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913 | TAMPA BAY | -105 | Ov 8.5,-110 | +105 | Ov 9,-105 | 914 | NY YANKEES | -105 | Un 8.5,-110 | -115 | Un 9,-115 |
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All Games | 53-49 | +1.9 | 56-44 | 4.6 | 0.253 | 0.323 | 0.428 | 0.751 | 4.5 | 0.246 | 0.312 | 0.398 | 0.710 | Road Games | 24-26 | +1.1 | 26-22 | 4.4 | 0.248 | 0.313 | 0.424 | 0.737 | 4.8 | 0.252 | 0.322 | 0.402 | 0.723 | vs Left-handed Starters | 13-17 | -3.6 | 18-12 | 4.3 | 0.232 | 0.311 | 0.390 | 0.701 | 5.2 | 0.271 | 0.333 | 0.446 | 0.779 | Past 7 Games | 2-5 | -4.1 | 3-4 | 3.3 | 0.215 | 0.297 | 0.345 | 0.642 | 4.4 | 0.239 | 0.302 | 0.415 | 0.716 | Grass Games | 22-23 | +1.6 | 23-20 | 4.4 | 0.247 | 0.312 | 0.422 | 0.734 | 4.9 | 0.252 | 0.322 | 0.405 | 0.727 | Night Games | 34-28 | +5.5 | 33-28 | 4.7 | 0.254 | 0.327 | 0.443 | 0.770 | 4.6 | 0.244 | 0.310 | 0.400 | 0.710 | Division | 22-22 | +0.8 | 25-19 | 4.5 | 0.247 | 0.324 | 0.417 | 0.741 | 4.2 | 0.236 | 0.297 | 0.384 | 0.681 |
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All Games | 4.6 | 0.253 | 0.323 | 102 | 3470 | 878 | 150 | 21 | 138 | 0.428 | 453 | 358 | 975 | 54 | 702 | 93 | 69 | 86 | 44 | Road Games | 4.4 | 0.248 | 0.313 | 50 | 1748 | 433 | 72 | 10 | 72 | 0.424 | 214 | 166 | 491 | 17 | 342 | 49 | 40 | 35 | 20 | Lefty Starters | 4.3 | 0.232 | 0.311 | 30 | 971 | 225 | 39 | 8 | 33 | 0.390 | 126 | 111 | 296 | 14 | 188 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 17 |
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All Games | 4.34 | 1.341 | 321.3 | 168 | 155 | 299 | 35 | 132 | 284 | 18-23 | 34 | 17 | 66.7% | Road Games | 4.45 | 1.311 | 161.7 | 85 | 80 | 151 | 18 | 61 | 134 | 10-12 | 17 | 7 | 70.8% |
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All Games | 53-46 | -4.6 | 53-45 | 5.4 | 0.263 | 0.337 | 0.431 | 0.768 | 4.2 | 0.236 | 0.298 | 0.379 | 0.677 | Home Games | 28-17 | +0.2 | 26-18 | 5.9 | 0.268 | 0.347 | 0.466 | 0.813 | 4.4 | 0.227 | 0.286 | 0.383 | 0.668 | vs Right-handed Starters | 40-32 | -2.1 | 38-33 | 5.5 | 0.271 | 0.342 | 0.449 | 0.791 | 4.3 | 0.238 | 0.300 | 0.391 | 0.691 | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +2.6 | 3-4 | 4.9 | 0.269 | 0.331 | 0.424 | 0.755 | 3.6 | 0.206 | 0.254 | 0.326 | 0.580 | Grass Games | 49-40 | -2.7 | 48-40 | 5.4 | 0.265 | 0.342 | 0.432 | 0.774 | 4.3 | 0.234 | 0.296 | 0.377 | 0.673 | Night Games | 36-30 | -2.8 | 36-29 | 5.5 | 0.275 | 0.346 | 0.444 | 0.790 | 4.2 | 0.239 | 0.299 | 0.383 | 0.681 | Division | 23-17 | +5.5 | 25-14 | 5.9 | 0.273 | 0.345 | 0.453 | 0.798 | 3.8 | 0.234 | 0.296 | 0.360 | 0.656 |
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All Games | 5.4 | 0.263 | 0.337 | 99 | 3459 | 910 | 156 | 13 | 133 | 0.431 | 501 | 385 | 883 | 51 | 725 | 101 | 58 | 65 | 37 | Home Games | 5.9 | 0.268 | 0.347 | 45 | 1504 | 403 | 64 | 6 | 74 | 0.466 | 254 | 182 | 397 | 20 | 299 | 44 | 24 | 30 | 16 | Righty Starters | 5.5 | 0.271 | 0.342 | 72 | 2491 | 676 | 116 | 7 | 104 | 0.449 | 381 | 267 | 619 | 39 | 519 | 72 | 41 | 41 | 28 |
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All Games | 3.45 | 1.209 | 323.3 | 136 | 124 | 252 | 29 | 139 | 375 | 15-18 | 21 | 18 | 53.8% | Home Games | 3.87 | 1.216 | 146.3 | 68 | 63 | 117 | 17 | 61 | 151 | 7-5 | 11 | 6 | 64.7% |
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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) | 5-6 | L | -125 | 9 ov | O | 6 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 7/24/2017 | SNELL(L) | BALTIMORE | GAUSMAN(R) | 0-5 | L | -110 | 9 un | U | 6 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 7/25/2017 | FARIA(R) | BALTIMORE | MILEY(L) | 5-4 | W | -120 | 8.5 ov | O | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 7/26/2017 | COBB(R) | BALTIMORE | JIMENEZ(R) | 5-1 | W | -145 | 9 ov | U | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7/27/2017 | ARCHER(R) | @ NY YANKEES | SABATHIA(L) | | 7/28/2017 | ODORIZZI(R) | @ NY YANKEES | TANAKA(R) | | 7/29/2017 | SNELL(L) | @ NY YANKEES | CESSA(R) | | 7/30/2017 | FARIA(R) | @ NY YANKEES | MONTGOMERY(L) | | 7/31/2017 | COBB(R) | @ HOUSTON | PEACOCK(R) | | 8/1/2017 | ARCHER(R) | @ HOUSTON | MORTON(R) | | 8/2/2017 | | @ HOUSTON | | | 8/3/2017 | | @ HOUSTON | | |
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7/14/2017 | MONTGOMERY(L) | @ BOSTON | POMERANZ(L) | 4-5 | L | 125 | 8.5 un | O | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 7/15/2017 | SEVERINO(R) | @ BOSTON | SALE(L) | 4-1 | W | 150 | 7.5 ev | U | 9 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 7/16/2017 | SABATHIA(L) | @ BOSTON | PORCELLO(R) | 3-0 | W | 125 | 9.5 ov | U | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 7/16/2017 | TANAKA(R) | @ BOSTON | PRICE(L) | 0-3 | L | 125 | 8.5 ov | U | 8 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 7/17/2017 | MITCHELL(R) | @ MINNESOTA | MEJIA(L) | 2-4 | L | -105 | 10 ov | U | 8 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 7/18/2017 | CESSA(R) | @ MINNESOTA | COLON(R) | 6-3 | W | -120 | 10.5 un | U | 13 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 7/19/2017 | MONTGOMERY(L) | @ MINNESOTA | BERRIOS(R) | 1-6 | L | -110 | 9 ev | U | 7 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7/20/2017 | SEVERINO(R) | @ SEATTLE | HERNANDEZ(R) | 4-1 | W | -140 | 8 un | U | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 7/21/2017 | SABATHIA(L) | @ SEATTLE | MOORE(R) | 5-1 | W | -115 | 9 ev | U | 11 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 7/22/2017 | TANAKA(R) | @ SEATTLE | MIRANDA(L) | 5-6 | L | -135 | 8.5 ov | O | 9 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7/23/2017 | SMITH(L) | @ SEATTLE | GALLARDO(R) | 6-4 | W | -105 | 9.5 ev | O | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7/25/2017 | MONTGOMERY(L) | CINCINNATI | CASTILLO(R) | 4-2 | W | -155 | 9 un | U | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7/26/2017 | SEVERINO(R) | CINCINNATI | BAILEY(R) | 9-5 | W | -225 | 9 ev | O | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7/27/2017 | SABATHIA(L) | TAMPA BAY | ARCHER(R) | | 7/28/2017 | TANAKA(R) | TAMPA BAY | ODORIZZI(R) | | 7/29/2017 | CESSA(R) | TAMPA BAY | SNELL(L) | | 7/30/2017 | MONTGOMERY(L) | TAMPA BAY | FARIA(R) | | 7/31/2017 | SEVERINO(R) | DETROIT | FULMER(R) | | 8/1/2017 | SABATHIA(L) | DETROIT | SANCHEZ(R) | | 8/2/2017 | | DETROIT | | | 8/3/2017 | | @ CLEVELAND | | |
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| | | 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. | | NY YANKEES: 2016: 84-78, fourth place
Manager: Joe Girardi (10th season)
Who's new? 1B/DH Chris Carter, 1B/LF/DH Matt Holliday, RHP Aroldis Chapman
Who's gone? 1B Mark Teixeira, C Brian McCann, RHP Nate Eovaldi, RHP Kirby Yates, RHP Anthony Swarzak, RHP Nick Goody, RHP Blake Parker
Projected lineup: LF Brett Gardner (.261, 7 HR, 41 RBI, 16 SB), CF Jacoby Ellsbury (.263, 9, 56, 20), C Gary Sanchez (.299, 20, 42 in 53 games), DH Matt Holliday (.246, 20, 62 with Cardinals), 1B Greg Bird (did not play in 2016), 2B Starlin Castro (.270, 21, 70), 3B Chase Headley (.253, 14, 51), RH Aaron Judge (.179, 4, 10 in 27 games) or Aaron Hicks (.217, 8, 31), SS Tyler Wade (.259, 5, 27 at Double-A) or Ronald Torreyes (.258, 1, 12)
Rotation: RH Masahiro Tanaka (14-4, 3.07), LH C.C. Sabathia (9-12, 3.91), RH Michael Pineda (6-12, 4.82), RH Luis Severino (3-8, 5.83), RH Chad Green (2-4, 4.73) or RH Adam Warren (4-2, 3.26) or RH Luis Cessa (4-4, 4.35) or RH Bryan Mitchell (1-2, 3.24 in five games)
Key relievers: LH Aroldis Chapman (4-1, 1.55, 36/39 SV), RH Dellin Betances (3-6, 3.08), RH Tyler Clippard (3-6, 3.57), LH Tommy Layne (2-0, 3.38), LH Chasen Shreve (2-1, 5.18)
Hot spots: Fifth starter and right field. The starter's competition is not urgent ' the Yankees have five off-days in the first month of the season ' but it's interesting nonetheless. Green, Cessa, Warren and Mitchell combined to make 22 major league starts last season. None had an outstanding spring training, so the Yankees might choose to divide the load again. Some will go to Triple-A, others to the bullpen. Someone named Aaron (Judge or Hicks) will be the Yankees' right fielder this season. If either falters, Tyler Austin or Rob Refsnyder could seize their at-bats.
Outlook: The Yankees will employ fewer past-their-prime position players in 2017 than any season this decade. Is their next generation of homegrown talent ready to take over? Sanchez is the most advanced prospect ' the catcher hit 20 home runs in 53 games as a rookie ' but beyond him lies several question marks. Greg Bird, Clint Frazier, Gleyber Torres, Judge and Austin (who was stalled in camp by a foot injury) will get a chance once they're ready. The pitching staff is led by Tanaka and the ferocious bullpen combo of Chapman, Betances and Clippard. But depth is a real question mark, and there are no blue-chip prospects at Triple-A waiting for their moment. |
| | Rays, Yankees begin pivotal series
NEW YORK -- A week ago, the Tampa Bay Rays began play with a 1 1/2-game lead over the New York Yankees for the top wild-card spot in the American League. As the teams get set to begin a four-game series Thursday night at Yankee Stadium, it is the Yankees who are holding the lead and the Rays are no longer occupying the second wild-card spot. Tampa Bay (53-49) held its lead by owning a 51-45 record after winning four of its first five games after the break and seven of 10. A five-game skid that featured three one-run losses combined with Kansas City's hot streak pushed the Rays out of the second spot. The Rays head into their second trip to Yankee Stadium following two straight wins over Baltimore. After getting blanked in the opener, the Rays scored 10 runs in the final two games and notched a 5-1 victory Wednesday. "It's great," Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. "We want to have smiles on the flight. We'll have them today. Obviously we got an exciting four days coming up here in New York but good to see these guys back. It was a rough homestand. The finish to it was good." Among those good things was Evan Longoria hitting his 15th homer and getting three hits. He heads into New York hitting .400 (18-for-45) since the break. "Longo, he's going to do his part, no doubt about it," Cash said. The Yankees (53-46) swept the Rays in their first home series of the season and are on a three-game winning streak. They are 8-5 since the All-Star break after Luis Severino pitched seven outstanding innings in a 9-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday. "It's an important series, really important," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "We still have 63 games to go, I think, but these are all important games, especially when they're within your division and you're all close and you're trying to continue to gain on the Red Sox, they're really important." Aaron Judge was given Wednesday off but is expected back Thursday after not starting for the fifth time. Judge is hitting .310 with 32 homers and 73 RBIs but since the break, the right fielder is 7-for-41 (.171). "He's been going hard," Girardi said. "He's a little physically beat up but nothing serious. We just felt with a quick turnaround a day off would be good before we continue with this homestand." Chris Archer will start the series opener for the Rays and looks to get back on track against the Yankees. He is 6-6 with a 2.73 ERA in 16 starts against the Yankees, who struggled against him early in his career but have turned it around. Archer began his career by going 5-0 with a 1.78 ERA in his first eight starts against the Yankees. Since Sept 6, 2015, he is 1-6 with a 3.86 ERA in his last eight starts Archer last faced the Yankees May 21 and took a 3-2 loss in Tampa Bay when he allowed three runs and six hits and struck out 12. He also faced the Yankees in the season-opening 7-3 win when he allowed two runs and seven hits in seven innings. Archer is 7-6 with a 3.77 ERA in 21 starts overall this season after allowing four runs (one earned) and four hits and striking out 11 in seven innings of a 4-3 loss to the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Despite the loss, it was his 24th career double-digit strikeout game, the most in team history and his sixth this season. Archer pitched at least six innings for the 12th straight time, which is the longest streak of his career. The current active roster of the Yankees is hitting a combined .285 (45-for-158) against Archer. That includes Jacoby Ellsbury, who is a .500 hitter (20-for-40) against the right-hander, and Gary Sanchez, who is 1-for-9 against him. CC Sabathia starts for the Yankees and is six strikeouts shy of tying Hall of Famer Cy Young for 20th on the all-time strikeouts list. He recorded five more Friday on his 37th birthday, when Sabathia allowed one run and four hits in five innings in a 5-1 win at Seattle. Sabathia is 9-3 with a 3.44 ERA this season and is looking to get double-digit wins for the 14th time in his career. The left-hander is 16-14 with a 3.73 ERA in 43 career starts against Tampa Bay, which is the team he has faced the most. Since joining the Yankees in 2009, Sabathia is 9-13 with a 4.23 ERA in 32 starts against the Rays and 4-6 with a 4.69 ERA in 16 starts at Yankee Stadium. "I think anytime you play a team in your division, it's going to be a tough series," Sabathia said. "It's going to be big games." Sabathia is 2-0 against the Rays this season. He opposed Archer May 21 and allowed one run and four hits in five innings, and he also pitched five innings in a 5-0 win at St. Petersburg, Fla., on April 4. The current Rays own a .335 average (54-for-161) against the Sabathia and most of the damage against him has been done by Longoria and Steven Souza. Longoria is a .405 hitter (30-for-74) with seven homers and 16 RBIs in those matchups while Souza is 6-for-16 (.375). |
| Last Updated: 3/28/2024 7:18:28 PM EST. |
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