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| 925 | OAKLAND | +175 | Ov 8.5,+100 | +185 | Ov 8,+105 | | 926 | HOUSTON | -185 | Un 8.5,-120 | -200 | Un 8,-125 |
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| All Games | 11-13 | -1.2 | 10-14 | 3.7 | 0.232 | 0.297 | 0.401 | 0.698 | 4.6 | 0.232 | 0.299 | 0.349 | 0.648 | | Road Games | 4-7 | -2.1 | 4-7 | 3.3 | 0.220 | 0.280 | 0.357 | 0.636 | 4.3 | 0.236 | 0.284 | 0.352 | 0.635 | | vs Left-handed Starters | 4-3 | +1.1 | 3-4 | 4.4 | 0.261 | 0.321 | 0.456 | 0.777 | 4.1 | 0.218 | 0.298 | 0.341 | 0.639 | | Past 7 Games | 2-5 | -2.8 | 3-4 | 2.6 | 0.201 | 0.252 | 0.338 | 0.590 | 5.1 | 0.278 | 0.320 | 0.419 | 0.739 | | Grass Games | 11-13 | -1.2 | 10-14 | 3.7 | 0.232 | 0.297 | 0.401 | 0.698 | 4.6 | 0.232 | 0.299 | 0.349 | 0.648 | | Day Games | 4-3 | +0.5 | 3-4 | 4.0 | 0.248 | 0.309 | 0.425 | 0.734 | 4.9 | 0.204 | 0.305 | 0.327 | 0.632 | | Division | 9-12 | -2.2 | 9-12 | 3.7 | 0.231 | 0.296 | 0.404 | 0.701 | 5.0 | 0.237 | 0.302 | 0.361 | 0.663 |
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| All Games | 3.7 | 0.232 | 0.297 | 24 | 779 | 181 | 40 | 2 | 29 | 0.401 | 85 | 72 | 211 | 6 | 147 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 18 | | Road Games | 3.3 | 0.220 | 0.280 | 11 | 373 | 82 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0.357 | 35 | 31 | 101 | 3 | 73 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 6 | | Lefty Starters | 4.4 | 0.261 | 0.321 | 7 | 226 | 59 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0.456 | 28 | 20 | 63 | 2 | 43 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
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| All Games | 4.33 | 1.321 | 81 | 46 | 39 | 79 | 9 | 28 | 65 | 1-4 | 6 | 3 | 66.7% | | Road Games | 4.23 | 1.441 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 39 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% |
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| All Games | 15-9 | +3 | 12-12 | 4.4 | 0.271 | 0.334 | 0.420 | 0.754 | 3.6 | 0.230 | 0.292 | 0.387 | 0.678 | | Home Games | 8-5 | +0.2 | 4-9 | 3.3 | 0.258 | 0.309 | 0.424 | 0.733 | 2.8 | 0.204 | 0.265 | 0.332 | 0.597 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 12-4 | +7 | 7-9 | 4.6 | 0.288 | 0.345 | 0.452 | 0.797 | 2.8 | 0.217 | 0.267 | 0.375 | 0.642 | | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -1.6 | 4-3 | 4.6 | 0.277 | 0.332 | 0.430 | 0.762 | 4.1 | 0.250 | 0.310 | 0.431 | 0.741 | | Grass Games | 13-8 | +2.2 | 9-12 | 4.3 | 0.272 | 0.332 | 0.417 | 0.749 | 3.5 | 0.227 | 0.291 | 0.380 | 0.671 | | Day Games | 4-1 | +3 | 3-2 | 4.6 | 0.243 | 0.344 | 0.396 | 0.740 | 4.2 | 0.243 | 0.295 | 0.412 | 0.707 | | Division | 11-4 | +5.6 | 6-9 | 4.5 | 0.272 | 0.330 | 0.419 | 0.749 | 3.0 | 0.218 | 0.281 | 0.343 | 0.624 |
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| All Games | 4.4 | 0.271 | 0.334 | 24 | 815 | 221 | 32 | 1 | 29 | 0.420 | 98 | 77 | 178 | 11 | 162 | 42 | 16 | 21 | 16 | | Home Games | 3.3 | 0.258 | 0.309 | 13 | 427 | 110 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 0.424 | 43 | 32 | 90 | 3 | 79 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 9 | | Righty Starters | 4.6 | 0.288 | 0.345 | 16 | 538 | 155 | 23 | 1 | 21 | 0.452 | 70 | 47 | 112 | 5 | 106 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 8 |
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| All Games | 2.85 | 1.076 | 79 | 27 | 25 | 55 | 7 | 30 | 99 | 6-3 | 6 | 3 | 66.7% | | Home Games | 2.93 | 1.047 | 43 | 15 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 17 | 59 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% |
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| 4/17/2017 | COTTON(R) | TEXAS | GRIFFIN(R) | 0-7 | L | -130 | 8 ev | U | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | | 4/18/2017 | TRIGGS(R) | TEXAS | DARVISH(R) | 4-2 | W | +115 | 7 ov | U | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | 4/19/2017 | HAHN(R) | TEXAS | PEREZ(L) | 9-1 | W | -115 | 8.5 ev | O | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | | 4/20/2017 | VALDEZ(R) | SEATTLE | PAXTON(L) | 9-6 | W | +135 | 7.5 un | O | 11 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | | 4/21/2017 | MANAEA(L) | SEATTLE | IWAKUMA(R) | 3-1 | W | -120 | 7.5 ov | U | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | | 4/22/2017 | COTTON(R) | SEATTLE | MIRANDA(L) | 4-3 | W | -115 | 8 ev | U | 8 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | | 4/23/2017 | TRIGGS(R) | SEATTLE | GALLARDO(R) | 1-11 | L | -125 | 8.5 ev | O | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | | 4/25/2017 | HAHN(R) | @ LA ANGELS | RAMIREZ(R) | 1-2 | L | 115 | 8.5 un | U | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | | 4/26/2017 | MANAEA(L) | @ LA ANGELS | SHOEMAKER(R) | 5-8 | L | 115 | 8 un | O | 11 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 2 | | 4/27/2017 | GRAVEMAN(R) | @ LA ANGELS | NOLASCO(R) | 1-2 | L | 110 | 8.5 ov | U | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | | 4/28/2017 | COTTON(R) | @ HOUSTON | MORTON(R) | 4-9 | L | 140 | 8.5 ov | O | 7 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 2 | | 4/29/2017 | TRIGGS(R) | @ HOUSTON | MUSGROVE(R) | 2-1 | W | 145 | 8.5 ev | U | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | | 4/30/2017 | HAHN(R) | @ HOUSTON | KEUCHEL(L) | | | 5/2/2017 | MANAEA(L) | @ MINNESOTA | SANTIAGO(L) | | | 5/3/2017 | COTTON(R) | @ MINNESOTA | GIBSON(R) | | | 5/4/2017 | GRAVEMAN(R) | @ MINNESOTA | HUGHES(R) | | | 5/5/2017 | | DETROIT | | | | 5/6/2017 | | DETROIT | | | | 5/7/2017 | | DETROIT | | |
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| 4/17/2017 | MORTON(R) | LA ANGELS | CHAVEZ(R) | 3-0 | W | -150 | 8.5 ev | U | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | | 4/18/2017 | MUSGROVE(R) | LA ANGELS | NOLASCO(R) | 2-5 | L | -140 | 8.5 un | U | 11 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | | 4/19/2017 | KEUCHEL(L) | LA ANGELS | RAMIREZ(R) | 5-1 | W | -175 | 8.5 un | U | 9 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | | 4/20/2017 | MCCULLERS(R) | LA ANGELS | SHOEMAKER(R) | 2-1 | W | -160 | 7.5 ev | U | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | | 4/21/2017 | FIERS(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | COBB(R) | 6-3 | W | -115 | 8 ov | O | 11 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | | 4/22/2017 | MORTON(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | SNELL(L) | 3-6 | L | -110 | 8.5 un | O | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | | 4/23/2017 | MUSGROVE(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | ANDRIESE(R) | 6-4 | W | -115 | 8.5 un | O | 12 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | | 4/25/2017 | KEUCHEL(L) | @ CLEVELAND | TOMLIN(R) | 4-2 | W | -115 | 8.5 un | U | 11 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | | 4/26/2017 | MCCULLERS(R) | @ CLEVELAND | BAUER(R) | 6-7 | L | 115 | 8.5 ov | O | 8 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | | 4/27/2017 | FIERS(R) | @ CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | 3-4 | L | 150 | 8.5 ov | U | 11 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | | 4/28/2017 | MORTON(R) | OAKLAND | COTTON(R) | 9-4 | W | -150 | 8.5 ov | O | 14 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | | 4/29/2017 | MUSGROVE(R) | OAKLAND | TRIGGS(R) | 1-2 | L | -155 | 8.5 ev | U | 7 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | | 4/30/2017 | KEUCHEL(L) | OAKLAND | HAHN(R) | | | 5/1/2017 | MCCULLERS(R) | TEXAS | CASHNER(R) | | | 5/2/2017 | FIERS(R) | TEXAS | HAMELS(L) | | | 5/3/2017 | MORTON(R) | TEXAS | GRIFFIN(R) | | | 5/4/2017 | MUSGROVE(R) | TEXAS | DARVISH(R) | | | 5/5/2017 | | @ LA ANGELS | | | | 5/6/2017 | | @ LA ANGELS | | | | 5/7/2017 | | @ LA ANGELS | | |
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| |  | OAKLAND: 2016: 69-93, fifth place
Manager: Bob Melvin (seventh season)
Who's new? CF Rajai Davis, OF Matt Joyce, 3B Trevor Plouffe, IF Adam Rosales, RHP Santiago Casilla
Who's gone? IF/OF Danny Valencia, OF Brett Eibner, 2B Eric Sogard, 2B Tyler Ladendorf, LHP Dillon Overton, RHP Fernando Rodriguez
Projected lineup: CF Rajai Davis (.249, 12 HR, 48 RBI, 43 SB with Indians), C Stephen Vogt (.251, 14, 56), DH Ryon Healy (.305, 13, 37 in 72 games), LF Khris Davis (.247, 42, 102), RF Matt Joyce (.242, 13, 42 with Pirates) or Mark Canha (.122, 3, 6 in 16 games), SS Marcus Semien (.238, 27, 75, 10 SB), 3B Trevor Plouffe (.260, 12, 47 with Twins), 1B Yonder Alonso (.253, 7, 56), 2B Jed Lowrie (.263, 2, 27 in 87 games)
Rotation: RH Kendall Graveman (10-11, 4.11), LH Sean Manaea (7-9, 3.86), RH Jharel Cotton (2-0, 2.15 in five games), RH Andrew Triggs (1-1, 4.31), RH Jesse Hahn (2-4, 6.02 in nine games) and Frankie Montas (0-0, 2.38 in four games at Triple-A)
Key relievers: RH Ryan Madson (6-7, 3.62, 30/37 SV), LH Sean Doolittle (2-3, 3.23), RH Santiago Casilla (2-5, 3.57 with Giants), RH Ryan Dull (5-5, 2.42), RH John Axford (6-4, 3.97), RH Liam Hendriks (0-4, 3.76), LH Daniel Coulombe (3-1, 4.53)
Hot spots: Fifth Starter and Second Base. Triggs, Hahn and Montas are the top candidates to fill out the rotation. Montas, who turns 24 before the season, is the youngest and has the highest ceiling. Hahn is the only one with something resembling a track record of success in the majors. Triggs showed potential in five starts last year. Second base will belong to prospect Franklin Barreto at some point. For now the position belongs to Lowrie, who figures to become trade bait as the A's begin their annual migration toward mathematical elimination.
Outlook: It's been a long two years since the A's played postseason baseball. Rather than rebuilding outright, the A's spent their offseason stocking up on veteran position players. Their strength is a young rotation led by right-hander Sonny Gray ' another trade candidate who's coming off the worst of his four major league seasons (5-11, 5.69 ERA) and will miss time with a lat strain. If Cotton, Manaea and Triggs pick up where they left off, pitching won't be the problem. No team scored fewer runs than the A's in 2016, and it still isn't obvious that their lineup improved. Their home turf will be renamed in honor of Rickey Henderson when the Angels visit Oakland for the opener; maybe Rickey can hit leadoff, too. | | HOUSTON: 2016: 84-78, third place
Manager: A.J. Hinch (third season)
Who's new? RF Josh Reddick, CF Carlos Beltran, LF Nori Aoki, C Brian McCann, RHP Charlie Morton
Who's gone? C Jason Castro, INF Luis Valbuena, OF Colby Rasmus, RHP Doug Fister
Projected lineup: CF George Springer (.261, 29 HR, 82 RBI), 2B Jose Altuve (.338, 24, 96, 30 SB), SS Carlos Correa (.274, 20, 96, 13 SB), DH Carlos Beltran (.295, 29, 93 with Yankees and Rangers), C Brian McCann (.242, 20, 58 with Yankees) or Evan Gattis (.251, 32, 72), 3B Alex Bregman (.264, 8, 34 in 49 games), RF Josh Reddick (.281, 10, 37 with A's and Dodgers), 1B Yulieski Gurriel (.262, 3, 15), LF Nori Aoki (.283, 4, 28 with Mariners)
Rotation: LH Dallas Keuchel (9-12, 4.55 ERA), RH Collin McHugh (13-10, 4.34), RH Mike Fiers (11-8, 4.48), RH Lance McCullers (6-5, 3.22), RH Charlie Morton (1-1, 4.15 in four games with Phillies)
Key relievers: RH Ken Giles (2-5, 4.11, 15/20 SV), RH Luke Gregerson (4-3, 3.28, 15/21 SV), RH Will Harris (1-2, 2.25, 12/15 SV), RH Chris Devenski (4-4, 2.16), LH Tony Sipp (1-2, 4.95), RH Michael Feliz (8-1, 4.43)
Hot spots: Fifth starter and catcher. Hamstring issues limited 33-year-old Morton to four starts with the Phillies last season. That didn't stop the Astros from signing him to a two-year contract worth at least $14 million. Now, veteran Fiers and 24-year-old Joe Musgrove are on the bubble for the fifth starter's job. McCann and Gattis give the Astros a pair of veteran catchers with slugging potential. McCann has fewer weaknesses behind the plate; Gattis is the better all-around hitter. With Beltran aboard as the primary designated hitter, McCann and Gattis won't both be in the lineup on most nights.
Outlook: After slipping to third place in the AL West last year, the Astros' front office decided to double down on dingers rather than upgrade a rotation that lacks a true ace. The result: A lineup with eight potential 20-home run hitters, including possible MVP candidates in Altuve and Correa. Everyone returns from an impressive young bullpen with high strikeout potential. If the Astros are in contention by the trade deadline, the front office should have the financial flexibility to add a front-line starter. Then again, if Dallas Keuchel looks like the pitcher who won a Cy Young Award in 2015, Houston might not have a problem. |
| | Gurriel gives Astros flexibility in series with A's
HOUSTON -- One night after his fifth multi-hit performance in his last seven starts, Yuli Gurriel found himself elevated in the lineup. Houston Astros manager A.J. Hinch made a point to note that Gurriel wasn't batting sixth Saturday night because of his torrid hitting. He made the change in the middle game of a three-game set with the Oakland Athletics that concludes Sunday because Gurriel's bat fit that slot in this lineup. Saturday night marked the sixth time this season that Gurriel batted sixth, his highest spot in the order in 2017. He has mostly hit sixth, seventh or eighth, batting ninth just once. Last season, his first with the Astros (15-9) after his defection from Cuba, Gurriel had 50 plate appearances in the two-hole, 12 batting cleanup, and 44 hitting fifth. "Where I place him in the order is not indicative of my confidence, it's more of how he fits in our lineup with the rest of our guys," Hinch said. "It doesn't matter where he hits. He's comfortable hitting at the bottom, he's comfortable hitting in the six- or seven-hole. "For a while I didn't want to move him; I didn't want to mess him up. But as I've moved him up, he's continued to hit so he can hit anywhere." Gurriel went 1-for-4 in the Astros' 2-1 loss to the A's (11-13). Left-hander Dallas Keuchel (4-0, 0.84 ERA) will start the series finale for Houston on Sunday looking to win the series and post his 11th consecutive quality start against Oakland. Keuchel limited Oakland to one run, four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in seven innings in a 7-2 win on April 14 at Oakland Coliseum. The Athletics will counter with right-hander Jesse Hahn (1-1, 2.09 ERA), who is 1-2 with a 6.75 ERA in three career starts against the Astros. Oakland manager Bob Melvin continues to tweak his injury-ravaged lineup, inserting Ryan LaMarre in center field and Chad Pinder at shortstop to get both some plate appearances. The Athletics have seven players on the disabled list, including center fielder Rajai Davis and shortstop Marcus Semien among three position players. Davis is close to returning from a hamstring injury. "Jaff Decker has done a nice job for us, but Raj was a guy that we targeted to get the brunt of the time in center field," Melvin said. "Certainly the speed dynamic with he and Marcus out hurt us too. They're basically our only guys that give us some stolen base and speed threats so we're a little bit one-dimensional with those guys out of the lineup." With Davis and right-hander Sonny Gray set to return soon, the Athletics have reinforcements coming. But until Oakland is made whole again, Melvin will make the best of what he has available. "The trap is you don't want to look forward to that and need that," Melvin said. "You still have to play every single day, so it's more look for someone to get an opportunity and do well. "We'll get these guys back and it will be a little bit of a shot in the arm when we do, but we can't look too far forward in trying to get these guys back." |
| | Last Updated: 4/19/2024 2:45:56 AM EST. |
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