Carl Pavano

Columns

1. The blueprint: How teams have built championship rotations

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   01/19/2012

   … 4.13 ERA, 102 ERA+), Dontrelle Willis (3.30 ERA, 127 ERA+), Mark Redman (3.59 ERA, 117 ERA+), Carl Pavano (4.30 ERA, 98 ERA+) Notable change: Willis was called up in May, shortly after A.J. Burnett was lost …
2. Dan Duquette's Red Sox draft record reconsidered

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   11/08/2011

   … perennially among the top handful of players in the league for a number of years. He was traded in 2004 by Epstein. Carl Pavano (1994, 13th rd): One-time All-Star (zero times with Red Sox) Note: Pavano was dealt to the Expos by Duquette …
3. The Top 10 reasons Red Sox could miss the playoffs in 2011

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   02/16/2011

   … did in 2008 (just a a couple of examples -- in 2009 Carl Pavano was 24th in WHIP and 30th in ERA and in 2010 Doug Fister ..... Hampton level but somewhere in the Kevin Millwood or Carl Pavano neighborhood. (Millwood signed a five-year, $60 …
4. Did John Lackey cost the Red Sox a shot at Cliff Lee?

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   10/19/2010

   … agency had they not committed to Lackey or Beckett. More realistically, history ( Mark Teixeira , A.J. Burnett, Carl Pavano , Jose Contreras , etc.) suggests that it is unlikely that the Sox would have outbid the Yankees for an elite free agent coveted …
5. Year of the Pitcher, or Year of the Umpire?

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   10/08/2010

   … Young of the Rangers checked his swing one pitch before hitting a three-run homer against the Rays; the finding that Carl Pavano ’s two-strike pitch to Lance Berkman was a ball and not a strike, extending an at-bat for Berkman’s go-ahead …

Blogs

1. Nuggetpalooza: Is the Red Sox’ Clay Buchholz back?

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   06/05/2012

   … was just 59.3%, the lowest in the AL (min. 100 batters faced): 59.3% – Clay Buchholz, BOS 62.1% – Carl Pavano , MIN 63.4% – Bruce Chen, KC 64.1% – John Danks, CHW 65.6% – Max Scherzer, DET In May, Buchholz …
2. Friday’s Morning Mashup: Yale investigates coach’s claim of Rhodes scholarship candidacy

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   11/18/2011

   … goal from two feet away. A young Vikings fan is not happy after her team’s loss to the Packers. TRIVIA ANSWER: Carl Pavano and Tony Armas Jr. SOOTHING SOUNDS: The late Hank Ballard , original singer/composer of “The Twist,” was born …
3. Red Sox Nuggetpalooza!

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   09/06/2011

   … drive double play on Sunday, his first such play since last August 18. Here are the leaders in line drive DP’s since that date: 5 – Carl Pavano 5 – Jason Vargas 4 – CC Sabathia 4 – Doug Fister 4 – Joe Saunders 4 – Ubaldo Jimenez …
4. Nuggetpalooza: Off to Yankee Stadium

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   06/07/2011

   … still has a negative points per pitch. He has only one swing and miss out of 19 opponent swings at the slider, tied with Minnesota’s Carl Pavano for the lowest percentage (5.3%) in the majors. Vs. LHB – Curve (16%); +0.93 pts/pitch; That’s the second best curveball …
5. Nuggetpalooza: Middle of the plate. Belt high.

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   05/13/2011

   … 0.83) ranks fourth worst in the majors and OPS allowed on middle/middle (1.180) is second highest in AL ( Carl Pavano , 1.182) ...That’s quite a regression from his +1.52 average in 2010...Last year, over 15 …