Justin Germano’s 0-1 record on the season should be enough to convince even the dumbest baseball fan that win-loss records are not a good way to judge a pitcher. Germano has started three games for the Padres. He has pitched at least six innings in all three and thrown seven innings in two. He has allowed a grand total of three earned runs, all three of them in last night’s game. His offense has scored only three runs on his behalf, two of them last night. In seven innings of relief, his bullpen has allowed 13 runs behind him.
Germano should be 3-0. The fact that his teammates have turned all three of his starts into losses is a joke. It seems like the kind of thing that should even out over the course of a season, but it won’t necessarily do so. Germano deserves better.
With that out of the way, at least Brian Giles is doing his job. 2 for 4 with a double and a triple last night. It’s amazing what being healthy will do for you. Hopefully Padre fans get to see the real Giles for a full season. You know, the one that’s a borderline Hall of Famer, not the one who was running around on one leg last season.
And lest anyone think the Rockies thoroughly outplayed the Padres last night, know that the single biggest difference in last night’s game was that Padres pitches had a BABIP .080 higher than their xBABIP and Rockies pitchers had a BABIP .160 lower than their xBABIP.
