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| 967 | LA ANGELS | +110 | Ov 9,+100 | +100 | Ov 9,-110 | | 968 | TORONTO | -120 | Un 9,-120 | -110 | Un 9,-110 |
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| All Games | 21-19 | +0.3 | 16-22 | 3.7 | 0.232 | 0.284 | 0.356 | 0.640 | 3.6 | 0.231 | 0.287 | 0.360 | 0.648 | | Road Games | 11-10 | +1.2 | 8-11 | 3.7 | 0.230 | 0.277 | 0.356 | 0.633 | 3.7 | 0.231 | 0.286 | 0.376 | 0.662 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 14-16 | -3.4 | 13-16 | 3.4 | 0.227 | 0.276 | 0.337 | 0.613 | 3.9 | 0.245 | 0.299 | 0.379 | 0.678 | | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +3.2 | 1-6 | 3.4 | 0.244 | 0.277 | 0.384 | 0.661 | 3.0 | 0.220 | 0.261 | 0.310 | 0.572 | | Turf Games | 2-1 | +1.2 | 1-2 | 4.3 | 0.245 | 0.292 | 0.443 | 0.735 | 5.0 | 0.265 | 0.339 | 0.398 | 0.737 | | Night Games | 17-11 | +5.2 | 10-16 | 3.8 | 0.234 | 0.287 | 0.358 | 0.645 | 3.2 | 0.216 | 0.268 | 0.336 | 0.604 |
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| All Games | 3.7 | 0.232 | 0.284 | 40 | 1312 | 305 | 53 | 2 | 35 | 0.356 | 139 | 95 | 287 | 13 | 227 | 29 | 20 | 23 | 28 | | Road Games | 3.7 | 0.230 | 0.277 | 21 | 700 | 161 | 26 | 1 | 20 | 0.356 | 74 | 46 | 156 | 8 | 119 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | | Righty Starters | 3.4 | 0.227 | 0.276 | 30 | 982 | 223 | 37 | 1 | 23 | 0.337 | 98 | 66 | 210 | 11 | 166 | 21 | 13 | 19 | 24 |
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| All Games | 3.36 | 1.131 | 109.7 | 43 | 41 | 91 | 10 | 33 | 105 | 6-5 | 14 | 7 | 66.7% | | Road Games | 3.65 | 1.216 | 49.3 | 21 | 20 | 42 | 7 | 18 | 51 | 2-2 | 9 | 3 | 75% |
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| All Games | 18-24 | -7.2 | 21-19 | 5.1 | 0.255 | 0.321 | 0.421 | 0.743 | 4.8 | 0.258 | 0.328 | 0.435 | 0.764 | | Home Games | 10-9 | -1.4 | 7-11 | 5.2 | 0.275 | 0.346 | 0.460 | 0.806 | 4.0 | 0.230 | 0.304 | 0.378 | 0.682 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 11-20 | -10 | 15-14 | 4.9 | 0.243 | 0.315 | 0.404 | 0.719 | 4.9 | 0.257 | 0.332 | 0.426 | 0.758 | | Past 7 Games | 1-6 | -5.5 | 4-3 | 4.3 | 0.243 | 0.313 | 0.389 | 0.703 | 5.3 | 0.254 | 0.311 | 0.496 | 0.806 | | Turf Games | 10-9 | -1.4 | 7-11 | 5.2 | 0.275 | 0.346 | 0.460 | 0.806 | 4.0 | 0.230 | 0.304 | 0.378 | 0.682 | | Night Games | 11-19 | -9.4 | 15-14 | 4.6 | 0.241 | 0.304 | 0.405 | 0.709 | 4.8 | 0.256 | 0.328 | 0.431 | 0.759 |
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| All Games | 5.1 | 0.255 | 0.321 | 42 | 1406 | 359 | 86 | 6 | 45 | 0.421 | 201 | 137 | 321 | 24 | 261 | 40 | 23 | 33 | 17 | | Home Games | 5.2 | 0.275 | 0.346 | 19 | 628 | 173 | 41 | 3 | 23 | 0.460 | 97 | 68 | 118 | 12 | 127 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 11 | | Righty Starters | 4.9 | 0.243 | 0.315 | 31 | 1035 | 252 | 67 | 3 | 31 | 0.404 | 140 | 108 | 246 | 19 | 203 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 17 |
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| All Games | 3.85 | 1.214 | 131 | 62 | 56 | 110 | 17 | 49 | 131 | 5-8 | 6 | 7 | 46.2% | | Home Games | 2.60 | 1.123 | 62.3 | 21 | 18 | 50 | 7 | 20 | 59 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
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| 5/7/2015 | SANTIAGO(L) | HOUSTON | MCHUGH(R) | 2-3 | L | +100 | 7.5 un | U | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | | 5/8/2015 | WEAVER(R) | HOUSTON | HERNANDEZ(R) | 2-0 | W | -125 | 8.5 un | U | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | | 5/9/2015 | SHOEMAKER(R) | HOUSTON | KEUCHEL(L) | 5-6 | L | -105 | 7 ev | O | 10 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | | 5/10/2015 | RICHARDS(R) | HOUSTON | FELDMAN(R) | 3-1 | W | -160 | 7.5 ov | U | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | | 5/12/2015 | WILSON(L) | COLORADO | KENDRICK(R) | 5-2 | W | -175 | 8 un | U | 10 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | | 5/13/2015 | SANTIAGO(L) | COLORADO | LYLES(R) | 2-1 | W | -165 | 8 un | U | 8 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | | 5/15/2015 | WEAVER(R) | @ BALTIMORE | CHEN(L) | 3-1 | W | 100 | 8.5 ev | U | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | | 5/16/2015 | SHOEMAKER(R) | @ BALTIMORE | JIMENEZ(R) | 6-1 | W | 120 | 9 un | U | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | 5/17/2015 | RICHARDS(R) | @ BALTIMORE | WRIGHT(R) | 0-3 | L | -125 | 8.5 un | U | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | | 5/18/2015 | WILSON(L) | @ TORONTO | REDMOND(R) | 6-10 | L | 100 | 9.5 ev | O | 12 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 0 | | 5/19/2015 | SANTIAGO(L) | @ TORONTO | SANCHEZ(R) | 3-2 | W | 110 | 9.5 ov | U | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | | 5/20/2015 | WEAVER(R) | @ TORONTO | HUTCHISON(R) | 4-3 | W | 115 | 9 un | U | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | | 5/21/2015 | SHOEMAKER(R) | @ TORONTO | DICKEY(R) | | | 5/22/2015 | RICHARDS(R) | @ BOSTON | PORCELLO(R) | | | 5/23/2015 | WILSON(L) | @ BOSTON | WRIGHT(R) | | | 5/24/2015 | | @ BOSTON | | | | 5/25/2015 | | SAN DIEGO | | | | 5/26/2015 | | SAN DIEGO | | | | 5/27/2015 | | SAN DIEGO | | | | 5/28/2015 | | DETROIT | | |
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| 5/8/2015 | SANCHEZ(R) | BOSTON | MILEY(L) | 7-0 | W | -135 | 9 ov | U | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | | 5/9/2015 | HUTCHISON(R) | BOSTON | KELLY(R) | 7-1 | W | -115 | 9 un | U | 9 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | | 5/10/2015 | DICKEY(R) | BOSTON | BUCHHOLZ(R) | 3-6 | L | +100 | 9 un | P | 8 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | | 5/11/2015 | ESTRADA(R) | @ BALTIMORE | JIMENEZ(R) | 2-5 | L | 115 | 8.5 ov | U | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | | 5/12/2015 | BUEHRLE(L) | @ BALTIMORE | TILLMAN(R) | 10-2 | W | 120 | 9.5 un | O | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | | 5/13/2015 | SANCHEZ(R) | @ BALTIMORE | GONZALEZ(R) | 1-6 | L | 115 | 8.5 ov | U | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | | 5/14/2015 | HUTCHISON(R) | @ HOUSTON | HERNANDEZ(R) | 4-6 | L | -105 | 9 un | O | 7 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | | 5/15/2015 | DICKEY(R) | @ HOUSTON | KEUCHEL(L) | 4-8 | L | 105 | 8.5 un | O | 8 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | | 5/16/2015 | ESTRADA(R) | @ HOUSTON | FELDMAN(R) | 5-6 | L | 105 | 9 un | O | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | | 5/17/2015 | BUEHRLE(L) | @ HOUSTON | MCHUGH(R) | 2-4 | L | 130 | 8.5 un | U | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | | 5/18/2015 | REDMOND(R) | LA ANGELS | WILSON(L) | 10-6 | W | -110 | 9.5 ev | O | 17 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | | 5/19/2015 | SANCHEZ(R) | LA ANGELS | SANTIAGO(L) | 2-3 | L | -120 | 9.5 ov | U | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | | 5/20/2015 | HUTCHISON(R) | LA ANGELS | WEAVER(R) | 3-4 | L | -125 | 9 un | U | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | | 5/21/2015 | DICKEY(R) | LA ANGELS | SHOEMAKER(R) | | | 5/22/2015 | BUEHRLE(L) | SEATTLE | HERNANDEZ(R) | | | 5/23/2015 | SANCHEZ(R) | SEATTLE | PAXTON(L) | | | 5/24/2015 | | SEATTLE | | | | 5/25/2015 | | CHI WHITE SOX | | | | 5/26/2015 | | CHI WHITE SOX | | | | 5/27/2015 | | CHI WHITE SOX | | |
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| |  | LA ANGELS: ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - The Los Angeles Angels had the majors' best record last year, and they return this season with baseball's best player at the center of largely the same roster.
Yet the Angels accomplished none of their biggest goals last year when they were swept out of the division series, and their sky-high payroll makes those unmet expectations even more painful.
So are the Angels a legitimate power or an unbalanced, aging team with a rapidly closing window? Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and manager Mike Scioscia can only figure it out by going back to work to find the right combination to contend again.
The Angels are difficult to evaluate because everything depends on the window from which they're viewed.
They have an enormous payroll topped by some of baseball's highest-paid players at their positions - Pujols, Josh Hamilton, C.J. Wilson and Trout, the reigning AL MVP. For all that money, consistent winning and championship contention is expected, which means the Angels' inability to win a single playoff game in five seasons is a disaster.
Yet the Angels still won 98 games last season despite losing budding ace Garrett Richards to a knee injury in August, and general manager Jerry Dipoto has restocked his roster while breathing life into what was considered the majors' worst farm system in recent years. From the bullpen to the heart of the order, Los Angeles has an undeniably solid complement of talent around Trout, the best player in baseball at 23 years old.
But just when the Angels look sharp, new worries arise. The biggest problem in 2015 is the fate of Hamilton, who is likely to be hit by a lengthy suspension for an apparent drug relapse before opening day. His recovery from shoulder surgery would have kept him out anyway.
Hamilton still has three years left on his $125 million contract, but at least his absence is cushioned by the grim fact that he has made no significant, consistent impact on the Angels' offense in two expensive seasons. Los Angeles acquired veteran Matt Joyce from Tampa Bay in the offseason, and returning outfielder Collin Cowgill also can fill in capably.
Some other things to watch when the Angels embark on their 55th season:
WHAT'S ON SECOND: The Angels' biggest problem is at second base, where Howie Kendrick leaves a gaping hole after nearly a decade entrenched in the job. With just a year left on Kendrick's contract, Dipoto traded him to the Dodgers to get promising young starter Andrew Heaney. But the lineup that led the AL in runs has lost its top hit producer - yes, Kendrick had even more than Trout - with no real plan to replace him. Josh Rutledge, Grant Green and Johnny Giavotella are among the light-hitting infielders getting a look in the spring, but none is likely to replace Kendrick's big bat.
RICH MAN: After leading the AL in RBIs and runs last season while winning the MVP trophy, Trout already has accomplished more than pretty much any 23-year-old in baseball history - and he's about to get paid for it. The outfielder's six-year, $144.5 million contract begins this year, albeit at a modest $5.25 million salary for 2015 before the deal skyrockets. Yet Trout hasn't shown any signs of complacency in the offseason, and he is working aggressively with hitting coach Don Baylor on limiting his strikeouts, which jumped to an AL-worst 184 last year.
WEAKNESS TO STRENGTH: After years of ineptitude, the Angels are confident their bullpen will again be among the majors' tops this season. Closer Huston Street and setup man Joe Smith are among the best in the business, while Mike Morin is expected to move into a bigger role with Kevin Jepsen's departure. Fernando Salas, Vinny Pestano and newcomer Cesar Ramos - Jered Weaver's college teammate - all are angling for innings, likely making the bullpen into a source of comfort for Scioscia.
GOTTA PITCH: The Angels' rotation has a high ceiling and a low floor - just like the rest of this team. Weaver and Wilson are on top of the rotation, but many believe both 30-something veterans took a step backward last season. Richards faces an uncertain mid-April return from a long rehabilitation, while Matt Shoemaker must prove he can replicate his shocking 16-victory performance that made him second on AL Rookie of the Year voting. Scioscia also must pick a fifth starter among Heaney, Hector Santiago and Nick Tropeano. | | TORONTO: TORONTO (AP) - The upcoming season for the Toronto Blue Jays seems destined to be defined by the one young pitcher who'll miss it and the two even younger guys who'll try to replace him.
Toronto's plans for ending baseball's longest active playoff drought took a serious hit when Marcus Stroman suffered a season-ending knee injury in spring training.
The second-year right-hander tore a ligament when his knee buckled as he backed off a bunt during a pregame fielding drill. He's out for the year after undergoing surgery.
''It's tough,'' Stroman said. ''I just feel like I let my team down. I've worked harder than I ever had this offseason.''
The injury changed Toronto's thinking about 22-year-old right-hander Aaron Sanchez, who might have been closing games rather than starting them if Stroman was still healthy, and 21-year-old lefty Daniel Norris, the van-dwelling surfer dude.
The two pitchers now look likely to get their shot in Toronto's rotation, slotting in behind 200-inning workhorses R.A Dickey and Mark Buehrle, and 24-year-old right-hander Drew Hutchison.
How successful they are could well determine what happens to the Blue Jays, out of the postseason since winning their second straight World Series in 1993 and the only team that hasn't reached the playoffs this century.
''We may have to rely on a young guy who may not be proven,'' manager John Gibbons said. ''Stro was a baby, too, but a special guy.''
Sanchez has already shown signs that he could also be special. He excelled out of the bullpen in 24 games last season, posting three saves and a 1.09 ERA in 33 innings, striking out 27 while walking nine and holding opponents to a .128 average.
With the increased demands of a starting role lying ahead, the hard-throwing Sanchez has spent this spring refining his slider.
''With the way he throws, it could turn into a big strikeout pitch for him,'' Gibbons said.
The Blue Jays are also high on Norris, currently better known for spending his winters searching for prime surfing spots while living out of a 1978 Volkswagen camper van nicknamed ''Shaggy.''
''He's a different bird,'' Gibbons said. ''Anytime you live in a van, I wouldn't say that's normal.''
Norris had an abnormal 2014 season, rising from Class A to the majors after going 12-2 with a 2.53 ERA at three minor league stops. He underwent elbow surgery last October to remove bone spurs, and expects to be better this year than the pitcher who made five appearances for the Blue Jays in September.
''He's a student of the game,'' Gibbons said. ''He's a very smart kid and he's grounded. He's got the most important thing: He's got a great arm.''
After Jose Reyes and the Blue Jays went 83-79, here's what else to watch as they try to move up:
MIGHTY MIGUEL: Sanchez and Norris aren't the only impressive young arms expected to break camp with the Blue Jays. Right-hander Miguel Castro, 20, didn't allow a run in his first five spring appearances, striking out eight and walking none while allowing three hits over nine innings. A hard thrower who stands an imposing 6-foot-5, Castro has put himself in position to jump from Class A, where he went 8-3 with a 2.68 ERA last season, all the way to the majors. ''He looks like a seasoned vet out there, under control, very relaxed,'' Gibbons said.
NEW GUYS, NEW FOCUS: Toronto strengthened its lineup over the winter by signing free agent catcher Russell Martin to a five-year, $82 million contract and acquiring All-Star third baseman Josh Donaldson from Oakland. Slugger Jose Bautista has praised the newcomers for making a difference in the clubhouse with their winning pedigree and intense focus. ''We need something along those lines here every now and then,'' Bautista said. ''It's good to have guys to whom winning matters.''
BLOCKING THE PLATE: Adding Martin gave the Blue Jays a logjam at catcher, where incumbent Dioner Navarro is signed through 2015 and Josh Thole is Dickey's knuckleball specialist. Martin has worked hard this spring to prove he can handle Dickey's floater, which could mean Thole is ticketed for Triple-A. Or, Toronto may yet trade the switch-hitting Navarro to open room at DH for Edwin Encarnacion, who has been slowed this spring by a balky back and may not be able to handle regular duty at first base. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (LA ANGELS-TORONTO) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Angels-Blue Jays Preview* ==========================
By JEFF MEZYDLO STATS Senior Writer
Los Angeles (20-19) at Toronto (18-23), 7:07 p.m. EDT
R.A. Dickey is at a loss when trying to explain the reason for his current rough stretch with the struggling Toronto Blue Jays.
The right-hander hopes he'll have an answer in time to avoid losing a third straight start Thursday night against a visiting Los Angeles Angels team that could be without Albert Pujols.
Despite going 0-1 in his first two starts, Dickey (1-5, 5.76 ERA) posted a 2.19 ERA and didn't allow a home run. However, his knuckleball hasn't been sharp while going 1-4 with a 6.93 ERA and yielding nine homers in the last six.
"Truth of the matter is, I'm searching right now," he told MLB's official website. "Searching for answers, searching for consistency of (movement)."
Since allowing a run over eight innings of a 3-1 win over the New York Yankees on May 4, Dickey has been tagged for 13 runs and 17 hits over 11 innings in his last two starts. He served up two homers in each of them.
"I'm not able to execute," said the 40-year-old Dickey, whose 94 home runs allowed since 2012 are the most in baseball. "It's been the longest where I haven't had the consistent movement that I'd like. I've had stretches like this before, and I'm confident it's going to turn."
Perhaps against the Angels (21-19), whom Dickey held to four hits over seven innings of a 4-0 victory in his only matchup with them in 2014.
Albert Pujols is 0 for 8 versus Dickey and might sit out after suffering a hand contusion from being hit by a pitch in Wednesday's 4-3 victory. Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto sent a text after the game that X-rays were negative.
"He's OK," Dipoto texted. "He'll be day to day with a bruised hand."
Pujols is batting only .231 with seven homers and 15 RBIs.
Marc Krauss, who replaced Pujols, hit a go-ahead two-run double in the seventh to help Los Angeles win for the 10th time in 14 contests. Krauss is 2 for 16 since being called up May 12, but he's 3 for 8 with two doubles and a home run against Dickey.
The Blue Jays (18-24) have dropped nine of 11 and are 2-8 in one-run contests. They've been held to five runs and nine hits in back-to-back losses after pounding out 17 hits in Monday's 10-6 series-opening victory.
"We're just in a little rough patch right now," manager John Gibbons said. "But these are our guys and we'll ride it out with them."
Sluggers Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion are a combined 0 for 12 after totaling five hits Monday.
They'll look to break out against Matt Shoemaker (3-3, 5.63), who gave up fewer than three runs for the first time in seven starts last time out. The right-hander allowed a homer but only two other hits and struck out seven without a walk in seven innings of a 6-1 victory at Baltimore on Saturday.
"I felt like I was almost casual the last few starts, not in my attack aggressive mode, (not) making quality pitches," he said. "I need to have that bulldog mentality that I usually have."
Shoemaker is 7-0 with a 3.00 ERA in his last nine starts on the road - all Angels victories. He's never pitched in Toronto but did win his only appearance against the Blue Jays despite allowing two runs and five hits over 3 2-3 innings of relief July 7 in a 5-2 victory.
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