"Rangers hit Price harder (a lot harder) than Rays hit Lee."
Huh? Unless I'm in error, Price has faced the Rangers ONCE all year and WON, giving up 2 runs in 6 innings, while Lee has given up 13 runs (and 24 hits) in 23 2/3's and lost all 3 of his starts vs the Rays...including his only head-to-head match-up vs Price.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but the Rays are the rightful fave in this game and getting them at -122 is some decent value, IMO.
James
Ranger batters that are on the playoff roster are 16 for 56 lifetime against Price.
That's .286, and to make things worse the current batters that are on the playoff roster get on base 40 percent of the time agianst Price.
A .397 OBA against means for every 5 Ranger batters that climb into the batters box against Price, 2 of them will reach base via walk or base hit.
Compare that to Lee who the current Ray lineup is 43 for 182 or a BA of .236 and a studpid ridiculous .272 OBA against.
My statements are based on lifetime stats, not one game start.
My money is on the pitcher that gives up one hit every two innings and walks nobody,
My money is not on the pitcher that gives up a walk and a hit every inning.
But that's just me.
p.s. in real life I don't give a rats ass about either team, so there is no bias in my pick.
Click this link, which Ray is going to hurt Lee this afternoon based on these numbers?
http://espn.go.com/mlb/players/bvsp?playerId=5353