Ervin Santana has show positively nothing to convince, especially not versus the Rangers, against whom he has a dreadful track record (6.46 career ERA).
Even if you narrow those games against Texas to those played at Angel Stadium, sure, he has four quality starts in five tries, but he also was hammered for eight runs on 10 hits, two of them home runs, in 5 2/3 innings as recently as Sept. 27, 2008 (when he was a heck of a lot healthier than he is today).
The Mariners, Orioles and White Sox all have handled him in his home starts in his past three turns there, and this is a loaded lineup.
Even if you narrow those games against Texas to those played at Angel Stadium, sure, he has four quality starts in five tries, but he also was hammered for eight runs on 10 hits, two of them home runs, in 5 2/3 innings as recently as Sept. 27, 2008 (when he was a heck of a lot healthier than he is today).
The Mariners, Orioles and White Sox all have handled him in his home starts in his past three turns there, and this is a loaded lineup.
Glen Perkins is 3-1 with a 2.67 ERA and 1.19 WHIP in four starts since returning from the disabled list, but his schedule has been somewhat light (versus Pittsburgh and Houston, at St. Louis and Kansas City).
In his final appearance before landing on the DL, he was hammered for six runs on seven hits, two of them home runs, while recording just two outs at Yankee Stadium on May 18. In his career, he's 1-3 with a 7.71 ERA and 1.88 WHIP in four starts versus the Yankees, so approach his start with a degree of caution.
The best things that can be said in his defense are that he's a safer pitcher at the Metrodome, where he's 9-5 with a 3.80 ERA and 1.31 WHIP in 21 starts between this and last season, and that his stinker versus the Yankees might have been a direct result of his injury.
In his final appearance before landing on the DL, he was hammered for six runs on seven hits, two of them home runs, while recording just two outs at Yankee Stadium on May 18. In his career, he's 1-3 with a 7.71 ERA and 1.88 WHIP in four starts versus the Yankees, so approach his start with a degree of caution.
The best things that can be said in his defense are that he's a safer pitcher at the Metrodome, where he's 9-5 with a 3.80 ERA and 1.31 WHIP in 21 starts between this and last season, and that his stinker versus the Yankees might have been a direct result of his injury.
