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| 913 | OAKLAND | +135 | Ov 9,-105 | +155 | Ov 8.5,-125 | | 914 | CLEVELAND | -145 | Un 9,-115 | -165 | Un 8.5,+105 |
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| All Games | 22-28 | -4.6 | 27-23 | 4.1 | 0.237 | 0.305 | 0.415 | 0.719 | 5.0 | 0.243 | 0.310 | 0.381 | 0.691 | | Road Games | 7-18 | -9.7 | 13-12 | 3.6 | 0.225 | 0.296 | 0.379 | 0.675 | 5.0 | 0.246 | 0.312 | 0.396 | 0.708 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 15-21 | -5.6 | 19-17 | 3.9 | 0.231 | 0.300 | 0.403 | 0.703 | 5.0 | 0.245 | 0.309 | 0.383 | 0.692 | | Past 7 Games | 2-5 | -2.8 | 3-4 | 4.3 | 0.223 | 0.285 | 0.412 | 0.697 | 6.0 | 0.274 | 0.341 | 0.423 | 0.764 | | Grass Games | 22-28 | -4.6 | 27-23 | 4.1 | 0.237 | 0.305 | 0.415 | 0.719 | 5.0 | 0.243 | 0.310 | 0.381 | 0.691 | | Night Games | 13-19 | -4.2 | 17-15 | 3.9 | 0.228 | 0.295 | 0.400 | 0.694 | 4.9 | 0.252 | 0.313 | 0.390 | 0.703 |
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| All Games | 4.1 | 0.237 | 0.305 | 50 | 1657 | 392 | 80 | 4 | 69 | 0.415 | 195 | 162 | 446 | 15 | 318 | 36 | 51 | 47 | 40 | | Road Games | 3.6 | 0.225 | 0.296 | 25 | 844 | 190 | 38 | 1 | 30 | 0.379 | 86 | 85 | 227 | 7 | 171 | 19 | 26 | 23 | 19 | | Righty Starters | 3.9 | 0.231 | 0.300 | 36 | 1193 | 275 | 53 | 3 | 49 | 0.403 | 139 | 119 | 316 | 9 | 228 | 25 | 33 | 37 | 30 |
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| All Games | 4.57 | 1.355 | 165.3 | 95 | 84 | 159 | 19 | 65 | 152 | 6-7 | 9 | 7 | 56.3% | | Road Games | 5.76 | 1.606 | 70.3 | 50 | 45 | 81 | 13 | 32 | 67 | 1-4 | 3 | 5 | 37.5% |
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| All Games | 26-23 | -10 | 18-29 | 4.4 | 0.246 | 0.321 | 0.408 | 0.728 | 4.1 | 0.240 | 0.301 | 0.401 | 0.702 | | Home Games | 10-13 | -12.3 | 11-12 | 4.6 | 0.261 | 0.336 | 0.436 | 0.772 | 4.3 | 0.251 | 0.304 | 0.438 | 0.742 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 17-13 | -2 | 12-17 | 4.8 | 0.250 | 0.323 | 0.431 | 0.754 | 4.2 | 0.244 | 0.301 | 0.422 | 0.723 | | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -3.6 | 3-4 | 4.7 | 0.278 | 0.343 | 0.477 | 0.821 | 4.4 | 0.259 | 0.306 | 0.439 | 0.745 | | Grass Games | 25-21 | -8.5 | 17-27 | 4.4 | 0.245 | 0.320 | 0.412 | 0.731 | 4.1 | 0.240 | 0.300 | 0.402 | 0.702 | | Night Games | 14-17 | -11.5 | 12-18 | 4.2 | 0.227 | 0.307 | 0.389 | 0.696 | 4.5 | 0.256 | 0.315 | 0.421 | 0.736 |
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| All Games | 4.4 | 0.246 | 0.321 | 49 | 1641 | 404 | 84 | 8 | 55 | 0.408 | 207 | 180 | 370 | 21 | 345 | 40 | 25 | 52 | 14 | | Home Games | 4.6 | 0.261 | 0.336 | 23 | 766 | 200 | 41 | 3 | 29 | 0.436 | 104 | 87 | 171 | 11 | 167 | 21 | 10 | 28 | 3 | | Righty Starters | 4.8 | 0.250 | 0.323 | 30 | 1008 | 252 | 59 | 6 | 37 | 0.431 | 137 | 109 | 221 | 15 | 206 | 23 | 10 | 26 | 5 |
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| All Games | 2.23 | 1.116 | 149.7 | 43 | 37 | 115 | 12 | 52 | 173 | 6-3 | 15 | 3 | 83.3% | | Home Games | 1.89 | 1.039 | 76 | 20 | 16 | 60 | 6 | 19 | 87 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 71.4% |
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| 5/16/2017 | TRIGGS(R) | @ SEATTLE | DE JONG(R) | 9-6 | W | -105 | 8.5 ov | O | 11 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | | 5/17/2017 | HAHN(R) | @ SEATTLE | BERGMAN(R) | 0-4 | L | 100 | 8.5 ev | U | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | | 5/18/2017 | GRAY(R) | BOSTON | VELAZQUEZ(R) | 8-3 | W | -105 | 8 ev | O | 13 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | | 5/19/2017 | GRAVEMAN(R) | BOSTON | SALE(L) | 3-2 | W | +175 | 7 ov | U | 8 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | | 5/20/2017 | MANAEA(L) | BOSTON | POMERANZ(L) | 8-3 | W | +110 | 8.5 ov | O | 11 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | | 5/21/2017 | TRIGGS(R) | BOSTON | RODRIGUEZ(L) | 3-12 | L | +110 | 8.5 ov | O | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 0 | | 5/23/2017 | HAHN(R) | MIAMI | URENA(R) | 9-11 | L | -125 | 8.5 ov | O | 8 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 1 | | 5/24/2017 | GRAY(R) | MIAMI | VOLQUEZ(R) | 4-1 | W | -130 | 9 un | U | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | | 5/26/2017 | MANAEA(L) | @ NY YANKEES | TANAKA(R) | 4-1 | W | 140 | 9 ov | U | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | | 5/27/2017 | COTTON(R) | @ NY YANKEES | SABATHIA(L) | 2-3 | L | 130 | 9.5 ov | U | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | | 5/28/2017 | TRIGGS(R) | @ NY YANKEES | PINEDA(R) | 5-9 | L | 160 | 8.5 un | O | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | | 5/29/2017 | MENGDEN(R) | @ CLEVELAND | CARRASCO(R) | 3-5 | L | 230 | 9 ev | U | 7 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | | 5/30/2017 | GRAY(R) | @ CLEVELAND | BAUER(R) | | | 5/31/2017 | MANAEA(L) | @ CLEVELAND | CLEVINGER(R) | | | 6/1/2017 | COTTON(R) | @ CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | | | 6/2/2017 | TRIGGS(R) | WASHINGTON | STRASBURG(R) | | | 6/3/2017 | | WASHINGTON | ROSS(R) | | | 6/4/2017 | GRAY(R) | WASHINGTON | ROARK(R) | | | 6/5/2017 | MANAEA(L) | TORONTO | HAPP(L) | | | 6/6/2017 | | TORONTO | | |
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| 5/16/2017 | SALAZAR(R) | TAMPA BAY | ODORIZZI(R) | 4-6 | L | -160 | 9 ov | O | 8 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | | 5/17/2017 | TOMLIN(R) | TAMPA BAY | COBB(R) | 4-7 | L | -165 | 9.5 ov | O | 7 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | | 5/19/2017 | BAUER(R) | @ HOUSTON | MORTON(R) | 5-3 | W | 120 | 8.5 un | U | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | | 5/20/2017 | CLEVINGER(R) | @ HOUSTON | FIERS(R) | 3-0 | W | 110 | 9 un | U | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | | 5/21/2017 | SALAZAR(R) | @ HOUSTON | MUSGROVE(R) | 8-6 | W | -105 | 8 ov | O | 10 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | | 5/22/2017 | TOMLIN(R) | @ CINCINNATI | FELDMAN(R) | 1-5 | L | -125 | 9 ov | U | 7 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | | 5/23/2017 | CARRASCO(R) | @ CINCINNATI | GARRETT(L) | 8-7 | W | -160 | 8.5 ov | O | 7 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | | 5/24/2017 | BAUER(R) | CINCINNATI | BONILLA(R) | 3-4 | L | -200 | 10 ov | U | 10 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | | 5/26/2017 | CLEVINGER(R) | KANSAS CITY | KENNEDY(R) | 4-6 | L | -175 | 8.5 un | O | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | | 5/27/2017 | SALAZAR(R) | KANSAS CITY | VARGAS(L) | 2-5 | L | -165 | 8 ov | U | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | | 5/28/2017 | TOMLIN(R) | KANSAS CITY | DUFFY(L) | 10-1 | W | -125 | 8.5 ov | O | 18 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | | 5/29/2017 | CARRASCO(R) | OAKLAND | MENGDEN(R) | 5-3 | W | -260 | 9 ev | U | 9 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | | 5/30/2017 | BAUER(R) | OAKLAND | GRAY(R) | | | 5/31/2017 | CLEVINGER(R) | OAKLAND | MANAEA(L) | | | 6/1/2017 | KLUBER(R) | OAKLAND | COTTON(R) | | | 6/2/2017 | TOMLIN(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | VARGAS(L) | | | 6/3/2017 | CARRASCO(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | DUFFY(L) | | | 6/4/2017 | BAUER(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | HAMMEL(R) | | | 6/6/2017 | | @ COLORADO | | |
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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. | | CLEVELAND: 2016: 94-67, first place, AL champions, lost to Chicago Cubs in World Series.
Manager: Terry Francona (fifth season).
He's Here: 1B-DH Edwin Encarnacion, OF Austin Jackson, LHP Boone Logan, RHP Carlos Frias, OF Wily Mo Pena, CF Bradley Zimmer, SS Eric Stamets.
He's Outta Here: 1B-DH Mike Napoli, OF Coco Crisp, OF Rajai Davis, C Chris Gimenez, 1B Jesus Aguilar, OF Marlon Byrd, RHP Jeff Manship.
Projected lineup: SS Francisco Lindor (.301, 15 HRs, 78 RBIs, Gold Glove, league-leading 15 sac flies in first full MLB season), 2B Jason Kipnis (.275, 23, 82, career-high 156 games), LF Michael Brantley (.231, 0, 7 in 11 games following shoulder surgery; .310, 15, 84, MLB-best 45 doubles, 15 SBs in 2015), DH Edwin Encarnacion (.263, 42, AL-high 142 RBIs for Toronto), 1B Carlos Santana (.259, 34, 87, 99 BBs, 99 Ks), 3B Jose Ramirez (.312, 11, 76, played 4 positions) or Giovanny Urshela (.225, 6, 21 in 81 games for Cleveland), RF Brandon Guyer (.333, 2, 14 in 38 games with Indians; .241, 7, 18 in 63 games with Rays; led majors with 31 HBP) or Lonnie Chisenhall (.286, 8, 57), C Yan Gomes (.167, 9, 34 in 74 games due to shoulder injury), CF Tyler Naquin (.296, 14, 43) or Austin Jackson (.254, 0, 18 in 54 games with White Sox before left knee surgery).
Rotation: RH Corey Kluber (18-9, 3.14 ERA, 227 Ks, third in Cy Young voting), RH Carlos Carrasco (11-8, 3.32, 25 starts due to injuries), RH Danny Salazar (11-6, 3.87, 25 starts, limited in postseason by injury), RH Trevor Bauer (12-8, 4.26, 28 starts, began season in bullpen), RH Josh Tomlin (13-9, 4.40, 5.90 strikeout-to-walk ratio).
Key relievers: LH Andrew Miller (10-1, 1.45, 12 saves, 70 appearances with Yankees and Indians), RH Cody Allen (3-5, 2.51, 32/35 saves), RH Bryan Shaw (2-5, 3.24 in league-high 75 games; 70 games in each of past four seasons), RH Dan Otero (5-1, 1.53, 70 2/3 innings), LH Boone Logan (2-5, 3.69, 66 games with Rockies).
Hot Spot: Brantley's Right Shoulder. An All-Star in 2014, Brantley missed out on the fun last season as the Indians won the pennant without him. His return is vital for Cleveland as it tries to make another deep run because he can help provide lineup protection for Encarnacion and stabilize an outfield that was under constant change in 2016. Brantley may not hit for the same extra-base power he had in the past, but he could still offer a high average and excellent defense.
Outlook: With perhaps the league's deepest pitching staff, the Indians are an AL favorite and appear poised to return to the World Series. Last year, they exceeded expectations and built a 3-1 Series lead against the Cubs before losing three straight ' including a dramatic Game 7 at home. One elusive win from the franchise's first championship since 1948. This season, the Indians will try to finish the job. There are injury concerns with Brantley and Kipnis, who won't be ready for the start of the season because of shoulder inflammation. Ramirez could slide over to help fill in at second base. But the addition of Encarnacion finally gives Cleveland the intimidating, middle-of-the-order slugger the club has coveted since the glory days of Jim Thome, Manny Ramirez and Albert Belle. Cleveland is a baseball town again as Indians fans spent on tickets this winter and are rallying around the club the way they did back in the mid-1990s. Lindor is on the cusp of superstardom, and one of the Indians' top priorities should be signing him to a long-term deal while he's still affordable. |
| | With offense heating up, Indians host A's
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians finally are shaking the doldrums that plagued them for most of the first two months of the season. In back-to-back home wins Sunday and Monday, the Indians' pitchers and hitters both had productive games. On Tuesday night, in the second game of a four-game series with the Oakland A's, Cleveland will attempt to make it three wins in a row. The Indians' offense has been in a slumber for most of the season, but in the past two games, a 10-1 win over Kansas City on Sunday, then a 5-3 win over Oakland on Monday, Cleveland collected 25 hits and cracked four home runs. Carlos Santana and Edwin Encarnacion hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning Monday, which left Indians manager Terry Francona hoping for more. "If we can get those two hot at the same time ...," Francona said. Cleveland hitters will face a bigger challenge Tuesday. They will be facing A's starter Sonny Gray. Gray began the season on the disabled list with a strained right shoulder, and Tuesday will be his sixth start of the season. He is 2-1 with a 3.34 ERA. In his last start on Wednesday against the Miami Marlins, Gray was very good, pitching seven innings and allowing one run on three hits with 11 strikeouts and one walk. Talk is already growing louder about Gray possibly being a trade target for contenders come July should the A's remain an also-ran. In five career starts against Cleveland, Gray is 2-1 with a 2.59 ERA. The Indians' starter will be Trevor Bauer, who has blown hot and cold this season. In nine starts, Bauer is 4-4 with a 6.30 ERA. He is 2-0 with a 4.24 ERA over his past three starts. In three career starts versus Oakland, he is 0-1 with a 2.89 ERA. The Indians are still playing without three outfielders who were on their Opening Day roster but are currently on the disabled list: Brandon Guyer (wrist sprain), Abraham Almonte (biceps strain) and Lonnie Chisenhall (concussion). Even so, Cleveland is still getting good play from veterans Michael Brantley in left field and Austin Jackson in right plus rookie Bradley Zimmer in center field. The A's are on the last leg of a seven-game, two-city trip to New York, where they lost two of three games to the Yankees, and to Cleveland. Oakland features an all-or-nothing offense, filled with lots of home runs and lots of strikeouts. In the first game of the Cleveland series Monday, the A's hit three home runs and struck out 12 times. The A's rank third in the league in home runs, and they have the fourth-most strikeouts. "That's who we are," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "We hit a lot of home runs and we strike out a lot. If we're losing, every inning our pitchers put up a zero is good, because we feel we can get back into games with a home run." Cleveland's pitchers are in the middle of the pack when it comes to allowing home runs, while Oakland's staff has surrendered the fewest homers in the American League. |
| | Last Updated: 4/19/2024 9:13:58 AM EST. |
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