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929 | OAKLAND | +160 | Ov 9,-105 | +150 | Ov 9.5,-115 | 930 | NY METS | -170 | Un 9,-115 | -160 | Un 9.5,-105 |
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All Games | 43-52 | -6.4 | 52-41 | 4.3 | 0.235 | 0.306 | 0.405 | 0.712 | 5.1 | 0.255 | 0.316 | 0.413 | 0.729 | Road Games | 15-29 | -11.1 | 24-19 | 3.9 | 0.231 | 0.300 | 0.382 | 0.682 | 5.3 | 0.267 | 0.323 | 0.431 | 0.754 | vs Left-handed Starters | 10-11 | -0.3 | 12-8 | 4.3 | 0.240 | 0.304 | 0.417 | 0.721 | 5.1 | 0.246 | 0.322 | 0.394 | 0.715 | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +2.2 | 3-4 | 4.1 | 0.195 | 0.284 | 0.367 | 0.651 | 2.7 | 0.208 | 0.266 | 0.327 | 0.594 | Grass Games | 42-49 | -4.4 | 48-41 | 4.3 | 0.231 | 0.304 | 0.404 | 0.708 | 5.0 | 0.253 | 0.315 | 0.407 | 0.722 | Night Games | 24-32 | -4.1 | 29-25 | 3.9 | 0.215 | 0.284 | 0.382 | 0.667 | 5.1 | 0.266 | 0.325 | 0.426 | 0.751 | Interleague | 2-8 | -8 | 5-4 | 5.0 | 0.222 | 0.311 | 0.401 | 0.711 | 7.0 | 0.286 | 0.340 | 0.486 | 0.826 |
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All Games | 4.3 | 0.235 | 0.306 | 95 | 3167 | 744 | 159 | 9 | 121 | 0.405 | 393 | 326 | 907 | 31 | 611 | 71 | 81 | 96 | 64 | Road Games | 3.9 | 0.231 | 0.300 | 44 | 1507 | 348 | 67 | 2 | 52 | 0.382 | 163 | 149 | 437 | 16 | 312 | 35 | 38 | 50 | 27 | Lefty Starters | 4.3 | 0.240 | 0.304 | 21 | 701 | 168 | 37 | 3 | 27 | 0.417 | 85 | 65 | 203 | 8 | 133 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 14 |
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All Games | 4.85 | 1.339 | 310 | 182 | 167 | 305 | 45 | 110 | 301 | 12-14 | 19 | 11 | 63.3% | Road Games | 5.68 | 1.473 | 128.3 | 88 | 81 | 141 | 21 | 48 | 117 | 2-6 | 8 | 6 | 57.1% |
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All Games | 43-50 | -14.8 | 53-30 | 4.8 | 0.250 | 0.317 | 0.426 | 0.744 | 5.3 | 0.271 | 0.338 | 0.432 | 0.770 | Home Games | 23-27 | -12.7 | 29-15 | 4.3 | 0.238 | 0.305 | 0.392 | 0.698 | 5.1 | 0.260 | 0.329 | 0.412 | 0.741 | vs Right-handed Starters | 34-40 | -14.3 | 40-25 | 4.8 | 0.249 | 0.318 | 0.422 | 0.741 | 5.3 | 0.276 | 0.340 | 0.431 | 0.771 | Past 7 Games | 4-3 | +0.6 | 4-2 | 5.7 | 0.267 | 0.321 | 0.453 | 0.773 | 4.9 | 0.272 | 0.322 | 0.413 | 0.736 | Grass Games | 43-50 | -14.8 | 53-30 | 4.8 | 0.250 | 0.317 | 0.426 | 0.744 | 5.3 | 0.271 | 0.338 | 0.432 | 0.770 | Night Games | 33-33 | -5.8 | 42-15 | 5.2 | 0.255 | 0.324 | 0.438 | 0.762 | 5.0 | 0.265 | 0.334 | 0.422 | 0.756 | Interleague | 3-2 | +1 | 3-2 | 5.4 | 0.247 | 0.332 | 0.476 | 0.807 | 6.0 | 0.292 | 0.386 | 0.456 | 0.842 |
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All Games | 4.8 | 0.250 | 0.317 | 93 | 3188 | 797 | 160 | 15 | 124 | 0.426 | 432 | 314 | 709 | 22 | 630 | 82 | 58 | 65 | 43 | Home Games | 4.3 | 0.238 | 0.305 | 50 | 1654 | 393 | 77 | 4 | 57 | 0.392 | 206 | 161 | 360 | 10 | 321 | 43 | 39 | 30 | 25 | Righty Starters | 4.8 | 0.249 | 0.318 | 74 | 2507 | 625 | 125 | 12 | 95 | 0.422 | 342 | 253 | 540 | 18 | 491 | 69 | 49 | 53 | 35 |
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All Games | 4.98 | 1.527 | 319.7 | 185 | 177 | 339 | 47 | 149 | 351 | 12-17 | 20 | 13 | 60.6% | Home Games | 4.01 | 1.402 | 184 | 89 | 82 | 177 | 17 | 81 | 207 | 8-6 | 10 | 7 | 58.8% |
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7/7/2017 | MANAEA(L) | @ SEATTLE | PAXTON(L) | 2-7 | L | 145 | 8 ov | O | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 7/8/2017 | SMITH(R) | @ SEATTLE | MOORE(R) | 4-3 | W | 140 | 10 un | U | 9 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7/9/2017 | GOSSETT(R) | @ SEATTLE | HERNANDEZ(R) | 0-4 | L | 155 | 9.5 un | U | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7/14/2017 | GRAY(R) | CLEVELAND | CARRASCO(R) | 5-0 | W | +125 | 7.5 un | U | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7/15/2017 | BLACKBURN(R) | CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | 5-3 | W | +200 | 7.5 ov | O | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7/16/2017 | MANAEA(L) | CLEVELAND | BAUER(R) | 7-3 | W | -105 | 8.5 un | O | 10 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7/17/2017 | GOSSETT(R) | TAMPA BAY | ODORIZZI(R) | 2-3 | L | -105 | 9 ov | U | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 7/18/2017 | SMITH(R) | TAMPA BAY | SNELL(L) | 3-4 | L | -105 | 9 ev | U | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7/19/2017 | GRAY(R) | TAMPA BAY | FARIA(R) | 7-2 | W | -115 | 8 ov | O | 11 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 7/21/2017 | BLACKBURN(R) | @ NY METS | MATZ(L) | | 7/22/2017 | MANAEA(L) | @ NY METS | WHEELER(R) | | 7/23/2017 | GOSSETT(R) | @ NY METS | MONTERO(R) | | 7/24/2017 | COTTON(R) | @ TORONTO | SANCHEZ(R) | | 7/25/2017 | GRAY(R) | @ TORONTO | LIRIANO(L) | | 7/26/2017 | BLACKBURN(R) | @ TORONTO | ESTRADA(R) | | 7/27/2017 | | @ TORONTO | | | 7/28/2017 | | MINNESOTA | | |
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7/7/2017 | DEGROM(R) | @ ST LOUIS | MARTINEZ(R) | 6-5 | W | 110 | 7.5 ov | O | 9 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 7/8/2017 | WHEELER(R) | @ ST LOUIS | WAINWRIGHT(R) | 1-4 | L | 125 | 9.5 un | U | 7 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 7/9/2017 | MATZ(L) | @ ST LOUIS | LYNN(R) | 0-6 | L | 115 | 9 ov | U | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 7/14/2017 | DEGROM(R) | COLORADO | GRAY(R) | 14-2 | W | -160 | 7.5 un | O | 19 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7/15/2017 | LUGO(R) | COLORADO | CHATWOOD(R) | 9-3 | W | -115 | 9.5 ev | O | 8 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7/16/2017 | MATZ(L) | COLORADO | HOFFMAN(R) | 4-13 | L | -125 | 9 ev | O | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 7/17/2017 | WHEELER(R) | ST LOUIS | WAINWRIGHT(R) | 3-6 | L | -110 | 9 un | P | 8 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 7/18/2017 | MONTERO(R) | ST LOUIS | WACHA(R) | 0-5 | L | -105 | 9.5 un | U | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 7/19/2017 | DEGROM(R) | ST LOUIS | LEAKE(R) | 7-3 | W | -145 | 8 ov | O | 13 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 7/20/2017 | LUGO(R) | ST LOUIS | LYNN(R) | 3-2 | W | -120 | 9.5 ov | U | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7/21/2017 | MATZ(L) | OAKLAND | BLACKBURN(R) | | 7/22/2017 | WHEELER(R) | OAKLAND | MANAEA(L) | | 7/23/2017 | MONTERO(R) | OAKLAND | GOSSETT(R) | | 7/24/2017 | DEGROM(R) | @ SAN DIEGO | RICHARD(L) | | 7/25/2017 | LUGO(R) | @ SAN DIEGO | CHACIN(R) | | 7/26/2017 | MATZ(L) | @ SAN DIEGO | CAHILL(R) | | 7/27/2017 | | @ SAN DIEGO | | | 7/28/2017 | | @ SEATTLE | | |
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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. | | NY METS: 2016: 87-75, second place
Manager: Terry Collins (seventh season)
Who's new? No one of note
Who's gone? 1B James Loney, IF/OF Kelly Johnson, OF Alejandro De Aza, RHP Bartolo Colon, LHP Jonathon Niese
Projected lineup: CF Curtis Granderson (.237, 30 HR, 59 RBI), 3B David Wright (.226, 7, 14 in 37 games), LF Yoenis Cespedes (.280, 31, 86), RF Jay Bruce (.250, 33, 99 with Reds and Mets), 2B Neil Walker (.282, 23, 55), SS Asdrubal Cabrera (.280, 23, 62), 1B Lucas Duda (.229, 7, 23 in 47 games), C Travis d'Arnaud (.247, 4, 15)
Rotation: RH Noah Syndergaard (14-9, 2.60 ERA), RH Jacob deGrom (7-8, 3.04), RH Matt Harvey (4-10, 4.86), LH Steven Matz (9-8, 3.40), RH Zack Wheeler or RH Robert Gsellman (4-2, 2.42) or RH Seth Lugo (5-2, 2.67)
Key relievers: RH Jeurys Familia (3-4, 2.55, 51/56 SV), RH Addison Reed (4-2, 1.97), RH Hansel Robles (6-4, 3.48), LH Jerry Blevins (4-2, 2.79), RH Fernando Salas (3-7, 3.91)
Hot spots: First base and third base. Duda missed 115 games last season because of a stress fracture in his lower back. When healthy, the veteran first baseman slugged a career-low .714. Former first-round draft pick Dominic Smith, 21, could be in position to battle for the starting spot soon. He'll likely begin the season at Triple-A. Franchise third baseman Wright doesn't have a hot prospect pushing him out the door, but how much game does he have left? The perennial All-Star only began throwing a baseball in February after an eight-month recovery from neck surgery. Wright had a degenerative back and has only played 75 games the last two years. Getting a full season from him at age 34 would be a shock.
Outlook: The Mets' championship window opened with a surprise World Series run in 2015, and their front office seems convinced it's still open. The club invested four years and $110 million to keep Yoenis Cespedes in the outfield. The Mets also exercised club options on Jay Bruce and Jose Reyes, and brought Neil Walker back on a qualifying offer. The result? Almost everyone returns from a club that lost a wild-card game to the Giants last October. The franchise is oozing young pitching ' Syndergaard might be the best right-hander on the planet ' but another World Series appearance might be too much to expect from a team that ranked 25th in runs per game last season. |
| | Mets' Matz looks to bounce back vs. A's
NEW YORK -- The last time the New York Mets took the field with an opportunity to win three straight games, it was a disaster -- especially for Steven Matz. Matz will look to rebound from the worst start of his career and the Mets will attempt to get a third straight victory Friday night in the opener of a three-game series with the Oakland Athletics. The left-hander is 2-3 with a 4.58 ERA in his first seven starts since missing the first two months recovering from left elbow inflammation. On Sunday, after the Mets scored 23 runs in consecutive victories over the Colorado Rockies, he allowed seven runs and nine hits in one-plus inning of a 13-4 loss. Matz's last two starts have been difficult for him. Before his shortest outing of his career, Matz allowed five runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings of a 6-0 loss at St. Louis on July 9. "I feel like I wasn't really sharp today," Matz said. "I was leaving balls right over the middle of the plate and they were hitting it." Matz was chased after allowing the first four batters to reach in the second and turned in the shortest start by a Met this season. "I don't care how good your stuff is," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "You can't do that in this league." The struggles against Colorado also continued a trend of Matz faltering in the first three innings. In the first three innings, he has a 7.11 ERA and hitters are batting .321. In innings four through seven, Matz has a 2.21 ERA and hitters are batting .213. Matz is 2-1 with a 2.92 ERA in four career interleague starts and will attempt to give the Mets their first three-game winning streak since getting four straight victories June 28 to July 1. Those wins gave the Mets a 38-42 record; but, starting with a 7-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on July 2, New York is 5-8 in its last 13 games. New York comes into the series off a split against St. Louis. The Mets were outscored 11-3 in the first two games but followed up a 7-3 victory Wednesday with a 3-2 win Thursday when Jose Reyes hit a walk-off infield single with two outs in the ninth inning. "We need one," Collins said. "We've had a lot of them slip away lately and we needed a win like this today." Friday might mark the final home series for some Mets -- notably Addison Reed, Lucas Duda and Jay Bruce -- whose names are mentioned in trade speculation as the non-waiver deadline approaches July 31. Duda homered Thursday while Bruce was given the day off. "I don't know what they think, what goes on in their mind," Collins said earlier this week. "All I can tell you is what my approach has been to them, and that is you can't worry about if your name's mentioned or if it's not mentioned or anything else. You can't worry about possible callups. You can't worry about where you're going to be tomorrow. You're here today. You've got to worry about today." Oakland (43-52) already began selling off pieces Sunday when it traded relievers Ryan Madson and Sean Doolittle to the Washington Nationals. The A's are starting a seven-game trip before facing the Minnesota Twins next weekend at home and it is possible Yonder Alonso and Sonny Gray might get traded between now and then. Alonso had two hits and Gray allowed two runs and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings Wednesday in a 7-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Oakland has begun the second half by winning four of its first six games and is 8-4 in its last 12 contests. "I try not to think too much about that because when you have a group of guys that you're dealing with, that's basically what your focus is," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. Paul Blackburn will make his fourth start and looks to maintain the success of his first three after starting his career 1-0 with a 1.83 ERA. Blackburn took a no-decision Saturday in a 5-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians when he allowed three runs and five hits in six innings. Blackburn will be making his second interleague start. He opposed the Atlanta Braves in his major league debut July 1 and allowed one run (unearned) and three hits in six innings. In his second start, he induced 14 ground-ball outs in a win over the Seattle Mariners, who traded him to Oakland in the offseason for Danny Valencia. "Everything was working for him," A's catcher Bruce Maxwell said of Blackburn's start against the Mariners. "He's a bulldog on the mound. He made pitches the whole night. That's his game. He doesn't throw 98 (mph), but he keeps hitters off balance." The Mets are 8-5 all-time against Oakland, including 6-2 in New York. The last meeting was June 25, 2014, when Cespedes drove in three runs in Oakland's 8-5 victory in New York. |
| Last Updated: 3/18/2024 11:35:09 PM EST. |
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