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969 | TORONTO | +225 | Ov 8,+100 | +205 | Ov 8,+105 | 970 | BOSTON | -250 | Un 8,-120 | -225 | Un 8,-125 |
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All Games | 74-83 | -19 | 70-79 | 4.3 | 0.241 | 0.310 | 0.403 | 0.712 | 4.9 | 0.257 | 0.324 | 0.413 | 0.737 | Road Games | 32-44 | -9.9 | 37-34 | 4.5 | 0.238 | 0.310 | 0.398 | 0.708 | 5.0 | 0.257 | 0.326 | 0.412 | 0.738 | vs Left-handed Starters | 16-23 | -10.8 | 14-22 | 3.8 | 0.236 | 0.303 | 0.383 | 0.687 | 4.8 | 0.259 | 0.320 | 0.409 | 0.729 | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +1.8 | 4-3 | 4.9 | 0.223 | 0.285 | 0.395 | 0.680 | 4.7 | 0.249 | 0.322 | 0.421 | 0.742 | Grass Games | 28-38 | -8.1 | 32-29 | 4.6 | 0.244 | 0.318 | 0.400 | 0.717 | 5.0 | 0.258 | 0.324 | 0.412 | 0.736 | Night Games | 44-56 | -19.8 | 44-50 | 4.2 | 0.242 | 0.310 | 0.407 | 0.717 | 4.8 | 0.256 | 0.323 | 0.411 | 0.733 | Division | 31-40 | -9.8 | 29-40 | 3.8 | 0.228 | 0.291 | 0.375 | 0.666 | 4.6 | 0.253 | 0.323 | 0.406 | 0.729 |
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All Games | 4.3 | 0.241 | 0.310 | 157 | 5338 | 1287 | 249 | 5 | 201 | 0.403 | 645 | 531 | 1266 | 50 | 1042 | 168 | 94 | 142 | 100 | Road Games | 4.5 | 0.238 | 0.310 | 76 | 2718 | 648 | 127 | 2 | 101 | 0.398 | 329 | 283 | 655 | 24 | 525 | 90 | 44 | 68 | 45 | Lefty Starters | 3.8 | 0.236 | 0.303 | 39 | 1346 | 317 | 58 | 0 | 47 | 0.383 | 143 | 131 | 339 | 13 | 259 | 54 | 23 | 40 | 23 |
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All Games | 4.25 | 1.265 | 578 | 294 | 273 | 524 | 78 | 207 | 611 | 28-26 | 44 | 23 | 65.7% | Road Games | 3.84 | 1.257 | 285.7 | 134 | 122 | 251 | 31 | 108 | 302 | 13-19 | 21 | 16 | 56.8% |
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All Games | 91-65 | +7.8 | 67-84 | 4.9 | 0.257 | 0.326 | 0.392 | 0.718 | 4.0 | 0.244 | 0.301 | 0.396 | 0.697 | Home Games | 46-29 | +2.7 | 28-44 | 4.8 | 0.270 | 0.339 | 0.400 | 0.739 | 4.1 | 0.250 | 0.302 | 0.388 | 0.690 | vs Left-handed Starters | 18-18 | -6.8 | 18-18 | 4.7 | 0.249 | 0.325 | 0.379 | 0.704 | 4.2 | 0.248 | 0.301 | 0.417 | 0.719 | Past 7 Games | 6-1 | +4.2 | 3-4 | 5.6 | 0.217 | 0.315 | 0.369 | 0.684 | 3.1 | 0.226 | 0.291 | 0.335 | 0.626 | Grass Games | 78-60 | +0.6 | 59-74 | 4.8 | 0.255 | 0.324 | 0.392 | 0.716 | 4.2 | 0.249 | 0.306 | 0.404 | 0.710 | Night Games | 68-44 | +12.2 | 52-56 | 4.9 | 0.258 | 0.326 | 0.392 | 0.719 | 4.2 | 0.247 | 0.303 | 0.403 | 0.705 | Division | 40-34 | -3.1 | 32-41 | 4.3 | 0.243 | 0.313 | 0.357 | 0.670 | 4.0 | 0.238 | 0.297 | 0.390 | 0.687 |
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All Games | 4.9 | 0.257 | 0.326 | 156 | 5466 | 1405 | 265 | 17 | 147 | 0.392 | 711 | 559 | 1167 | 93 | 1101 | 164 | 102 | 122 | 57 | Home Games | 4.8 | 0.270 | 0.339 | 75 | 2592 | 700 | 133 | 9 | 62 | 0.400 | 337 | 270 | 533 | 48 | 551 | 87 | 62 | 64 | 26 | Lefty Starters | 4.7 | 0.249 | 0.325 | 36 | 1253 | 312 | 59 | 4 | 32 | 0.379 | 164 | 141 | 294 | 22 | 264 | 29 | 16 | 26 | 10 |
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All Games | 3.00 | 1.149 | 504.7 | 179 | 168 | 412 | 54 | 168 | 547 | 29-14 | 39 | 17 | 69.6% | Home Games | 2.45 | 1.110 | 268.4 | 80 | 73 | 222 | 21 | 76 | 286 | 15-3 | 17 | 6 | 73.9% |
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9/12/2017 | BIAGINI(R) | BALTIMORE | BUNDY(R) | 3-2 | W | +130 | 9 un | U | 10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9/13/2017 | STROMAN(R) | BALTIMORE | GAUSMAN(R) | 1-2 | L | -105 | 8.5 ov | U | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 9/14/2017 | ANDERSON(L) | @ MINNESOTA | BERRIOS(R) | 2-3 | L | 145 | 9.5 un | U | 8 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 9/15/2017 | HAPP(L) | @ MINNESOTA | COLON(R) | 4-3 | W | -115 | 9.5 ov | U | 8 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 9/16/2017 | ESTRADA(R) | @ MINNESOTA | MEJIA(L) | 7-2 | W | 115 | 9.5 ov | U | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9/17/2017 | BIAGINI(R) | @ MINNESOTA | GIBSON(R) | 7-13 | L | 125 | 9 ev | O | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 9/19/2017 | STROMAN(R) | KANSAS CITY | KENNEDY(R) | 5-2 | W | -175 | 9 un | U | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9/20/2017 | ANDERSON(L) | KANSAS CITY | JUNIS(R) | 5-15 | L | -120 | 9 un | O | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9/21/2017 | HAPP(L) | KANSAS CITY | VARGAS(L) | 0-1 | L | -145 | 9 un | U | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 9/22/2017 | ESTRADA(R) | NY YANKEES | TANAKA(R) | 8-1 | W | +170 | 8.5 ov | O | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9/23/2017 | BIAGINI(R) | NY YANKEES | GRAY(R) | 1-5 | L | +170 | 9 un | U | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 9/24/2017 | STROMAN(R) | NY YANKEES | GARCIA(L) | 9-5 | W | -115 | 8.5 un | O | 11 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 9/25/2017 | ANDERSON(L) | @ BOSTON | POMERANZ(L) | 6-4 | W | 180 | 9 un | O | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 9/26/2017 | HAPP(L) | @ BOSTON | SALE(L) | | 9/27/2017 | ESTRADA(R) | @ BOSTON | PORCELLO(R) | | 9/29/2017 | BIAGINI(R) | @ NY YANKEES | TANAKA(R) | | 9/30/2017 | STROMAN(R) | @ NY YANKEES | SABATHIA(L) | | 10/1/2017 | ANDERSON(L) | @ NY YANKEES | MONTGOMERY(L) | |
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9/12/2017 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | OAKLAND | MANAEA(L) | 11-1 | W | -170 | 9.5 un | O | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 9/13/2017 | FISTER(R) | OAKLAND | COTTON(R) | 3-7 | L | -180 | 10 ev | P | 9 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 9/14/2017 | POMERANZ(L) | OAKLAND | GOSSETT(R) | 6-2 | W | -220 | 10.5 un | U | 8 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 9/15/2017 | SALE(L) | @ TAMPA BAY | ANDRIESE(R) | 13-6 | W | -200 | 7.5 un | O | 21 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 9/16/2017 | PORCELLO(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | COBB(R) | 3-1 | W | 105 | 8 ov | U | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9/17/2017 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | @ TAMPA BAY | ODORIZZI(R) | 2-3 | L | -130 | 8.5 un | U | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 9/18/2017 | FISTER(R) | @ BALTIMORE | BUNDY(R) | 10-8 | W | 115 | 9 ev | O | 12 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 9/19/2017 | POMERANZ(L) | @ BALTIMORE | GAUSMAN(R) | 1-0 | W | 100 | 9 ev | U | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 9/20/2017 | SALE(L) | @ BALTIMORE | MILEY(L) | 9-0 | W | -215 | 8.5 un | O | 10 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9/22/2017 | PORCELLO(R) | @ CINCINNATI | ROMANO(R) | 5-4 | W | -135 | 9.5 un | U | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 9/23/2017 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | @ CINCINNATI | STEPHENSON(R) | 5-0 | W | -130 | 9.5 ev | U | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9/24/2017 | FISTER(R) | @ CINCINNATI | STEPHENS(R) | 5-4 | W | -135 | 10 ov | U | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 9/25/2017 | POMERANZ(L) | TORONTO | ANDERSON(L) | 4-6 | L | -190 | 9 un | O | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 9/26/2017 | SALE(L) | TORONTO | HAPP(L) | | 9/27/2017 | PORCELLO(R) | TORONTO | ESTRADA(R) | | 9/28/2017 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | HOUSTON | PEACOCK(R) | | 9/29/2017 | FISTER(R) | HOUSTON | MORTON(R) | | 9/30/2017 | POMERANZ(L) | HOUSTON | MCCULLERS JR.(R) | | 10/1/2017 | SALE(L) | HOUSTON | MCHUGH(R) | |
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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. | | 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. |
| | Blue Jays-Red Sox Preview
BOSTON -- To say Chris Sale has dominated the Toronto Blue Jays this season would be a gross understatement. Three starts, no runs, 11 hits, two walks and 35 strikeouts. The Blue Jays are hitting .143 against the Boston Red Sox ace, who has a WHIP of 0.59 against them -- and he faces Toronto on Tuesday night in the second game of a three-game series at Fenway Park. This season extends positive career numbers for the skinny left-hander against the Jays -- 6-2 with a 1.50 ERA in 11 appearances. That ERA is the lowest of any pitcher ever against Toronto (minimum 50 innings). Sale, 17-7 with a 2.75 ERA and already the 14th pitcher in the modern era with 300 strikeouts in a season, may or may not be behind Cleveland's Corey Kluber (18-4, 2.27 ERA) in the Cy Young Award race as he steams toward the first postseason game of his career. Boston's magic number for clinching its second straight American League East title remained at three when the New York Yankees won on Monday afternoon and the Red Sox lost 6-4 to Toronto on Monday night. "Tonight's game. Nothing beyond tonight," Boston manager John Farrell, asked to look ahead at what's coming, said before the Monday game. "That's the attitude that this team has had the entire season. There is no reason to suggest that would change during this final homestand. We love the fact that we are back home." However, the Monday loss raised reason for concern -- 16-game winner Drew Pomeranz lasted just two-plus innings, and Mookie Betts and Eduardo Nunez both left with injuries. More will be known Tuesday on the injured pair, but Betts said after the game he didn't think his painful left wrist was a serious problem. Sale will pitch against left-hander J.A. Happ, who has followed a 20-4 season by going 9-11 with a 3.64 ERA this year. He is 1-0 with a 2.16 ERA in three starts against the Red Sox in 2017. Happ is 6-3 with a 3.38 ERA in 16 career outings -- 15 starts -- against Boston. Happ gave up just one run in 6 2/3 innings on Thursday but took a 1-0 loss against the Kansas City Royals. "I think he's throwing the ball just like he did last year," Toronto manager John Gibbons said after that game. "There was a stretch where he might have been missing his two-seamer a little bit, but I think he's starting to get a feel for that a little bit more. Other than that, he has been the same guy. He had to get built up when he came back (from injury), but since then, he's having a nice season." Gibbons likes the way his last-place team, which has battled serious injuries all year, is playing out the schedule. Toronto took two out of three against the Yankees over the weekend before winning Monday night. "That was never a concern of mine," Gibbons said. "But at the end of the season when you're out of it, you never know. But not with this group. "We'd like to win a couple games here and maybe put a little heat on them over there and if the Yanks keep winning, maybe that'll be -- I don't know if it's gratification, but we'd like it." Neither of the teams has had much success against the lefties who will start Tuesday night. The current Toronto roster is batting .176 against Sale -- Russell Martin 0-for-12, Jose Bautista 1-for-17 (.059), Darwin Barney 1-for-13 (.077), Ryan Goins 1-for-7 (.143), Kevin Pillar 3-for-19 (.158) and Josh Donaldson 5-for-24 (.208). Boston's roster is hitting a cumulative .202 against Happ. Andrew Benintendi is 0-for-7, Xander Bogaerts 1-for-21 (.048), Rajai Davis 1-for-13 (.077), Jackie Bradley Jr. 1-for-12 (.083), Betts 5-for-26 (.192), Dustin Pedroia, who rested his sore knee Monday, 7-for-32 (.219) and Brock Holt 2-for-9 (.222). |
| Last Updated: 4/26/2024 7:18:45 AM EST. |
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