.41 | 1.44 |
| Geary | ‘06+’07 | 158.2 | 63 | 175 | 45 | 3.57 | 1.39 |
My point isn’t that Geoff Geary is a better pitcher than Brad Lidge or that he has been over the past two seasons. Among other things, over the last two seasons Lidge has struck out 192 in his 142 innings while Geary struck out 98 in his 158 2/3. In ‘06 plus ‘07 Lidge was charged with seven unearned runs, Geary 15. My point is just that the Phils didn’t just trade Michael Bourn for Brad Lidge, cause that really would have been a fantastic deal.
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Topics: Bullpen |
January 4th, 2008 at 10:03 am
If Geary and Lidge project out at the 2 year averages Geary was of value.
If Geary is done for. Cooked as his arm was last year then no.