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| All Games | 47-50 | +0.7 | 44-50 | 4.9 | 0.237 | 0.305 | 0.411 | 0.715 | 4.8 | 0.260 | 0.326 | 0.421 | 0.746 | | Road Games | 22-30 | -1 | 23-29 | 4.3 | 0.216 | 0.280 | 0.389 | 0.669 | 5.0 | 0.269 | 0.335 | 0.428 | 0.763 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 36-40 | -1.5 | 36-39 | 4.8 | 0.236 | 0.306 | 0.411 | 0.717 | 4.9 | 0.262 | 0.326 | 0.428 | 0.754 | | Past 7 Games | 2-5 | -2.6 | 3-4 | 3.1 | 0.197 | 0.259 | 0.333 | 0.592 | 6.3 | 0.296 | 0.350 | 0.498 | 0.848 | | Dome Games | 2-0 | +2.6 | 0-2 | 4.0 | 0.176 | 0.222 | 0.338 | 0.560 | 3.0 | 0.188 | 0.243 | 0.348 | 0.591 | | Day Games | 15-11 | +6.4 | 12-14 | 5.5 | 0.230 | 0.303 | 0.420 | 0.723 | 4.0 | 0.246 | 0.314 | 0.407 | 0.721 |
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| All Games | 4.9 | 0.237 | 0.305 | 97 | 3242 | 767 | 131 | 11 | 137 | 0.411 | 442 | 317 | 886 | 68 | 571 | 79 | 58 | 106 | 49 | | Road Games | 4.3 | 0.216 | 0.280 | 52 | 1760 | 381 | 65 | 8 | 74 | 0.389 | 209 | 156 | 515 | 33 | 299 | 39 | 31 | 60 | 24 | | Righty Starters | 4.8 | 0.236 | 0.306 | 76 | 2524 | 595 | 102 | 7 | 109 | 0.411 | 340 | 256 | 675 | 55 | 449 | 68 | 44 | 81 | 37 |
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| All Games | 4.55 | 1.482 | 302.4 | 173 | 153 | 320 | 42 | 128 | 285 | 16-19 | 16 | 16 | 50% | | Road Games | 5.87 | 1.736 | 150.4 | 104 | 98 | 184 | 23 | 77 | 150 | 6-11 | 12 | 11 | 52.2% |
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| All Games | 51-47 | +2.2 | 54-42 | 4.6 | 0.254 | 0.323 | 0.431 | 0.753 | 4.5 | 0.246 | 0.312 | 0.397 | 0.709 | | Home Games | 27-21 | +1.2 | 28-20 | 4.9 | 0.261 | 0.333 | 0.438 | 0.771 | 4.2 | 0.239 | 0.302 | 0.393 | 0.695 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 39-30 | +6.9 | 37-30 | 4.8 | 0.263 | 0.328 | 0.446 | 0.774 | 4.2 | 0.235 | 0.303 | 0.376 | 0.679 | | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -2 | 1-5 | 3.4 | 0.245 | 0.292 | 0.398 | 0.690 | 3.9 | 0.203 | 0.278 | 0.347 | 0.624 | | Dome Games | 27-21 | +1.2 | 28-20 | 4.9 | 0.261 | 0.333 | 0.438 | 0.771 | 4.2 | 0.239 | 0.302 | 0.393 | 0.695 | | Day Games | 18-20 | -3.3 | 22-15 | 4.4 | 0.253 | 0.315 | 0.406 | 0.721 | 4.3 | 0.250 | 0.316 | 0.393 | 0.709 |
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| All Games | 4.6 | 0.254 | 0.323 | 98 | 3351 | 852 | 146 | 20 | 135 | 0.431 | 439 | 339 | 937 | 49 | 677 | 86 | 67 | 81 | 42 | | Home Games | 4.9 | 0.261 | 0.333 | 48 | 1603 | 419 | 74 | 10 | 63 | 0.438 | 225 | 173 | 446 | 32 | 335 | 37 | 27 | 46 | 22 | | Righty Starters | 4.8 | 0.263 | 0.328 | 69 | 2407 | 633 | 108 | 12 | 103 | 0.446 | 318 | 232 | 645 | 35 | 493 | 63 | 48 | 66 | 25 |
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| All Games | 4.35 | 1.333 | 310.7 | 162 | 150 | 287 | 33 | 127 | 272 | 18-22 | 33 | 16 | 67.3% | | Home Games | 4.23 | 1.356 | 149 | 77 | 70 | 136 | 15 | 66 | 138 | 8-10 | 16 | 9 | 64% |
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| 7/9/2017 | DARVISH(R) | LA ANGELS | RAMIREZ(R) | 0-3 | L | -200 | 9 un | U | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | | 7/14/2017 | PEREZ(L) | @ KANSAS CITY | HAMMEL(R) | 5-3 | W | 110 | 9.5 ov | U | 7 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | | 7/15/2017 | HAMELS(L) | @ KANSAS CITY | DUFFY(L) | 1-0 | W | 110 | 9 ev | U | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | | 7/16/2017 | DARVISH(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | KENNEDY(R) | 3-4 | L | -130 | 8.5 ov | U | 7 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | | 7/17/2017 | CASHNER(R) | @ BALTIMORE | TILLMAN(R) | 1-3 | L | 105 | 10.5 ov | U | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | | 7/18/2017 | ROSS(R) | @ BALTIMORE | BUNDY(R) | 1-12 | L | 115 | 10.5 un | O | 6 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 0 | | 7/19/2017 | PEREZ(L) | @ BALTIMORE | GAUSMAN(R) | 2-10 | L | 125 | 10.5 un | O | 8 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | | 7/20/2017 | HAMELS(L) | @ BALTIMORE | MILEY(L) | 7-9 | L | 105 | 10.5 ev | O | 9 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | | 7/21/2017 | DARVISH(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | COBB(R) | 4-3 | W | -125 | 8.5 ov | U | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | | 7/22/2017 | CASHNER(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | ARCHER(R) | 4-3 | W | 165 | 8.5 un | U | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | | 7/23/2017 | ROSS(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | ODORIZZI(R) | | | 7/24/2017 | PEREZ(L) | MIAMI | CONLEY(L) | | | 7/25/2017 | HAMELS(L) | MIAMI | STRAILY(R) | | | 7/26/2017 | DARVISH(R) | MIAMI | URENA(R) | | | 7/28/2017 | | BALTIMORE | | | | 7/29/2017 | | BALTIMORE | | | | 7/30/2017 | | BALTIMORE | | |
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| 7/9/2017 | ARCHER(R) | BOSTON | PRICE(L) | 5-3 | W | +100 | 7.5 un | O | 7 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | | 7/14/2017 | FARIA(R) | @ LA ANGELS | NOLASCO(R) | 2-1 | W | 110 | 8.5 ov | U | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | | 7/15/2017 | COBB(R) | @ LA ANGELS | RAMIREZ(R) | 6-3 | W | 115 | 9 ov | P | 14 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | | 7/16/2017 | ARCHER(R) | @ LA ANGELS | BRIDWELL(R) | 3-4 | L | -145 | 9 un | U | 9 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | | 7/17/2017 | ODORIZZI(R) | @ OAKLAND | GOSSETT(R) | 3-2 | W | -105 | 9 ov | U | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | | 7/18/2017 | SNELL(L) | @ OAKLAND | SMITH(R) | 4-3 | W | -105 | 9 ev | U | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | | 7/19/2017 | FARIA(R) | @ OAKLAND | GRAY(R) | 2-7 | L | 105 | 8 ov | O | 9 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | | 7/21/2017 | COBB(R) | TEXAS | DARVISH(R) | 3-4 | L | +115 | 8.5 ov | U | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | | 7/22/2017 | ARCHER(R) | TEXAS | CASHNER(R) | 3-4 | L | -175 | 8.5 un | U | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | | 7/23/2017 | ODORIZZI(R) | TEXAS | ROSS(R) | | | 7/24/2017 | SNELL(L) | BALTIMORE | GAUSMAN(R) | | | 7/25/2017 | FARIA(R) | BALTIMORE | MILEY(L) | | | 7/26/2017 | COBB(R) | BALTIMORE | JIMENEZ(R) | | | 7/27/2017 | ARCHER(R) | @ NY YANKEES | SABATHIA(L) | | | 7/28/2017 | | @ NY YANKEES | | | | 7/29/2017 | | @ NY YANKEES | | | | 7/30/2017 | | @ NY YANKEES | | |
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| |  | TEXAS: 2016: 95-67, first place
Manager: Jeff Banister (third season)
Who's new? 1B Mike Napoli, 1B James Loney, INF Will Middlebrooks, RHP Andrew Cashner, RHP Tyson Ross, RHP Mike Hauschild
Who's gone? 1B Mitch Moreland, INF/OF Ian Desmond, OF/DH Carlos Beltran, RHP Derek Holland, RHP Colby Lewis, RHP Shawn Tolleson, RHP Lucas Harrell
Projected lineup: CF Carlos Gomez (.231, 13 HR, 53 RBI, 18 SB in 118 games with Astros and Rangers), DH Shin-Soo Choo (.242, 7, 17, 6 in 48 games), 3B Adrian Beltre (.300, 32, 104), 1B Mike Napoli (.239, 34, 101 with Indians), 2B Rougned Odor (.271, 33, 88, 14 SB), C Jonathan Lucroy (.292, 24, 81 with Brewers and Rangers), RF Nomar Mazara (.266, 20, 64), SS Elvis Andrus (.302, 8, 69, 24 SB), LF Jurickson Profar (.239, 5, 20) or Ryan Rua (.258, 8, 22, 9 SB)
Rotation: LH Cole Hamels (15-5, 3.32 ERA), RH Yu Darvish (7-5, 3.42 in 17 games), LH Martin Perez (10-11, 4.39), RH A.J. Griffin (7-4, 5.07), RH Andrew Cashner (5-11, 5.25 with Padres and Marlins)
Key relievers: RH Sam Dyson (3-2, 2.43, 38/43 SV), RH Matt Bush (7-2, 2.48), RH Jeremy Jeffress (27/28 SV with Brewers and Rangers), RH Tony Barnette (7-3, 2.09), LH Alex Claudio (4-1, 2.79), RH Keone Kela (5-1, 6.09)
Hot spots: Designated hitter and left field. Choo, Napoli and Joey Gallo are all candidates to DH. Gallo, a perennial prospect with prodigious power, can make it interesting by seizing his first-ever Opening Day roster spot. Otherwise Napoli (a first baseman) and Choo (an outfielder) can switch off as needed. Moving Desmond to the outfield was successful enough last year that the Rangers are taking a similar approach with Profar. The oft-injured 24-year-old will try to break camp as a left fielder, platooning with Rua.
Outlook: Coming off back-to-back division titles, the Rangers begin 2017 with a weakened farm system and the footsteps of the Astros and Mariners passing them by ' or at least catching up. There's still a lot to like here. Napoli was a huge bargain on a $6 million contract following his 34-homer season in Cleveland. He'll join Beltre and Odor to form a dangerous middle of the order. Darvish is entering his first full season back from Tommy John surgery, and he and catcher Lucroy are entering their long-awaited walk years. This isn't the deepest roster in the AL but it's capable of winning another division title if its stars can avoid the disabled list. | | TAMPA BAY: 2016: 68-94, fifth place
Manager: Kevin Cash (third season)
Who's new? OF Colby Rasmus, OF/1B Rickie Weeks Jr., RHP Tommy Hunter, RHP Jumbo Diaz, C Wilson Ramos, C Derek Norris, OF Mallex Smith, RHP Jose De Leon, RHP Shawn Tolleson
Who's gone? 2B Logan Forsythe, IF/OF Steve Pearce, OF Desmond Jennings, OF Mikie Mahtook, C Hank Conger, IF/OF Taylor Motter, C Bobby Wilson, LHP Drew Smyly, LHP Enny Romero, RHP Steve Geltz, LHP Dana Eveland, RHP Kevin Jepsen, RHP Tyler Sturdevant, RHP Dylan Floro
Projected lineup: DH Corey Dickerson (.245, 24, 70), CF Kevin Kiermaier (.246, 12, 37, 21 SB), 3B Evan Longoria (.273, 36, 98), 2B Brad Miller (.243, 30, 81), RF Steven Souza (.247, 17, 49), LF Colby Rasmus (.206, 15, 54 with Astros), SS Tim Beckham (.247, 5, 16), 1B Logan Morrison (.238, 14, 43), C Curt Casali (.186, 8, 25)
Rotation: RH Chris Archer (9-19, 4.02 ERA), RH Jake Odorizzi (10-6, 3.69), RH Alex Cobb (1-2, 8.59 in five starts), LH Blake Snell (6-8, 3.54), RH Matt Andriese (8-8, 4.37)
Key relievers: RH Alex Colome (2-4, 1.91, 37/40 SV), RH Tommy Hunter (2-2, 3.18 with Indians), RH Danny Farquhar (1-0, 3.06), LH Xavier Cede'o (3-4, 3.70), RH Erasmo Ramirez (7-11, 3.77), RH Jumbo Diaz (1-1, 3.14), RH Chase Whitley (0-0, 2.51)
Hot spots: Shortstop and catcher. Tim Beckham and the combination of Curt Casali and newly signed Derek Norris are holding down the fort while Matt Duffy and Wilson Ramos recover from injuries. Beckham and Casali or Norris can at least try to make the situation awkward by hitting. That wasn't their strong suit last year, but the Rays will need someone to bat eighth and ninth while Ramos (knee surgery; out until July) and Duffy (Achilles surgery; out until May) heal.
Outlook: How do you fix a team that ranked eighth in the AL in ERA and 14th in runs scored? If you're the Rays, you trade away your second-best hitter (Forsythe) for a pitcher who will start the season in Triple-A (De Leon), then sign an outfielder with a .641 OPS (Rasmus) to be your second-highest paid player. Expectations for a team with the third-lowest payroll in the game shouldn't be high to begin with. Getting Duffy and Ramos back from the DL will help, but not enough to slow rumors of Archer, Cobb and Odorizzi getting traded if they pitch well. |
| | Rangers look for sweep of Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- If Saturday's game was one more lost by the Tampa Bay Rays than won by the Texas Rangers, Texas manager Jeff Banister will still take that as the game balancing itself out as the teams conclude their three-game series on Sunday. Texas has a chance for the sweep after its 4-3 win pivoted on a single play in the sixth inning. During the decisive play, Rays center fielder Mallex Smith had a line drive by Adrian Beltre go off his glove with two outs in the sixth, allowing two runs to score and putting the winning run in scoring position. Breaks, Banister said, are something the Rangers will be glad to take as they claw their way back toward a .500 record. "That's one of those situations that went our way this time," Banister said. "We haven't had many of those, but we were able to take advantage of it. Baseball has a funny way of giving back sometimes what you lose." Banister pointed out that if Smith makes that error with no runners on base, it's nearly harmless, so he gave credit to Shin-Soo Choo and Elvis Andrus getting singles and being in position to take advantage of such a costly mistake. And because of those plays, the Rangers can get their third straight win after entering the series with a five-game losing streak. "I think that we are a contender," said Andrus, who had three of the Rangers' five hits in Saturday's win. "We aren't in good shape, but we are still the reigning West champions. We have to keep going and keep playing hard." The same is true for the Rays, who have dropped two straight after leading in the sixth inning or later, losing much of the momentum they got in winning four of six games on the road after the All-Star break. This is very much still a team in the thick of the American League wild-card chase, but the last two losses have been especially tough. "It's pretty terrible," Smith said of his error factoring so heavily in a close loss. "Just a bad play. That's about it. I knew that play needed to be made. Point-blank period." The Rays added another piece to their bullpen after Saturday's loss in Dodgers reliever Sergio Romo, who was acquired for cash considerations. They will also hope to get Sunday starter Jake Odorizzi (6-4, 4.37 ERA) back on track. He was superb in his first start after the All-Star break, going seven innings and allowing one hit in a win against Oakland. He has also allowed home runs in 14 straight appearances, the longest streak in team history, so there's a chance to put that to rest as well. Texas answers with right-hander Tyson Ross (2-2, 7.22), who didn't make it through the fourth inning on Tuesday, giving up seven hits and nine runs in a loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Ross has struggled against the Rays, with a career 0-2 record and 9.00 ERA in four appearances against Tampa Bay, all at Tropicana Field. |
| | Last Updated: 4/26/2024 12:45:15 PM EST. |
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