Tonight's matchup: Kyle Davies (4.21 ERA, 5.09 xFIP) vs. Francisco Liriano (3.39 ERA, 4.44 xFIP)
I'm going to crib the pitching matchup directly from the Hardball Times article about the upcoming weekend in the AL Central.
Since returning from Triple-A, Liriano has been dominant, with a 2.05 ERA while limiting the opposition to a line of [...]
Is that a Royale with Cheese?
We won't be using the Metric System for this game, thankfully. Toronto remains in the rearview mirror. Although, I must say that the blood spatters I see in that mirror are heartening. Thank you, Bluebirds of Destruction. Thank you very much. Keep up the good work.
First pitch is at [...]
Tonight's game is going to start in about thirty minutes, but I didn't see a Game Log anywhere in the back end, so I'll throw something up here so we can get the comments started.
Kansas City visits the Triple H Corral tonight at 7:10 CDT (8:10 EST).
Probable Pitchers:
Minnesota: Nick Blackburn (ERA: 3.71; xFIP: 4.49; tRA+: [...]
Light Rail sits at 101 pitches and attempts to get the 3rd out of the inning, up by two with a runner at 2nd base and Mitch Maier at bat...
Kevin Slowey vs. Luke Hochevar
This pitching matchup could wind up repeating itself quite a bit in the future. (Mainly since we play KC about eleventy billion times per year--seriously, I like an unbalanced schedule but 19 games against an opponent in a season just gets tedious after a while. Variety, spice, etc.)
Slowey has [...]
Livan Hernandez (4.66 xFIP) vs. Zack Grienke (4.04 xFIP)
Dudes, we're totally getting a Delmon again. I noted last night, and will again note, that had Lew Ford made the same boneheaded mistake that Delmon made last night, I guarantee he would have been riding pine today. And Ford's career OPS+ (96 for those [...]
Nick Blackburn vs. Brian Bannister
Bannister became fairly well-known over the offseason for admitting that he knows about stuff like DIPS and not really fundamentally disagreeing with it. Obviously, he would like to always see his ERA beat his peripherals, but after posting a 3.87 ERA last year with a 5.14 xFIP, he's posted a [...]
Just another game at Target Center tonight.
Respond: 23 LTEs
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