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| 919 | TORONTO | -130 | Ov 7.5,-115 | -135 | Ov 8,+100 | | 920 | TAMPA BAY | +120 | Un 7.5,-105 | +125 | Un 8,-120 |
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| All Games | 0-2 | -2 | 0-2 | 1.5 | 0.240 | 0.305 | 0.267 | 0.572 | 3.0 | 0.206 | 0.229 | 0.397 | 0.626 | | Road Games | 0-2 | -2 | 0-2 | 1.5 | 0.240 | 0.305 | 0.267 | 0.572 | 3.0 | 0.206 | 0.229 | 0.397 | 0.626 | | Past 7 Games | 0-2 | -2 | 0-2 | 1.5 | 0.240 | 0.305 | 0.267 | 0.572 | 3.0 | 0.206 | 0.229 | 0.397 | 0.626 | | Night Games | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1 | 1.0 | 0.212 | 0.235 | 0.242 | 0.478 | 3.0 | 0.172 | 0.172 | 0.379 | 0.552 | | Division | 0-2 | -2 | 0-2 | 1.5 | 0.240 | 0.305 | 0.267 | 0.572 | 3.0 | 0.206 | 0.229 | 0.397 | 0.626 |
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| All Games | 1.5 | 0.240 | 0.305 | 2 | 75 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.267 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Road Games | 1.5 | 0.240 | 0.305 | 2 | 75 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.267 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| All Games | 1.59 | 0.705 | 5.7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | | Road Games | 1.59 | 0.705 | 5.7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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| All Games | 2-1 | +1.2 | 1-2 | 3.7 | 0.263 | 0.318 | 0.374 | 0.691 | 3.0 | 0.248 | 0.288 | 0.390 | 0.679 | | Home Games | 2-1 | +1.2 | 1-2 | 3.7 | 0.263 | 0.318 | 0.374 | 0.691 | 3.0 | 0.248 | 0.288 | 0.390 | 0.679 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 2-0 | +2.2 | 1-1 | 5.5 | 0.313 | 0.361 | 0.478 | 0.839 | 2.0 | 0.246 | 0.278 | 0.319 | 0.597 | | Past 7 Games | 2-1 | +1.2 | 1-2 | 3.7 | 0.263 | 0.318 | 0.374 | 0.691 | 3.0 | 0.248 | 0.288 | 0.390 | 0.679 | | Dome Games | 2-1 | +1.2 | 1-2 | 3.7 | 0.263 | 0.318 | 0.374 | 0.691 | 3.0 | 0.248 | 0.288 | 0.390 | 0.679 | | Night Games | 1-1 | +0.1 | 0-2 | 2.0 | 0.206 | 0.265 | 0.254 | 0.519 | 3.0 | 0.246 | 0.297 | 0.449 | 0.747 | | Division | 2-1 | +1.2 | 1-2 | 3.7 | 0.263 | 0.318 | 0.374 | 0.691 | 3.0 | 0.248 | 0.288 | 0.390 | 0.679 |
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| All Games | 3.7 | 0.263 | 0.318 | 3 | 99 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.374 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | Home Games | 3.7 | 0.263 | 0.318 | 3 | 99 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.374 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | Righty Starters | 5.5 | 0.313 | 0.361 | 2 | 67 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.478 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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| All Games | 1.08 | 1.200 | 8.3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | | Home Games | 1.08 | 1.200 | 8.3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
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| 4/3/2017 | ESTRADA(R) | @ BALTIMORE | GAUSMAN(R) | 2-3 | L | 120 | 8.5 ov | U | 11 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | | 4/5/2017 | HAPP(L) | @ BALTIMORE | BUNDY(R) | 1-3 | L | 105 | 8.5 un | U | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | | 4/6/2017 | STROMAN(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | SNELL(L) | | | 4/7/2017 | LIRIANO(L) | @ TAMPA BAY | ANDRIESE(R) | | | 4/8/2017 | SANCHEZ(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | ARCHER(R) | | | 4/9/2017 | ESTRADA(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | ODORIZZI(R) | | | 4/11/2017 | HAPP(L) | MILWAUKEE | PERALTA(R) | | | 4/12/2017 | | MILWAUKEE | | | | 4/13/2017 | | BALTIMORE | | |
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| 4/2/2017 | ARCHER(R) | NY YANKEES | TANAKA(R) | 7-3 | W | +100 | 6.5 ov | O | 13 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | | 4/4/2017 | ODORIZZI(R) | NY YANKEES | SABATHIA(L) | 0-5 | L | -105 | 7.5 ev | U | 5 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | | 4/5/2017 | COBB(R) | NY YANKEES | PINEDA(R) | 4-1 | W | +120 | 7.5 un | U | 8 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | | 4/6/2017 | SNELL(L) | TORONTO | STROMAN(R) | | | 4/7/2017 | ANDRIESE(R) | TORONTO | LIRIANO(L) | | | 4/8/2017 | ARCHER(R) | TORONTO | SANCHEZ(R) | | | 4/9/2017 | ODORIZZI(R) | TORONTO | ESTRADA(R) | | | 4/10/2017 | COBB(R) | @ NY YANKEES | PINEDA(R) | | | 4/12/2017 | | @ NY YANKEES | | | | 4/13/2017 | | @ NY YANKEES | | |
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| |  | TORONTO: 2016: 89-73, second place
Manager: John Gibbons (10th season)
Who's new? 1B/DH Kendrys Morales, C Jarrod Saltalamacchia, IF/OF Steve Pearce, IF Lourdes Gurriel, LHP J.P. Howell, RHP Joe Smith
Who's gone? 1B/DH Edwin Encarnacion, OF Michael Saunders, C Josh Thole, C Dioner Navarro, OF Junior Lake, RHP R.A. Dickey, LHP Brett Cecil, RHP Joaquin Benoit
Projected lineup: 2B Devon Travis (.300, 11 HR, 50 RBI), 3B Josh Donaldson (.284, 37, 99), RF Jose Bautista (.234, 22, 69), DH Kendrys Morales (.263, 30, 93 with Royals), SS Troy Tulowitzki (.254, 24, 79), C Russell Martin (.231, 20, 74), 1B Justin Smoak (.217, 14, 34), CF Kevin Pillar (.266, 7, 53, 14 SB), LF Ezequiel Carrera (.248, 6, 23)
Rotation: RH Marco Estrada (9-9, 3.48 ERA), LH J.A. Happ (20-4, 3.18), RH Marcus Stroman (9-10, 4.37), RH Aaron Sanchez (15-2, 3.00), LH Francisco Liriano (8-13, 4.69 with Pirates and Blue Jays)
Key relievers: RH Roberto Osuna (4-3, 2.68, 36/42 SV), RH Jason Grilli (6-4, 3.64), RH Joe Biagini (4-3, 3.06), LH J.P. Howell (1-1, 4.09 with Dodgers), RH Joe Smith (1-4, 3.82 with Angels), LH Aaron Loup (0-0, 5.02)
Hot spots: bullpen. The Blue Jays signed only a couple high-profile free agents (retaining Bautista, adding Morales) and brought in many lower-profile veterans mostly to compete for bullpen jobs. Howell and Smith, signed to low-risk deals, are all but guaranteed jobs. But what of Dominic Leone, Mat Latos, Mike Bolsinger, Lucas Harrell and Leonel Campos? Toronto seems to be crowd-sourcing its middle innings with low-risk, right-handed options. Up to a half-dozen pitchers could be competing for one or two jobs.
Outlook: The Blue Jays' roster is enviably balanced, albeit among the older ones in the league. Toronto led the AL in ERA last year. Their entire starting rotation returns, and their veteran bullpen is set up well to support second-year closer Osuna. Ironically, the youngest player in the Jays' starting lineup, 26-year-old Travis, has the biggest health concern of the bunch. He didn't appear in a spring training game until recently because of offseason knee surgery. Encarnacion, who was good for .270/30/100 every year, will be missed. The question now is whether Morales (33), Bautista (36), Tulowitzki (32) and Martin (34) are still close enough to their primes to power another playoff run. | | TAMPA BAY: 2016: 68-94, fifth place
Manager: Kevin Cash (third season)
Who's new? OF Colby Rasmus, OF/1B Rickie Weeks Jr., RHP Tommy Hunter, RHP Jumbo Diaz, C Wilson Ramos, C Derek Norris, OF Mallex Smith, RHP Jose De Leon, RHP Shawn Tolleson
Who's gone? 2B Logan Forsythe, IF/OF Steve Pearce, OF Desmond Jennings, OF Mikie Mahtook, C Hank Conger, IF/OF Taylor Motter, C Bobby Wilson, LHP Drew Smyly, LHP Enny Romero, RHP Steve Geltz, LHP Dana Eveland, RHP Kevin Jepsen, RHP Tyler Sturdevant, RHP Dylan Floro
Projected lineup: DH Corey Dickerson (.245, 24, 70), CF Kevin Kiermaier (.246, 12, 37, 21 SB), 3B Evan Longoria (.273, 36, 98), 2B Brad Miller (.243, 30, 81), RF Steven Souza (.247, 17, 49), LF Colby Rasmus (.206, 15, 54 with Astros), SS Tim Beckham (.247, 5, 16), 1B Logan Morrison (.238, 14, 43), C Curt Casali (.186, 8, 25)
Rotation: RH Chris Archer (9-19, 4.02 ERA), RH Jake Odorizzi (10-6, 3.69), RH Alex Cobb (1-2, 8.59 in five starts), LH Blake Snell (6-8, 3.54), RH Matt Andriese (8-8, 4.37)
Key relievers: RH Alex Colome (2-4, 1.91, 37/40 SV), RH Tommy Hunter (2-2, 3.18 with Indians), RH Danny Farquhar (1-0, 3.06), LH Xavier Cede'o (3-4, 3.70), RH Erasmo Ramirez (7-11, 3.77), RH Jumbo Diaz (1-1, 3.14), RH Chase Whitley (0-0, 2.51)
Hot spots: Shortstop and catcher. Tim Beckham and the combination of Curt Casali and newly signed Derek Norris are holding down the fort while Matt Duffy and Wilson Ramos recover from injuries. Beckham and Casali or Norris can at least try to make the situation awkward by hitting. That wasn't their strong suit last year, but the Rays will need someone to bat eighth and ninth while Ramos (knee surgery; out until July) and Duffy (Achilles surgery; out until May) heal.
Outlook: How do you fix a team that ranked eighth in the AL in ERA and 14th in runs scored? If you're the Rays, you trade away your second-best hitter (Forsythe) for a pitcher who will start the season in Triple-A (De Leon), then sign an outfielder with a .641 OPS (Rasmus) to be your second-highest paid player. Expectations for a team with the third-lowest payroll in the game shouldn't be high to begin with. Getting Duffy and Ramos back from the DL will help, but not enough to slow rumors of Archer, Cobb and Odorizzi getting traded if they pitch well. |
| | Blue Jays look to get on track vs. Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Rays won their opening series of the season and now go straight into four games against a Toronto Blue Jays team that lost its first two games. "We say it all the time: We're kind of built on pitching, and the guys showed up today and pitched really well," manager Kevin Cash said after a 4-1 win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday. "Everybody played their part." The Rays' starting pitchers outplayed their Yankees counterparts in the series, throwing 18 2/3 innings to New York's 11 1/3. The Rays' bullpen was even sharper, allowing just one run in 8 1/3 innings over the three games, striking out six batters and walking one. Wednesday's winner, Alex Cobb, pitched well into the sixth before being stopped at 90 pitches, and Cash said he'll be less tethered to regimented pitch counts with his starters -- he let Chris Archer pitch his way through a seventh-inning jam rather than give way to a fresh bullpen Sunday. Toronto comes to St. Petersburg coming off two losses at Baltimore despite solid pitching, falling 3-2 and 3-1. The Orioles managed to win Wednesday without a single at-bat with runners in scoring position, getting by on two home runs. The heart of Toronto's batting order has yet to get a hit, with 3-4-5 hitters Jose Bautista, Kendrys Morales and Troy Tulowitzki a combined 0-for-26. Toronto went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position Wednesday, spoiling an eight-strikeout game from J.A. Happ. Jays right-hander Marcus Stroman went 9-10 with a 4.37 ERA last year, and he's 3-4 with a 4.84 ERA in seven starts against the Rays. He fared better in three games at Tropicana Field last season, going 2-1 with a 2.86 ERA. Stroman is still just 25, a year older than Rays left-hander Blake Snell, who makes his season debut against the team he made his major-league debut against last season. Snell went 2-1 with a 3.00 ERA against New York, better than his overall rookie numbers (6-8, 3.54). Toronto did have some spectacular defense in Baltimore, such as Kevin Pillar making a full-speed catch and throwing quickly to second for his first assist of the season. "(That's) what's made me and that's playing with an edge and being super-competitive," Pillar told the Toronto Star. "To some people sometime, it's playing a little bit reckless, but that's just who I am. It's understanding that I have to learn how to control those. There's a time and place for them." The Rays and Jays play 10 games against each other in the first five weeks, then just two more before August, when they play seven in 10 days. |
| | Last Updated: 5/3/2024 7:55:09 PM EST. |
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