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| 971 | TEXAS | +125 | Ov 8.5,+100 | +135 | Ov 8.5,-115 | | 972 | CLEVELAND | -135 | Un 8.5,-120 | -145 | Un 8.5,-105 |
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| All Games | 21-23 | +5.9 | 21-20 | 4.5 | 0.245 | 0.309 | 0.397 | 0.706 | 4.5 | 0.261 | 0.320 | 0.415 | 0.735 | | Road Games | 15-10 | +12.7 | 12-13 | 4.6 | 0.239 | 0.301 | 0.388 | 0.689 | 4.0 | 0.256 | 0.311 | 0.405 | 0.716 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 14-14 | +5 | 11-14 | 4.3 | 0.241 | 0.305 | 0.389 | 0.693 | 4.1 | 0.253 | 0.313 | 0.412 | 0.725 | | Past 7 Games | 6-1 | +8.4 | 2-5 | 6.1 | 0.291 | 0.337 | 0.484 | 0.821 | 3.1 | 0.242 | 0.294 | 0.402 | 0.696 | | Grass Games | 19-21 | +5 | 18-19 | 4.6 | 0.248 | 0.311 | 0.405 | 0.716 | 4.5 | 0.263 | 0.322 | 0.414 | 0.737 | | Day Games | 5-6 | +1.1 | 6-3 | 5.3 | 0.239 | 0.321 | 0.369 | 0.690 | 5.1 | 0.276 | 0.340 | 0.436 | 0.776 |
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| All Games | 4.5 | 0.245 | 0.309 | 44 | 1511 | 370 | 78 | 7 | 46 | 0.397 | 180 | 140 | 352 | 31 | 317 | 30 | 39 | 39 | 25 | | Road Games | 4.6 | 0.239 | 0.301 | 25 | 858 | 205 | 44 | 3 | 26 | 0.388 | 106 | 76 | 204 | 18 | 169 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 10 | | Righty Starters | 4.3 | 0.241 | 0.305 | 28 | 924 | 223 | 44 | 4 | 28 | 0.389 | 110 | 84 | 216 | 26 | 175 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 14 |
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| All Games | 4.53 | 1.378 | 151 | 79 | 76 | 154 | 21 | 54 | 123 | 6-6 | 10 | 7 | 58.8% | | Road Games | 4.64 | 1.441 | 75.7 | 40 | 39 | 79 | 10 | 30 | 79 | 5-2 | 9 | 4 | 69.2% |
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| All Games | 20-23 | -6.8 | 21-21 | 4.3 | 0.252 | 0.329 | 0.396 | 0.725 | 4.5 | 0.257 | 0.316 | 0.400 | 0.715 | | Home Games | 9-12 | -6.2 | 14-7 | 4.4 | 0.260 | 0.344 | 0.394 | 0.739 | 5.4 | 0.279 | 0.333 | 0.427 | 0.761 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 13-13 | -4.2 | 13-12 | 4.4 | 0.260 | 0.340 | 0.410 | 0.750 | 4.7 | 0.266 | 0.319 | 0.410 | 0.728 | | Past 7 Games | 6-1 | +5.9 | 1-6 | 3.9 | 0.236 | 0.344 | 0.369 | 0.712 | 2.0 | 0.197 | 0.246 | 0.310 | 0.556 | | Grass Games | 20-23 | -6.8 | 21-21 | 4.3 | 0.252 | 0.329 | 0.396 | 0.725 | 4.5 | 0.257 | 0.316 | 0.400 | 0.715 | | Day Games | 7-12 | -7.3 | 9-9 | 4.0 | 0.255 | 0.331 | 0.376 | 0.706 | 5.2 | 0.282 | 0.349 | 0.431 | 0.780 |
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| All Games | 4.3 | 0.252 | 0.329 | 43 | 1443 | 363 | 85 | 6 | 37 | 0.396 | 180 | 167 | 284 | 26 | 326 | 29 | 30 | 34 | 31 | | Home Games | 4.4 | 0.260 | 0.344 | 21 | 700 | 182 | 49 | 3 | 13 | 0.394 | 91 | 90 | 138 | 11 | 173 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 13 | | Righty Starters | 4.4 | 0.260 | 0.340 | 26 | 881 | 229 | 53 | 5 | 23 | 0.410 | 111 | 107 | 168 | 17 | 208 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 17 |
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| All Games | 3.51 | 1.377 | 130.7 | 64 | 51 | 124 | 14 | 56 | 132 | 3-6 | 9 | 4 | 69.2% | | Home Games | 3.60 | 1.426 | 75 | 43 | 30 | 76 | 8 | 31 | 68 | 1-3 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% |
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| 5/11/2015 | LEWIS(R) | KANSAS CITY | DUFFY(L) | 8-2 | W | +125 | 7.5 ov | O | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | | 5/12/2015 | MARTINEZ(R) | KANSAS CITY | VOLQUEZ(R) | 6-7 | L | +120 | 9 un | O | 14 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | | 5/13/2015 | GALLARDO(R) | KANSAS CITY | VENTURA(R) | 5-2 | W | +115 | 8 ev | U | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | | 5/14/2015 | DETWILER(L) | KANSAS CITY | GUTHRIE(R) | 3-6 | L | -105 | 9 un | P | 7 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 0 | | 5/15/2015 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | CLEVELAND | CHEN(L) | 3-8 | L | -130 | 9.5 un | O | 9 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 2 | | 5/16/2015 | LEWIS(R) | CLEVELAND | SALAZAR(R) | 8-10 | L | +130 | 9 un | O | 13 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 2 | | 5/17/2015 | MARTINEZ(R) | CLEVELAND | CARRASCO(R) | 5-1 | W | +130 | 9.5 un | U | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | | 5/19/2015 | GALLARDO(R) | @ BOSTON | MILEY(L) | 3-4 | L | 150 | 9 ov | U | 9 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 1 | | 5/20/2015 | KLEIN(R) | @ BOSTON | KELLY(R) | 2-1 | W | 155 | 9 un | U | 8 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 1 | | 5/21/2015 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | @ BOSTON | BUCHHOLZ(R) | 3-1 | W | 170 | 8.5 ov | U | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | | 5/22/2015 | LEWIS(R) | @ NY YANKEES | PINEDA(R) | 10-9 | W | 175 | 7.5 un | O | 12 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | | 5/23/2015 | MARTINEZ(R) | @ NY YANKEES | SABATHIA(L) | 15-4 | W | 160 | 8 un | O | 15 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | | 5/24/2015 | GALLARDO(R) | @ NY YANKEES | CAPUANO(L) | 5-2 | W | 150 | 8.5 un | U | 13 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | | 5/25/2015 | KLEIN(R) | @ CLEVELAND | MARCUM(R) | | | 5/26/2015 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | @ CLEVELAND | SALAZAR(R) | | | 5/27/2015 | LEWIS(R) | @ CLEVELAND | CARRASCO(R) | | | 5/28/2015 | MARTINEZ(R) | BOSTON | WRIGHT(R) | | | 5/29/2015 | GALLARDO(R) | BOSTON | MILEY(L) | | | 5/30/2015 | KLEIN(R) | BOSTON | KELLY(R) | | | 5/31/2015 | RODRIGUEZ(L) | BOSTON | BUCHHOLZ(R) | |
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| 5/12/2015 | CARRASCO(R) | ST LOUIS | LYNN(R) | 3-8 | L | -135 | 7.5 ov | O | 9 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 0 | | 5/13/2015 | KLUBER(R) | ST LOUIS | LACKEY(R) | 2-0 | W | -135 | 7 un | U | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | | 5/14/2015 | BAUER(R) | ST LOUIS | WACHA(R) | 1-2 | L | +100 | 7.5 un | U | 8 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | | 5/15/2015 | CHEN(L) | @ TEXAS | RODRIGUEZ(L) | 8-3 | W | 120 | 9.5 un | O | 12 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | | 5/16/2015 | SALAZAR(R) | @ TEXAS | LEWIS(R) | 10-8 | W | -140 | 9 un | O | 14 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 3 | | 5/17/2015 | CARRASCO(R) | @ TEXAS | MARTINEZ(R) | 1-5 | L | -140 | 9.5 un | U | 6 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | | 5/18/2015 | KLUBER(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | SALE(L) | 1-2 | L | 130 | 7 un | U | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | | 5/19/2015 | BAUER(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | QUINTANA(L) | 3-1 | W | 135 | 7.5 un | U | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | | 5/20/2015 | MARCUM(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | RODON(L) | 4-3 | W | 155 | 8.5 ev | U | 6 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | | 5/21/2015 | SALAZAR(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | DANKS(L) | 5-2 | W | -130 | 8.5 un | U | 11 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | | 5/22/2015 | CARRASCO(R) | CINCINNATI | LEAKE(R) | 7-3 | W | -175 | 7 un | O | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | | 5/23/2015 | KLUBER(R) | CINCINNATI | DESCLAFANI(R) | 2-1 | W | -235 | 7 un | U | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | | 5/24/2015 | BAUER(R) | CINCINNATI | IGLESIAS(R) | 5-2 | W | -180 | 8.5 ov | U | 8 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | | 5/25/2015 | MARCUM(R) | TEXAS | KLEIN(R) | | | 5/26/2015 | SALAZAR(R) | TEXAS | RODRIGUEZ(L) | | | 5/27/2015 | CARRASCO(R) | TEXAS | LEWIS(R) | | | 5/28/2015 | KLUBER(R) | @ SEATTLE | PAXTON(L) | | | 5/29/2015 | BAUER(R) | @ SEATTLE | WALKER(R) | | | 5/30/2015 | MARCUM(R) | @ SEATTLE | ELIAS(L) | | | 5/31/2015 | SALAZAR(R) | @ SEATTLE | HAPP(L) | |
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| |  | TEXAS: When Yu Darvish pitched only one inning this spring before season-ending elbow surgery, the Texas Rangers were already off to an ominous start.
The Rangers lost their ace even before what they are still hoping will be a comeback season.
''There is no way to spin that, other than it's a tough deal for us. He's one of the best pitchers in the game,'' general manager Jon Daniels said this spring. ''That being said, it's one guy. It's not 17. Good teams and good organizations have had similar news at similar times before and found a way. That's got to be our mentality.''
Texas had 22 different players spend time on the disabled list last season, including Darvish missing the final seven weeks with elbow inflammation before needing Tommy John ligament-replacement surgery this spring.
The aching result for the Rangers was the American League's worst record (67-95) and their most losses since 1985, ending an impressive four-year run of 90-win seasons with their only two World Series appearances (2010-11).
Darvish was 10-7 and an All-Star again before getting sidelined last season.
As for the top of the rotation without him, the January trade to get local pitcher Yovani Gallardo proved even more important. Gallardo, who can be a free agent after this season, started the last five season openers for Milwaukee.
Derek Holland, who didn't pitch until September last season after knee surgery, had a strong finish. Shoulder soreness slowed the left-hander this spring, but that likely set him up to start the home opener April 10 against Houston, in the fifth game of the season.
Also among the injured in 2014 were slugger Prince Fielder and Shin-Soo Choo, the big offensive additions before last season.
Fielder had missed only one game the previous five seasons with Detroit and Milwaukee before being limited to only 42 games and three home runs in his Rangers debut because a herniated disk in his neck that required surgery. Choo played 123 games, but his on-base percentage dipped from .423 in 2013 for Cincinnati to .340 before operations late last season for a bone spur in his left elbow and torn cartilage in his left ankle.
''There's no telling what this ballclub can do,'' new manager Jeff Banister said. ''They've yet to have an opportunity to play together. Let's hope they get a really strong shot of playing together for 162-plus (games).''
Here are a few things to know about the Rangers, who open the season April 6 at Oakland:
CLOSING TIME: Neftali Feliz is back in his World Series role for the Rangers as their closer after an ill-fated and injury-plagued attempt to be a starter. The right-hander was 3-1 with a 3.16 ERA in eight games (seven starts) in 2012 before Tommy John surgery. Feliz was 2-1 with 13 saves in 14 chances with a 1.99 ERA in 30 relief appearances after rejoining the Rangers last July, just before Joakim Soria was traded.
BELTRE'S IMPACT: Third baseman Adrian Beltre is going into his 17th major league season, his fifth with the Rangers and signed through next season. ''He's the heart and soul of this club,'' Banister said. ''A shining light in the storm, that's what he was last year. ... Do yourself a favor and watch that last at-bat he put together in 2014.'' Determined not to be the final out of the season, Beltre went from an 0-2 count to getting a single on the third straight slider thrown after that.
LEFT OF CENTER: With pretty much every other defensive position set, Jake Smolinski and Ryan Ruo entered spring as candidates in left field. Both showed promising glimpses in short stints in their major league debuts the second half of last season. Ryan Ludwick, who made his major league debut with Texas in 2002 and played for five other teams the past decade, was a non-roster invitee who could play left. Michael Choice, who got 35 of his 55 outfield starts in left last year, was the early man out when optioned to the minors in mid-March. Choo moves from left to right after Alex Rios departed in free agency.
MISSING WORK: The 26 different DL stints for the Rangers last season amounted to 2,281 days lost. That was 833 more than Arizona, who had the second most, and more than double any other American League team. | | CLEVELAND: CLEVELAND (AP) - While their AL Central rivals jockeyed during the offseason, one trying to outdo the other to improve their chances of winning a World Series title, the Indians watched.
That was the plan.
No, they didn't make any blockbuster trades, sign a big-name, big-ticket free agent or overhaul their roster with new faces. The Indians, who somehow stayed in contention last season until the waning days of September, didn't feel the need to make radical changes. It wasn't necessary.
The pieces are in place for Cleveland to have a special 2015 season.
''The team knows it,'' said second baseman Jason Kipnis. ''We got two winning seasons in a row. We had an 85-win season when we had about three guys playing good. The possibilities are there, the potential is there. That whole last year we never had more than a seven-game winning streak, never really got hot.
''We got the same corps. Same group of guys. We kind of want another chance at this again - and we're getting another chance.''
The Indians return virtually the same team that went 85-77 last season, finishing third behind division champion Detroit and wild-card winner Kansas City, which ended a postseason drought dating to 1985, won the pennant and pushed San Francisco to seven games in the World Series.
Watching the Royals inspired the Indians. And as he prepares for his third season in Cleveland, manager Terry Francona senses a different drive in his players.
They're hungry.
''Our veteran guys are trying to get better,'' he said. ''Our younger guys are excited to prove what they can do. I didn't see anybody just kind of go home and want to kind of keep the status quo. We're all excited about that.''
Francona said they're upping expectations both on performance and results.
''They're kind of at a stage where they're embracing trying to see if we can go up against some of these teams and, not only maybe hold our own, but maybe do a little more than that,'' Francona said.
There's no denying Francona's magical touch. The man who helped end Boston's supposed baseball curse, who got the Indians to the postseason in 2013, has an uncanny ability to convince players buy in to his program and get them to believe they can overcome any obstacles: injuries, payroll, low expectations, the Tigers lineup.
This spring, Francona didn't have to sell the Indians, who haven't won a World Series since 1948, on the idea they can compete. They already know that. Now it's a matter of taking the next step.
''When guys believe they can do it, and then they start to do it, then you see the confidence take over and guys take off, and you can accomplish a lot,'' he said. ''That's part of the fun of the season, to see how good you can get. I'd rather enjoy, as much as we can, the journey.''
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KLUBER UBER ALLES
All Corey Kluber did in his first major-league season was win 18 games, re-write some record books, dominate almost every time he pitched and win the AL Cy Young.
The 28-year-old could do it again.
Seemingly programmed because of his consistent performances and composed demeanor, Kluber gives the Indians a long-needed and legitimate No. 1 starter capable of winning every time he gets the ball. He scares opponents and makes his teammates better.
The Indians have discussed a long-term contract extension for the right-hander, who isn't even eligible for arbitration.
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YOUR TABLE, MR. BRANTLEY
Michael Brantley just might be baseball's most unassuming star, and he plans to keep it that way. The 27-year-old's breakout 2014 season - he batted .327 with 20 homers, 97 RBIs and a third-place finish in MVP voting - was followed by obligatory can-he-do-it-again questions.
Francona thinks Brantley might be poised for bigger things. The spotlight will find Brantley, but he's not craving it.
''He's so consistent at a high level that I don't see that going away,'' he said. ''He's so confident in what he's doing that I think he enjoys playing the game and the other things that come with it, I think he could take it or leave it. He has a really good understanding of who he is.''
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BETTER BE BETTER
For the Indians to get where they want, Kipnis (.240), CF Michael Bourn (106 games) and DH Nick Swisher (offseason knee surgeries) need to bounce back and produce more than they did in `14.
No position player is more important than Kipnis, a 2013 All-Star who was injured most of last season.
''He can affect the game so many ways - steal a base, get a bunt down, hit a ball in the gap,'' Francona said. |
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*Rangers-Indians Preview* =========================
Texas (20-23) at Cleveland (19-23), 4:10 p.m. EDT
Josh Hamilton is getting another shot at redemption in baseball with an unlikely journey that has led back to the Texas Rangers.
After leaving for a big free agent contract with the Los Angeles Angels, the 2010 AL MVP had struggles on and off the field.
Hamilton, out of the majors since shoulder surgery in February, is now set for a Rangers reunion Monday against the Cleveland Indians, a matchup of streaking teams. His season debut comes exactly four weeks after the Angels finalized a trade to basically give him back to their AL West rivals for little in return less than halfway into a $125 million, five-year deal.
"I've always wanted to play the game the right way. Play hard, give what you have, leave it out there. If you do that, then you don't have to answer to anybody," Hamilton said Saturday, when his stint at Triple-A Round Rock ended with a rained-out game. "Hopefully, people in my career have enjoyed watching me play."
Hamilton will start in left field and likely will hit second or fifth in the batting order, according to manager Jeff Banister.
Banister said his plan was to "open our arms and love him up and give him a great big hug and welcome him in, and then treat him like he's one of 25, just like we do everybody else."
During Hamilton's first stint in Texas, after 19 homers and 47 RBIs in his 2007 rookie season with Cincinnati, the outfielder was an All-Star in each of his five seasons (2008-12) and was the AL MVP the same season the Rangers went to the first of consecutive World Series.
Hamilton had a disappointing two seasons on the West Coast, where in 240 regular-season games for the Angels he hit .255 with 31 homers and 123 RBIs. He played only 89 games last season because of injuries, and was hitless in 13 at-bats during the AL division series against Kansas City.
Then there was his self-reported alcohol and cocaine relapse last offseason, along with shoulder surgery. He is also going through a divorce.
Angels owner Arte Moreno made it clear they no longer wanted Hamilton, and will pay $105 million for two underwhelming seasons. Texas is responsible for $6 million and Hamilton agreed to give up $14 million he was due.
Hamilton went to extended spring training in Arizona the day after the April 27 trade, then spent the past two weeks playing 12 games combined for Round Rock and Double-A Frisco.
"Josh is physically and game-ready to get started," Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said.
With Hamilton, the Rangers (21-23) will try to extend their season-high win streak to six. All of those victories have come during a nine-game trip that ends Wednesday. Texas, winners in 11 of 14 away from home, had double-digit hit totals in each of its three wins against the New York Yankees, culminating with Sunday's 5-2 victory.
They outscored the Yankees 30-15 in the three-game sweep and Prince Fielder went 8 for 14 with three homers, raising his AL-best average to .358.
Phil Klein (1-0, 4.50 ERA) will attempt to contribute to Texas' run in his second major league start. The right-hander yielded a solo homer and four other hits in 5 1-3 innings in Wednesday's 2-1 victory over Boston.
The Indians (20-23) completed a three-game sweep of visiting Cincinnati with a 5-2 win Sunday to push their season-high win streak to six.
"It's nice to see that we're kind of coming together as a team and putting some wins together," pitcher Trevor Bauer said.
Cleveland has a 1.98 ERA in its last seven games with its starters boasting a 1.42 mark. Shaun Marcum (1-0, 2.31) won his first start for the Indians on Wednesday by allowing two runs in 6 2-3 innings in a 4-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
The nine-year veteran is 2-0 with a 4.30 ERA in five career starts against the Rangers, last facing them in 2010.
Cleveland took two of three in Texas from May 15-17, totaling 18 runs and 26 hits in its victories. The Indians have won 13 of 15 over the Rangers and six consecutive home meetings.
They've won seven straight home games against that franchise just once from Sept. 21, 1969-July 8, 1970, versus the Washington Senators.
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