MLB
Write-Up
Tuesday, April 5
Hot pitchers
-- Bumgarner is 5-2, 1.59 in his last nine starts.
-- Hamels is 2-1, 2.25 in his last three starts. Young was 2-0, 0.90 in his four starts LY for San Diego.
-- Marquis has a 2.25 RA in his last couple starts.
-- Lowe is 6-2, 1.50 in his last eight starts. Gallardo is 2-0, 2.18 in his last three home starts.
-- McDonald is 2-1, 1.80 in his last five starts.
-- Kershaw is 4-2, 2.96 in his last eight starts.
-- Weaver is 4-3, 2.22 in his last eight starts.
-- Tomlin is 3-0, 3.92 in his last three starts.
Cold pitchers
-- Enright is 0-5, 8.06 in his last five starts. This is Cashner's first start in big leagues (2-6, 4.80 in 53 relief stints LY).
-- Harang is 0-0, 7.36 in his last four starts.
-- Leake is 1-3, 9.00 in his last four starts. Happ is 0-2, 6.98 in his last four outings.
-- Sanchez is 1-3, 5.48 in his last four starts.
-- McClellan has 217.2 IP in 202 career relief appearances the last three years; this is his first major league start.
-- Chacin is 1-2, 4.13 in his last four starts.
-- Niemann is 1-5, 10.13 in his last seven starts.
-- Duensing is 0-2, 8.40 in his last three starts. Sabathia has a 5.73 RA in his last four starts.
-- McCarthy is 20-24, 4.56 in his 56 career starts. Reyes is 5-15, 6.40 in 37 career starts. Neither guy has made a start since 2009.
-- Beckett is 2-3, 5.08 in his last six starts.
-- Prospect Pineda is making first big league start for Seattle. Ogando is also making his first big league start; he was 4-1, 1.30 in 44 relief stints last season, giving up 31 hits in 41.1 IP.
-- Floyd is 0-2, 9.53 in his last three starts. Hochevar is 0-3, 5.40 in his last three starts.
Totals
-- Under is 5-2-1 in last eight Enright starts.
-- Seven of last nine Bumgarner starts stayed under the total.
-- Under is 8-3 in Hamels' last eleven starts.
-- Seven of last nine Leake starts went over the total.
-- Four of last five Sanchez starts stayed under the total.
-- Last five Lowe starts stayed under the total.
-- Under is 5-2-1 in last eight McDonald starts.
-- Five of last seven Kershaw starts stayed under total.
-- Over is 7-2-2 in last eleven Niemann starts.
-- Six of last seven Sabathia starts went over the total.
-- No totals trends in Oakland-Toronto game.
-- Under was 8-4 in Tomlin's 12 starts last year.
-- Over is 3-0-1 in Seattle's first four games.
-- Under is 3-1-1 in Floyd's last five starts.
Hot teams
-- Phillies won their first three games, scoring 21 runs.
-- Reds won their first three games, scoring 23 runs.
-- Braves won three of their first four games.
-- Pirates won three of their first four games.
-- Dodgers won three of their first four games.
-- Bronx won three of its first four games.
-- Rangers won their first four games, outscoring foes 32-15.
-- Royals won three of their first four games.
Cold teams
-- Giants lost three of their first four games.
-- Astros lost their first three games, allowing 21 runs.
-- Brewers lost their first four games, allowing 25 runs.
-- Cardinals lost three of their first four games.
-- Angels lost three of their first four games; bullpen lost all three. Rays lost their first three games, scoring one run in each game.
-- Minnesota lost three of its first four games.
-- Red Sox lost their first three games, allowing 26 runs.