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969 | KANSAS CITY | +150 | Ov 9,-125 | +140 | Ov 9.5,-105 | 970 | BOSTON | -160 | Un 9,+105 | -150 | Un 9.5,-115 |
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All Games | 53-47 | +11.9 | 46-50 | 4.4 | 0.254 | 0.304 | 0.413 | 0.716 | 4.4 | 0.257 | 0.320 | 0.398 | 0.718 | Road Games | 23-24 | +3.8 | 24-19 | 4.4 | 0.245 | 0.291 | 0.405 | 0.696 | 4.5 | 0.262 | 0.330 | 0.414 | 0.743 | vs Left-handed Starters | 13-16 | -1.5 | 14-15 | 4.0 | 0.244 | 0.292 | 0.385 | 0.677 | 4.7 | 0.256 | 0.315 | 0.413 | 0.728 | Past 7 Games | 7-0 | +7.4 | 3-4 | 8.4 | 0.332 | 0.383 | 0.543 | 0.927 | 3.1 | 0.243 | 0.294 | 0.319 | 0.612 | Grass Games | 50-46 | +9 | 43-49 | 4.3 | 0.253 | 0.302 | 0.413 | 0.715 | 4.4 | 0.256 | 0.319 | 0.394 | 0.713 | Night Games | 36-30 | +9.9 | 29-36 | 4.4 | 0.258 | 0.304 | 0.413 | 0.717 | 4.3 | 0.254 | 0.312 | 0.389 | 0.701 |
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All Games | 4.4 | 0.254 | 0.304 | 100 | 3425 | 871 | 156 | 13 | 120 | 0.413 | 411 | 242 | 753 | 48 | 627 | 96 | 40 | 93 | 43 | Road Games | 4.4 | 0.245 | 0.291 | 47 | 1666 | 408 | 66 | 4 | 64 | 0.405 | 193 | 109 | 387 | 23 | 284 | 50 | 14 | 51 | 22 | Lefty Starters | 4.0 | 0.244 | 0.292 | 29 | 972 | 237 | 45 | 4 | 28 | 0.385 | 110 | 66 | 211 | 10 | 169 | 30 | 13 | 28 | 12 |
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All Games | 3.74 | 1.340 | 344 | 158 | 143 | 318 | 29 | 143 | 311 | 21-15 | 22 | 11 | 66.7% | Road Games | 4.09 | 1.390 | 154 | 75 | 70 | 141 | 16 | 73 | 146 | 6-8 | 10 | 4 | 71.4% |
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All Games | 56-47 | -3.9 | 46-54 | 4.7 | 0.258 | 0.327 | 0.389 | 0.716 | 4.0 | 0.247 | 0.302 | 0.403 | 0.705 | Home Games | 29-18 | +3.6 | 17-29 | 4.5 | 0.268 | 0.339 | 0.388 | 0.727 | 3.9 | 0.247 | 0.298 | 0.379 | 0.677 | vs Left-handed Starters | 11-11 | -2.6 | 12-10 | 4.7 | 0.255 | 0.326 | 0.372 | 0.698 | 4.7 | 0.254 | 0.301 | 0.429 | 0.730 | Past 7 Games | 2-5 | -3.6 | 4-3 | 3.7 | 0.211 | 0.265 | 0.305 | 0.570 | 4.3 | 0.219 | 0.297 | 0.384 | 0.682 | Grass Games | 50-43 | -5.4 | 41-49 | 4.6 | 0.256 | 0.323 | 0.389 | 0.712 | 4.2 | 0.250 | 0.305 | 0.407 | 0.712 | Night Games | 39-32 | -1.3 | 32-37 | 4.5 | 0.256 | 0.325 | 0.381 | 0.706 | 4.2 | 0.253 | 0.304 | 0.414 | 0.718 |
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All Games | 4.7 | 0.258 | 0.327 | 103 | 3575 | 924 | 169 | 10 | 93 | 0.389 | 449 | 363 | 750 | 56 | 723 | 115 | 60 | 79 | 41 | Home Games | 4.5 | 0.268 | 0.339 | 47 | 1598 | 428 | 76 | 4 | 36 | 0.388 | 193 | 171 | 330 | 28 | 342 | 59 | 38 | 38 | 17 | Lefty Starters | 4.7 | 0.255 | 0.326 | 22 | 769 | 196 | 37 | 1 | 17 | 0.372 | 99 | 81 | 180 | 13 | 160 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 7 |
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All Games | 2.96 | 1.164 | 319.7 | 110 | 105 | 263 | 32 | 109 | 329 | 17-11 | 27 | 10 | 73% | Home Games | 2.22 | 1.096 | 162.4 | 44 | 40 | 132 | 10 | 46 | 164 | 9-2 | 14 | 2 | 87.5% |
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7/14/2017 | HAMMEL(R) | TEXAS | PEREZ(L) | 3-5 | L | -120 | 9.5 ov | U | 8 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7/15/2017 | DUFFY(L) | TEXAS | HAMELS(L) | 0-1 | L | -120 | 9 ev | U | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7/16/2017 | KENNEDY(R) | TEXAS | DARVISH(R) | 4-3 | W | +120 | 8.5 ov | U | 10 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7/17/2017 | VARGAS(L) | DETROIT | ZIMMERMANN(R) | 2-10 | L | -115 | 10 ov | O | 8 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 7/18/2017 | WOOD(L) | DETROIT | BOYD(L) | 3-9 | L | +100 | 10.5 ov | O | 10 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 7/19/2017 | HAMMEL(R) | DETROIT | VERLANDER(R) | 4-3 | W | -105 | 10 un | U | 8 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7/20/2017 | DUFFY(L) | DETROIT | FULMER(R) | 16-4 | W | -105 | 9 ov | O | 19 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 7/21/2017 | KENNEDY(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | SHIELDS(R) | 7-6 | W | -175 | 10.5 ov | O | 14 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 7/22/2017 | VARGAS(L) | CHI WHITE SOX | PELFREY(R) | 7-2 | W | -170 | 10.5 ov | U | 9 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7/23/2017 | WOOD(L) | CHI WHITE SOX | HOLLAND(L) | 5-4 | W | -125 | 10.5 un | U | 8 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 7/24/2017 | HAMMEL(R) | @ DETROIT | VERLANDER(R) | 5-3 | W | 125 | 9.5 un | U | 8 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 7/25/2017 | DUFFY(L) | @ DETROIT | FULMER(R) | 3-1 | W | 110 | 9 ov | U | 8 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7/26/2017 | KENNEDY(R) | @ DETROIT | SANCHEZ(R) | 16-2 | W | 105 | 10 un | O | 22 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7/28/2017 | VARGAS(L) | @ BOSTON | PRICE(L) | | 7/29/2017 | CAHILL(R) | @ BOSTON | PORCELLO(R) | | 7/30/2017 | HAMMEL(R) | @ BOSTON | RODRIGUEZ(L) | | 7/31/2017 | DUFFY(L) | @ BALTIMORE | JIMENEZ(R) | | 8/1/2017 | KENNEDY(R) | @ BALTIMORE | BUNDY(R) | | 8/2/2017 | VARGAS(L) | @ BALTIMORE | TILLMAN(R) | | 8/3/2017 | | SEATTLE | | | 8/4/2017 | | SEATTLE | | |
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7/14/2017 | POMERANZ(L) | NY YANKEES | MONTGOMERY(L) | 5-4 | W | -135 | 8.5 un | O | 10 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7/15/2017 | SALE(L) | NY YANKEES | SEVERINO(R) | 1-4 | L | -160 | 7.5 ev | U | 8 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 7/16/2017 | PORCELLO(R) | NY YANKEES | SABATHIA(L) | 0-3 | L | -135 | 9.5 ov | U | 4 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 7/16/2017 | PRICE(L) | NY YANKEES | TANAKA(R) | 3-0 | W | -135 | 8.5 ov | U | 8 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 7/17/2017 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | TORONTO | STROMAN(R) | 3-4 | L | -105 | 9.5 un | U | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 7/18/2017 | JOHNSON(L) | TORONTO | HAPP(L) | 5-4 | W | +125 | 10 un | U | 13 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 7/19/2017 | POMERANZ(L) | TORONTO | SANCHEZ(R) | 5-1 | W | -125 | 9.5 ov | U | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7/20/2017 | FISTER(R) | TORONTO | LIRIANO(L) | 6-8 | L | -110 | 10.5 ov | O | 9 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 7/21/2017 | SALE(L) | @ LA ANGELS | NOLASCO(R) | 6-2 | W | -200 | 7.5 ov | O | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 7/22/2017 | PRICE(L) | @ LA ANGELS | RAMIREZ(R) | 3-7 | L | -125 | 8 ov | O | 6 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 7/23/2017 | PORCELLO(R) | @ LA ANGELS | BRIDWELL(R) | 2-3 | L | -125 | 9 un | U | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7/24/2017 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | @ SEATTLE | PAXTON(L) | 0-4 | L | 140 | 8 un | U | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7/25/2017 | POMERANZ(L) | @ SEATTLE | HERNANDEZ(R) | 5-6 | L | 100 | 8.5 ev | O | 9 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 7/26/2017 | SALE(L) | @ SEATTLE | MOORE(R) | 4-0 | W | -210 | 8 un | U | 9 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 7/28/2017 | PRICE(L) | KANSAS CITY | VARGAS(L) | | 7/29/2017 | PORCELLO(R) | KANSAS CITY | CAHILL(R) | | 7/30/2017 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | KANSAS CITY | HAMMEL(R) | | 7/31/2017 | POMERANZ(L) | CLEVELAND | CLEVINGER(R) | | 8/1/2017 | SALE(L) | CLEVELAND | CARRASCO(R) | | 8/2/2017 | PRICE(L) | CLEVELAND | BAUER(R) | | 8/3/2017 | | CHI WHITE SOX | | | 8/4/2017 | | CHI WHITE SOX | | |
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| | | KANSAS CITY: 2016: 81-81, third place.
Manager: Ned Yost (eighth season).
He's Here: OF Jorge Soler, RHP Jason Hammel, RHP Nathan Karns, DH Brandon Moss, LHP Travis Wood.
He's Outta Here: RHP Wade Davis, DH Kendrys Morales, OF Jarrod Dyson, RHP Luke Hochevar, RHP Edinson Volquez.
Projected lineup: SS Alcides Escobar (.261, 7 HRs, 55 RBIs), LF Alex Gordon (.220, 17, 40), CF Lorenzo Cain (.287, 9, 56), 1B Eric Hosmer (.266, 25, 104), DH Brandon Moss (.255, 28, 67), RF Jorge Soler (.238, 12, 31 with Cubs; likely to start season on DL with strained oblique), 3B Mike Moustakas (.240, 7, 13), C Salvador Perez (.247, 22, 64), Raul Mondesi (.185, 2, 13).
Rotation: LH Danny Duffy (12-3, 3.51 ERA, 188 Ks), RH Ian Kennedy (11-11, 3.68, 184 Ks), RH Jason Hammel (11-11, 3.83 with Cubs), LH Jason Vargas (0-0, 2.25 in 3 starts after returning from Tommy John surgery), RH Nathan Karns (6-2, 5.15 with Mariners).
Key relievers: RH Kelvin Herrera (2-6, 2.75, 12 saves), RH Joakim Soria (5-8, 4.05), LH Matt Strahm (2-2, 1.23), LH Travis Wood (4-0, 2.95), LH Scott Alexander (0-0, 3.32), RH Chris Young (3-9, 6.19).
Hot Spot: Starting Rotation. Duffy showed signs of blossoming into an ace late last year, but is yet to put it all together for a full season. Hammel was signed after the tragic death of RHP Yordano Ventura in a car accident in the Dominican Republic. Vargas barely pitched last season after coming back from elbow surgery. Karns has intriguing potential, but might end up in the bullpen unless he lives up to it quickly.
Outlook: Royals GM Dayton Moore thinks his starting rotation is the best it has been during his tenure, even if just about every spot is tenuous. He also thinks Kansas City has more power at the plate this year thanks to Moustakas' return from a torn ACL and the signing of Moss. Paulo Orlando (.302, 5, 43, 14 SBs) will replace Soler in right field at the start of the season. But there are plenty of question marks up and down the lineup, not to mention on the pitching staff, and several things must break right for Kansas City to make noise in the AL Central and take a run at its third World Series appearance in four years. | | BOSTON: 2016: 93-69, first place
Manager: John Farrell (fifth season)
Who's new? LHP Chris Sale, RHP Tyler Thornburg, 1B Mitch Moreland, OF Steve Selsky
Who's gone? DH David Ortiz, 3B Travis Shaw, 3B Yoan Moncada, 2B Aaron Hill, C Ryan Hanigan, RHP Clay Buchholz, RHP Junichi Tazawa, RHP Koji Uehara, RHP Brad Ziegler
Projected lineup: 2B Dustin Pedroia (.318, 15 HR, 74 RBI), LF Andrew Benintendi (.295, 2, 14 in 34 games), SS Xander Bogaerts (.294, 21, 89, 13 SB), RH Mookie Betts (.318, 31, 113), DH Hanley Ramirez (.286, 30, 111) CF Jackie Bradley Jr. (.267, 26, 87), 3B Pablo Sandoval (.000, 0, 0 in three games), 1B Mitch Moreland (.233, 22, 60 with Rangers), C Sandy Leon (.310, 7, 35) or Christian Vazquez (.224, 1, 12)
Rotation: LH Chris Sale (17-10, 3.34 ERA), RH Rick Porcello (22-4, 3.15), RH Steven Wright (13-6, 3.33), LH Drew Pomeranz (3-5, 4.59), LH Eduardo Rodriguez (3-7, 4.71)
Key relievers: RH Craig Kimbrel (2-6, 3.40, 31/33 SV), RH Tyler Thornburg (8-5, 2.15 with Brewers), RH Joe Kelly (4-0, 5.18), LH Robbie Ross (3-2, 3.25), RH Matt Barnes (4-3, 4.05), LH Fernando Abad (1-6, 3.66 with Twins and Red Sox), RH Heath Hembree (4-1, 2.65)
Hot spots: Third base. Is this the year Sandoval is known more for his ability to play baseball than his physique? Sandoval, who missed all but three games last year because of a shoulder injury, showed up to spring training looking slimmer than years past. His production at the plate and agility on the field followed suit in the Grapefruit League. The Red Sox have shown they aren't afraid to take playing time away from the Panda if he doesn't deserve it. Josh Rutledge, a competent fielder and perhaps a better hitter against left-handers, is around just in case.
Outlook: Boston scored more runs than any team in baseball last year, and this year's club has the pitching to avoid another early playoff exit. Newcomer Sale is the best left-hander in the AL, an ace in his prime. Porcello is the reigning Cy Young Award winner. David Price, when he returns from an elbow injury, gives the Red Sox arguably the best 1-2-3 punch in the league. Ortiz retired, but he'll leave a bigger hole in the hearts of fans than in the lineup. Benintendi is a candidate for the AL Rookie of the Year award, while Betts played like an MVP at age 23. A bounceback season from Sandoval would give opposing pitchers no chance to breathe. Triple-A depth shouldn't be enough of an issue to prevent the Sox from challenging the Indians for the pennant. |
| | Royals roll into series with Red Sox
BOSTON -- There was a time not all that long ago that the weekend leading up to the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline would feature the Kansas City Royals selling off assets and hoping to build for the future. But, for Kansas City, the 2015 World Series champions, that future has suddenly become now -- which is why the Royals were buyers when they picked up three pitchers from the San Diego Padres in a trade. "Right now everybody's confident, everybody's comfortable, everybody's seeing the ball well and you just ride it," Kansas City manager Ned Yost said after his team won its eighth straight and completed a three-game sweep in Detroit on Wednesday before moving on to Boston for this three-game weekend series beginning Friday. "You don't think about it. You just go out and play hard." The Royals have outscored their opponents 63-25 during the streak, twice scoring 16 runs against the Tigers. They now trail the first-place and equally hot Cleveland Indians (seven straight wins) by two games as they visit the first-place Red Sox. When things go well, you get breaks. This weekend, Kansas City gets to face Boston without having to go against Chris Sale. Sale ended Boston's 2-4 West Coast trip with another dominant win at Seattle on Wednesday. Sale got both of the team's wins on the trip. "We're watching one of the better years ever pitched by a major league pitcher in the American League, and we're fortunate it's in our uniform," Red Sox manager John Farrell said after Sale's latest gem. "The fact is: We were coming off a four-game losing streak, and, yeah, he stops it right there." The Red Sox, who will have Eduardo Nunez making his debut at third base Friday, are 6-8 since the All-Star break and lead the New York Yankees by one-half game and the Tampa Bay Rays by three. The Royals, who optioned pitcher Kevin McCarthy to Triple-A Omaha on Thursday and will make another move Friday, took two out of three from the Red Sox in Kansas City in June. David Price -- still square in the middle of his off-field controversy, this one involving his berating club broadcaster Dennis Eckersley on a team flight -- will start against a suddenly struggling Jason Vargas in the series opener. Given Eckersley's popularity and Price's $217 million price tag, it might be in Price's best interests to have a good outing, thus eliminating the possibility of boos. Price is 5-3 with a 3.82 ERA since returning from the disabled list. His velocity is actually up since coming back from the elbow problem, but he lasted only five innings and allowed six runs (five earned) in his last start, at Anaheim. He is 4-0 with a 2.13 ERA in eight games (seven starts) lifetime against the Royals. He was 2-0 with a 2.70 ERA against Kansas City with the Red Sox last season. The Royals, who will start new arrival Trevor Cahill on Saturday night, don't have great numbers against Price. All-Star Salvador Perez, who left Tuesday's game with rib cage tightness and rested Wednesday, is 5-for-14 with three home runs. Alcides Escobar is 4-for-13. But Brandon Moss is 1-for-9; Eric Hosmer, who had five hits and drove in six runs Wednesday, is 2-for-16; Mike Moustakas 1-for-7; and Alex Gordon and Lorenzo Cain are each 4-for-17. Asked about Perez on Wednesday, Yost said: "This will give him two days off. Could he have started tonight? Yeah. In fact, he fought me about it. But it's better to take the two days off and be ready for Boston on Friday. He'll be back then." Vargas, an All-Star who is 12-4 with a 3.08 ERA, is winless in his last three starts and has a 9.95 ERA in July -- after going 6-0 with a 1.98 ERA in June. Vargas is 2-3 with a 3.74 ERA in seven starts against the Red Sox but is 1-1 with a 6.23 ERA in two games Fenway Park, where he hasn't pitched since 2012 (with Seattle). Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts are each 2-for-3 against him, while Chris Young is 2-for-13 and Mitch Moreland 3-for-17. Nunez is 6-for-21 against Vargas. |
| Last Updated: 4/26/2024 7:23:50 PM EST. |
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