World Series: Scouting Cole Hamels and Andy Pettitte
Game three starters:
Andy Pettitte vs. Cole Hamels
Cole Hamels
| Year | W | L | G | IP | BB | SO | SV | ERA |
| 2009 Season | 10 | 11 | 32 | 193.2 | 43 | 168 | 0 | 4.32 |
| Career | 48 | 34 | 116 | 736.2 | 187 | 686 | 0 | 3.67 |
| CURRENT POSTSEASON STATS | ||||||||
| Year | W | L | G | IP | BB | SO | SV | ERA |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14.2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6.75 |
Assets
* Has a fantastic change-up that makes his darting low-90′s heat look even hotter. Also has a good curve ball. Keeps his cool in pressure situations.
Flaws
* Must do a better job of keeping the ball in the ball park, especially at home.
Cole Hamels did not pitch well against the Dodgers. He started two games and had a 6.52 ERA. He gave up five total home runs and had a .310 batting average against.
Andy Pettitte
| Year | W | L | G | IP | BB | SO | SV | ERA |
| 2009 Season | 14 | 8 | 32 | 194.2 | 76 | 148 | 0 | 4.16 |
| CURRENT POSTSEASON STATS | ||||||||
| Year | W | L | G | IP | BB | SO | SV | ERA |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19.0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2.37 |
Assets
* Has one of the best pick-off moves in the history of the game. Owns tremendous movement on all his pitches, especially his cutter that moves in on righties.
Flaws
* Needs to keep his base-runners down. Consistently averages over one hit per inning,
Andy pitched very well against the Angels. He started two games and had a 2.84 ERA. He struck out eight total batters and walked only two.
Advantage: New York Yankees. Andy Pettitte has been great all post season and Cole Hamels hasn’t. If there is a blow out in the world series, this will be the game.
Got my info from SB Nation, mlb.com and fox sports.
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October 30th, 2009 at 3:57 PM
the yankees should blow the phillies out if hamels is going to start. you’re right about pettitte being great in the playoffs.
October 30th, 2009 at 4:16 PM
yeah, the Yankees are going to win “big.”
October 30th, 2009 at 7:15 PM
This does appear to be in the Yankees favor, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he came through with a big game.
October 30th, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Anything is possible in the post season. Hamels could even throw a complete game shut out and it wouldn’t surprise me. Hamels was an ace last year.