LIDGE did it again

[dewey finn]

Where's Cafer, Another Blown Save?

[Mr. Baseball]

he will be out soon just because he has lost his confidence alone

[idealFX]

ya, bad news - lidge blow a save for me.

good news - because of the BS by lidge, Bay was able to get another AB and blast a 2 run homer for me.

win/lose

Same situation with me. Bad news with Lidge, BUT good news with Torres securing the save. Bleh. Thanks Lidge! Welcome to the bench, Brad.

[Dan Lambskin]

i seen it coming wayyyyyy before it happened....i said to myself oswalt's not getting this win if they pull wheeler...thanks lidge you cost me a win!

Get used to it. I had Oswalt last year, and it happened all the time last year.

i traded for Oswalt mid season last year and have him this year. hopefully he can still get 15-16 wins, but without that bum Lidge he could probably get 20

[Dixie Twister]

All this poo poo talk does not make sense to me.

Lidge has a great fastball and his 88 mph slider is the sex.

Maybe... he just blew a save and he will get the next one... I have him and this raised an eyebrow, but he is not sunk yet.

This makes him a great buy low risk.

[The Loveable Losers]

ya, bad news - lidge blow a save for me.

good news - because of the BS by lidge, Bay was able to get another AB and blast a 2 run homer for me.

win/lose

Lidge took one for the team. You got to look at it in a positive way.

I'm in the same boat...I'll take it as long as he rights the ship (or at least starts bailing some of the water).

[Dan Lambskin]

All this poo poo talk does not make sense to me.

Lidge has a great fastball and his 88 mph slider is the sex.

Maybe... he just blew a save and he will get the next one... I have him and this raised an eyebrow, but he is not sunk yet.

This makes him a great buy low risk.

i've never heard anything refered to as "the sex" in that way, but i like it

[d18Mike]

There are two ways to look at Lidge -- the optimist says that last year he suffered from a very high percentage of balls hit in play that fell for hits 35% (30% is more typical). That combined with his low strand rate led to an ERA double what would have been expected.

The pessimist say that a lot of those extra balls that "fell in for hits" frankly fell into the leftfield stands. His 2006 17% HR rate is huge.

I really thought that HR% was flukely -- but maybe not. Something obviously isn't working.

[The Loveable Losers]

There are two ways to look at Lidge -- the optimist says that last year he suffered from a very high percentage of balls hit in play that fell for hits 35% (30% is more typical). That combined with his low strand rate led to an ERA double what would have been expected.

The pessimist say that a lot of those extra balls that "fell in for hits" frankly fell into the leftfield stands. His 2006 17% HR rate is huge.

I really thought that HR% was flukely -- but maybe not. Something obviously isn't working.

I think I fall into both camps.

[MiggyT]

How is he a "low risk buy-low candidate." I see no reason why you would expect him to return to his previous dominant form. He's been blowing saves consistently the last year-and-a-half.