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957 | HOUSTON | +100 | Ov 8,-105 | +115 | Ov 7.5,+100 | 958 | NY YANKEES | -110 | Un 8,-115 | -125 | Un 7.5,-120 |
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All Games | 23-11 | +8.4 | 18-15 | 4.9 | 0.274 | 0.338 | 0.435 | 0.774 | 3.7 | 0.227 | 0.293 | 0.388 | 0.681 | Road Games | 9-5 | +3.7 | 9-4 | 5.4 | 0.280 | 0.349 | 0.417 | 0.766 | 4.4 | 0.254 | 0.316 | 0.432 | 0.748 | vs Right-handed Starters | 18-6 | +10.4 | 12-11 | 5.1 | 0.286 | 0.345 | 0.463 | 0.808 | 3.1 | 0.216 | 0.276 | 0.365 | 0.641 | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +2.4 | 4-2 | 5.6 | 0.278 | 0.355 | 0.489 | 0.844 | 3.9 | 0.219 | 0.300 | 0.366 | 0.666 | Grass Games | 21-10 | +7.5 | 15-15 | 4.8 | 0.275 | 0.337 | 0.435 | 0.772 | 3.6 | 0.224 | 0.293 | 0.383 | 0.676 | Night Games | 16-9 | +3.8 | 13-12 | 4.9 | 0.283 | 0.334 | 0.449 | 0.784 | 3.5 | 0.224 | 0.290 | 0.377 | 0.667 |
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All Games | 4.9 | 0.274 | 0.338 | 34 | 1153 | 316 | 50 | 2 | 44 | 0.435 | 157 | 112 | 235 | 16 | 228 | 57 | 21 | 34 | 18 | Road Games | 5.4 | 0.280 | 0.349 | 14 | 492 | 138 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0.417 | 68 | 52 | 106 | 10 | 98 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 8 | Righty Starters | 5.1 | 0.286 | 0.345 | 24 | 812 | 232 | 38 | 2 | 34 | 0.463 | 117 | 73 | 159 | 9 | 159 | 39 | 17 | 25 | 10 |
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All Games | 2.93 | 1.105 | 107.7 | 37 | 35 | 78 | 10 | 41 | 138 | 9-4 | 12 | 4 | 75% | Road Games | 2.70 | 1.131 | 43.3 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 2 | 14 | 50 | 5-2 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% |
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All Games | 21-10 | +10 | 20-11 | 5.8 | 0.274 | 0.355 | 0.448 | 0.803 | 4.0 | 0.228 | 0.292 | 0.356 | 0.648 | Home Games | 12-3 | +7.4 | 11-4 | 6.8 | 0.291 | 0.376 | 0.506 | 0.882 | 4.3 | 0.234 | 0.290 | 0.382 | 0.673 | vs Left-handed Starters | 6-1 | +5.8 | 6-1 | 6.4 | 0.264 | 0.346 | 0.390 | 0.736 | 4.0 | 0.212 | 0.292 | 0.288 | 0.580 | Past 7 Games | 6-1 | +5.4 | 5-2 | 7.3 | 0.301 | 0.387 | 0.489 | 0.876 | 4.6 | 0.221 | 0.297 | 0.339 | 0.636 | Grass Games | 20-8 | +11.4 | 19-9 | 6.1 | 0.276 | 0.362 | 0.454 | 0.816 | 4.0 | 0.224 | 0.289 | 0.355 | 0.644 | Night Games | 14-6 | +7 | 12-8 | 5.8 | 0.278 | 0.356 | 0.466 | 0.821 | 4.1 | 0.227 | 0.290 | 0.358 | 0.648 |
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All Games | 5.8 | 0.274 | 0.355 | 31 | 1100 | 301 | 43 | 4 | 47 | 0.448 | 168 | 139 | 266 | 21 | 244 | 37 | 17 | 22 | 11 | Home Games | 6.8 | 0.291 | 0.376 | 15 | 512 | 149 | 22 | 2 | 28 | 0.506 | 98 | 70 | 127 | 8 | 107 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 3 | Lefty Starters | 6.4 | 0.264 | 0.346 | 7 | 277 | 73 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0.390 | 40 | 35 | 67 | 6 | 60 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
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All Games | 2.64 | 1.172 | 99 | 32 | 29 | 73 | 5 | 43 | 118 | 7-3 | 8 | 5 | 61.5% | Home Games | 3.40 | 1.311 | 45 | 17 | 17 | 41 | 4 | 18 | 46 | 3-1 | 6 | 1 | 85.7% |
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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) | 7-2 | W | -190 | 7.5 ev | O | 10 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 5/1/2017 | MCCULLERS(R) | TEXAS | CASHNER(R) | 6-2 | W | -210 | 8.5 ev | U | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5/2/2017 | FIERS(R) | TEXAS | CLAUDIO(L) | 8-7 | W | -140 | 8.5 ov | O | 11 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5/3/2017 | MORTON(R) | TEXAS | MARTINEZ(R) | 10-1 | W | -180 | 8.5 un | O | 13 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5/4/2017 | MUSGROVE(R) | TEXAS | GRIFFIN(R) | 4-10 | L | -145 | 8.5 ev | O | 10 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5/5/2017 | KEUCHEL(L) | @ LA ANGELS | CHAVEZ(R) | 7-6 | W | -130 | 8 un | O | 12 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5/6/2017 | MCCULLERS(R) | @ LA ANGELS | RAMIREZ(R) | 1-2 | L | -120 | 7.5 un | U | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5/7/2017 | FIERS(R) | @ LA ANGELS | SHOEMAKER(R) | 5-3 | W | -110 | 8 un | P | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5/9/2017 | MORTON(R) | ATLANTA | COLON(R) | 8-3 | W | -180 | 8.5 ov | O | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5/10/2017 | MUSGROVE(R) | ATLANTA | GARCIA(L) | 4-2 | W | -205 | 9 ev | U | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5/11/2017 | KEUCHEL(L) | @ NY YANKEES | PINEDA(R) | | 5/12/2017 | MCCULLERS(R) | @ NY YANKEES | MONTGOMERY(L) | | 5/13/2017 | FIERS(R) | @ NY YANKEES | SEVERINO(R) | | 5/14/2017 | MORTON(R) | @ NY YANKEES | TANAKA(R) | | 5/15/2017 | MUSGROVE(R) | @ MIAMI | STRAILY(R) | | 5/16/2017 | KEUCHEL(L) | @ MIAMI | KOEHLER(R) | | 5/17/2017 | | @ MIAMI | | |
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4/27/2017 | TANAKA(R) | @ BOSTON | SALE(L) | 3-0 | W | 165 | 7 ov | U | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4/28/2017 | SABATHIA(L) | BALTIMORE | GAUSMAN(R) | 14-11 | W | -115 | 9 ev | O | 14 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4/29/2017 | PINEDA(R) | BALTIMORE | JIMENEZ(R) | 12-4 | W | -170 | 9 ov | O | 10 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4/30/2017 | MONTGOMERY(L) | BALTIMORE | MILEY(L) | 4-7 | L | -120 | 8 un | O | 13 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5/1/2017 | SEVERINO(R) | TORONTO | ESTRADA(R) | 1-7 | L | -170 | 7.5 ov | O | 7 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 5/2/2017 | TANAKA(R) | TORONTO | LATOS(R) | 11-5 | W | -190 | 9 un | O | 16 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5/3/2017 | SABATHIA(L) | TORONTO | STROMAN(R) | 8-6 | W | -105 | 8.5 un | O | 12 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 5/5/2017 | PINEDA(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | HENDRICKS(R) | 3-2 | W | 110 | 6.5 ov | U | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5/6/2017 | MONTGOMERY(L) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | ANDERSON(L) | 11-6 | W | 120 | 7.5 un | O | 14 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5/7/2017 | SEVERINO(R) | @ CHICAGO CUBS | LESTER(L) | 5-4 | W | 115 | 7 un | O | 10 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 5/8/2017 | TANAKA(R) | @ CINCINNATI | DAVIS(R) | 10-4 | W | -140 | 8.5 ov | O | 13 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 5/9/2017 | SABATHIA(L) | @ CINCINNATI | ADLEMAN(R) | 3-5 | L | -110 | 9 un | U | 7 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5/11/2017 | PINEDA(R) | HOUSTON | KEUCHEL(L) | | 5/12/2017 | MONTGOMERY(L) | HOUSTON | MCCULLERS(R) | | 5/13/2017 | SEVERINO(R) | HOUSTON | FIERS(R) | | 5/14/2017 | TANAKA(R) | HOUSTON | MORTON(R) | | 5/16/2017 | SABATHIA(L) | @ KANSAS CITY | HAMMEL(R) | | 5/17/2017 | | @ KANSAS CITY | | | 5/18/2017 | | @ KANSAS CITY | | |
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| | | 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. | | NY YANKEES: 2016: 84-78, fourth place
Manager: Joe Girardi (10th season)
Who's new? 1B/DH Chris Carter, 1B/LF/DH Matt Holliday, RHP Aroldis Chapman
Who's gone? 1B Mark Teixeira, C Brian McCann, RHP Nate Eovaldi, RHP Kirby Yates, RHP Anthony Swarzak, RHP Nick Goody, RHP Blake Parker
Projected lineup: LF Brett Gardner (.261, 7 HR, 41 RBI, 16 SB), CF Jacoby Ellsbury (.263, 9, 56, 20), C Gary Sanchez (.299, 20, 42 in 53 games), DH Matt Holliday (.246, 20, 62 with Cardinals), 1B Greg Bird (did not play in 2016), 2B Starlin Castro (.270, 21, 70), 3B Chase Headley (.253, 14, 51), RH Aaron Judge (.179, 4, 10 in 27 games) or Aaron Hicks (.217, 8, 31), SS Tyler Wade (.259, 5, 27 at Double-A) or Ronald Torreyes (.258, 1, 12)
Rotation: RH Masahiro Tanaka (14-4, 3.07), LH C.C. Sabathia (9-12, 3.91), RH Michael Pineda (6-12, 4.82), RH Luis Severino (3-8, 5.83), RH Chad Green (2-4, 4.73) or RH Adam Warren (4-2, 3.26) or RH Luis Cessa (4-4, 4.35) or RH Bryan Mitchell (1-2, 3.24 in five games)
Key relievers: LH Aroldis Chapman (4-1, 1.55, 36/39 SV), RH Dellin Betances (3-6, 3.08), RH Tyler Clippard (3-6, 3.57), LH Tommy Layne (2-0, 3.38), LH Chasen Shreve (2-1, 5.18)
Hot spots: Fifth starter and right field. The starter's competition is not urgent ' the Yankees have five off-days in the first month of the season ' but it's interesting nonetheless. Green, Cessa, Warren and Mitchell combined to make 22 major league starts last season. None had an outstanding spring training, so the Yankees might choose to divide the load again. Some will go to Triple-A, others to the bullpen. Someone named Aaron (Judge or Hicks) will be the Yankees' right fielder this season. If either falters, Tyler Austin or Rob Refsnyder could seize their at-bats.
Outlook: The Yankees will employ fewer past-their-prime position players in 2017 than any season this decade. Is their next generation of homegrown talent ready to take over? Sanchez is the most advanced prospect ' the catcher hit 20 home runs in 53 games as a rookie ' but beyond him lies several question marks. Greg Bird, Clint Frazier, Gleyber Torres, Judge and Austin (who was stalled in camp by a foot injury) will get a chance once they're ready. The pitching staff is led by Tanaka and the ferocious bullpen combo of Chapman, Betances and Clippard. But depth is a real question mark, and there are no blue-chip prospects at Triple-A waiting for their moment. |
| | Two of AL's best square off as Astros visit Yankees
NEW YORK -- Last season, Dallas Keuchel followed up winning 20 games and an American League Cy Young Award by posting a losing record in a disappointing 2016 season for the Houston Astros. Things are significantly different for Keuchel and the Astros so far this year. Keuchel takes the mound Thursday night when Houston (23-110) begins a four-game series with the New York Yankees (21-10) at Yankee Stadium. Last season, the Astros won 84 games and Keuchel posted a 9-12 record with 4.55 ERA in 26 starts. So far, the left-hander is 5-0 with a 1.88 ERA through his first seven starts. Keuchel, one of four five-game winners in the AL, is fifth in ERA and fourth with a 0.85 WHIP. He has only recorded 41 strikeouts, but he is tied with Toronto's Marcus Stroman for the league lead with double plays induced at 11. Keuchel also is getting ground balls 63 percent of the time after slipping to 56.8 percent last season. "I'm going to continue to attack the zone and get some early contact and let the defense work," Keuchel said after an April 30 start vs. the Oakland A's. "I have such a great defense that it's kind of fun to release the ball and let the guys go get it." Keuchel has also limited opposing hitters to a .179 average (32-for-179), which ranks fourth in the league. Including his performance in the 2015 AL wild-card game, Keuchel is 4-2 with a 1.42 ERA in six starts against the Yankees. He last faced them July 25 in Houston when he allowed two runs and six hits in 7 2/3 innings of a 2-1 loss. "It's always nice when Dallas' turn rolls around," Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. "You never feel like you can go into too much of a slump when you have Keuchel going every fifth day." The current New York roster has a combined .185 average off Keuchel, but those stats don't include Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez. They joined the Yankees shortly after the 2016 season series ended in July. The Astros are 8-3 in their past 11 games after a 4-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday. Carlos Correa continued his torrid May with the go-ahead RBI double. Correa batted .233 last month, but in his past nine games, the shortstop is hitting .344. While Houston might have been expected to start quickly, the Yankees were not projected to be one of the league's best. New York is 20-6 in its last 26 games starting with a comeback win in Baltimore on April 9. "It's a huge series," Astros designated hitter Carlos Beltran said. "They're playing well right now, we're playing well right now. They feel good about themselves, we feel good about ourselves. So it's going to be a fun one." The Yankees went 4-1 on a five-game trip to face the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds. The trip was highlighted by Brett Gardner's three-run home run with two strikes and two outs in the ninth inning Friday against the Cubs, then an 18-inning win at Wrigley Field on Sunday. "I feel like we can play this way," New York manager Joe Girardi said. "You go back to the last four months of last year and the first month this year, we've been playing really well." New York saw a six-game winning streak end Tuesday with a 5-3 loss in Cincinnati. Despite the loss, the lineup boasts a few hot hitters. "A really good trip," Girardi said. Starlin Castro is batting .354 and has a 10-game hitting streak at home. Gardner is batting .346 during a career-best, 12-game hitting streak, while Sanchez is batting .412 since returning Friday from a right biceps injury. New York owns a 3.58 team ERA, and early success from the Yankees' Thursday starter, Michael Pineda, is helping that figure. Pineda is 3-1 with a 3.12 ERA, but since struggling in his season debut, he is 3-0 with a 2.32 ERA in his past five starts. Pineda last pitched Friday when he allowed home runs to the Chicago Cubs' Kris Bryant and Kyle Schwarber, the only two runs he permitted in six innings. However, he was taken off the hook thanks to Gardner's late-inning heroics. In five career starts against the Astros, Pineda is 2-2 with a 4.75 ERA. Pineda last opposed the Astros on July 25 when he allowed one run and five hits in seven innings to win a pitchers' duel with Keuchel. Besides two of the AL's top teams meeting for the first time, Thursday will mark the returns of Brian McCann and Beltran to New York. McCann spent three seasons with the Yankees before being traded last fall. Beltran was traded to the Texas Rangers at the 2016 deadline before signing with the Astros in free agency. |
| Last Updated: 5/4/2024 3:49:40 AM EST. |
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