Still 0-1, -2.16. Rained out Tuesday.
Cleveland (+?) Game one(Kluber vs. Kazmir). One unit. Will play this when it gets posted, but might lose some value from Monday night's line. Write-up on Tuesday's thread.
SF Giants (-101) 2 units. Trevor Cahill is the reason here. When he's off, his sinker is not sinking and they look like batting practice fastballs. So far this spring and in his 1st start, that's what we're seeing. Hudson has become a good poor contact pitcher, with less than stellar stuff. He seems to love playing for the Giants and will want to impress here. Arizona is at home or this line would be drastically different. Last season, the D-Backs were not that great at home and had the same batting avg. there as on the road.
SD (-105). One unit. when was the last time SD was a favorite vs. LA? I don't know, but it doesn't happen often. Tyson Ross had a very solid year last year for the Padres, with nice HR and BB totals per IP. And the Dodgers are not hitting all that well yet. Dan Haren, on the other hand, is a short fill in until the Dodgers can end another warm body to pencil in. Haren pitches to extreme contact and has a hard time getting through batting orders the second time through. Retirement is in his future.
KC (+179) One unit. Vargas is a crafty lefty who relies on good command of his change up, fastball and slider. He usually keeps his team in the game long enough for the bullpen to save him late. Max Scherzer might have some bad karma. He left all that money on the table, which for a pitcher, must be hard to do- considering how many go down with serious arm injuries. He hasn't been all that sharp in spring and might start slow as he is known to do sometimes. I'm not sure the Tigers deserve this kind of number. Their lineup looks human and only slightly better than KC's. KC has the better bullpen.
Cleveland (+?) Game one(Kluber vs. Kazmir). One unit. Will play this when it gets posted, but might lose some value from Monday night's line. Write-up on Tuesday's thread.
SF Giants (-101) 2 units. Trevor Cahill is the reason here. When he's off, his sinker is not sinking and they look like batting practice fastballs. So far this spring and in his 1st start, that's what we're seeing. Hudson has become a good poor contact pitcher, with less than stellar stuff. He seems to love playing for the Giants and will want to impress here. Arizona is at home or this line would be drastically different. Last season, the D-Backs were not that great at home and had the same batting avg. there as on the road.
SD (-105). One unit. when was the last time SD was a favorite vs. LA? I don't know, but it doesn't happen often. Tyson Ross had a very solid year last year for the Padres, with nice HR and BB totals per IP. And the Dodgers are not hitting all that well yet. Dan Haren, on the other hand, is a short fill in until the Dodgers can end another warm body to pencil in. Haren pitches to extreme contact and has a hard time getting through batting orders the second time through. Retirement is in his future.
KC (+179) One unit. Vargas is a crafty lefty who relies on good command of his change up, fastball and slider. He usually keeps his team in the game long enough for the bullpen to save him late. Max Scherzer might have some bad karma. He left all that money on the table, which for a pitcher, must be hard to do- considering how many go down with serious arm injuries. He hasn't been all that sharp in spring and might start slow as he is known to do sometimes. I'm not sure the Tigers deserve this kind of number. Their lineup looks human and only slightly better than KC's. KC has the better bullpen.
