Decent night Tuesday, 4-3(+1.6 units) and thanks to Texas. No thanks to Detroit. Keep it in your mental bank: Certain teams are overrated based on what they have done last year OR can do if playing to their potential. These teams have high juice and should be carefully played. I'm thinking the Brewers last year, and Detroit, the Red Sox, Phils, and Cards this year. In baseball, it doesn't take much regression to turn a team into a below .500 mediocre has-been. We'll see. These teams can get hot again like Boston as of late.
KC Royals: This game has all the right components for a win. Except, as someone pointed out on my thread this past weekend, it's the Royals. Still, you got to like their chances against Blackburn coming off the DL. Blackburn was allowing hitters to hit .333 on him and an 8.00+ ERA. In fact, Blackburn's career shows he usually allows a +.300 batting avg. against. He has also given up 7 HRs in 33 innings. This might have been the reason he was put on the DL, to avoid anymore bloodshed. Now the Royals hit righties well and because Blackburn will be limited in pitch count, we might see some of the horrible middle relief of the Twins. How do we know they're bad, because if they were any good, they would be starting in this dreadful rotation.
Paulino is remarkable in that he has two great outings vs. the Yanks, and one against the Orioles. He also has more than a K per inning. He has always had a good fastball, but now has more movement on his pitches. The Twins are hitting better lately, but I'm thinking this will be one of their off games. Mauer might still be out. Tonight's 0 run game might be a an indicator of what we'll see tomorrow. The Royals also have established a very good bullpen which they'll need to finish the game- since Paulino usually goes only 6 or 7 IPs.
KC-1. 2 units
KC RL. one unit
KC - 1/2 first 5 innings.
I also think the Royals are aching to show their home fans they CAN win at home. Losing to Blackburn would be the ultimate embarrassment.
KC Royals: This game has all the right components for a win. Except, as someone pointed out on my thread this past weekend, it's the Royals. Still, you got to like their chances against Blackburn coming off the DL. Blackburn was allowing hitters to hit .333 on him and an 8.00+ ERA. In fact, Blackburn's career shows he usually allows a +.300 batting avg. against. He has also given up 7 HRs in 33 innings. This might have been the reason he was put on the DL, to avoid anymore bloodshed. Now the Royals hit righties well and because Blackburn will be limited in pitch count, we might see some of the horrible middle relief of the Twins. How do we know they're bad, because if they were any good, they would be starting in this dreadful rotation.
Paulino is remarkable in that he has two great outings vs. the Yanks, and one against the Orioles. He also has more than a K per inning. He has always had a good fastball, but now has more movement on his pitches. The Twins are hitting better lately, but I'm thinking this will be one of their off games. Mauer might still be out. Tonight's 0 run game might be a an indicator of what we'll see tomorrow. The Royals also have established a very good bullpen which they'll need to finish the game- since Paulino usually goes only 6 or 7 IPs.
KC-1. 2 units
KC RL. one unit
KC - 1/2 first 5 innings.
I also think the Royals are aching to show their home fans they CAN win at home. Losing to Blackburn would be the ultimate embarrassment.
