Starting pitcher rankings for Aug. 31, 2009

[BadCo]

Toronto Blue Jays at Texas Rangers

1. The Blue Jays are 4-2 against Texas this year, and have won six of nine road games against the Rangers over the last two seasons.
2. Toronto is 4-13 over its last 17 games, the league's worst record since August 11. Blue Jays pitchers have a 5.46 ERA over that span.
3. The Rangers rank third in the AL with a 4.16 ERA this year. That would be their best team ERA ranking since leading the AL with a 3.31 ERA in 1983.
4. Aaron Hill (31) and Ian Kinsler (28) rank first and third in the majors, respectively, in home runs as a second baseman this year.
5. Marco Scutaro is batting .342 in road games this year -- fifth best in the majors -- versus .245 in home contests.
6. Derek Holland is 4-0 with a 3.23 ERA in his last five starts at home (0-3, 8.62 ERA in first three home starts).

Notes Applicable For Series Dates: 8/31/2009 thru 8/31/2009

 

[BadCo]

Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins

1. Minnesota has won 14 of its last 16 home games against the White Sox, including a 5-1 record this season.
2. Chicago is 1-6 on its current road trip after visits to Boston (1-3) and New York (0-3). The White Sox were outscored 23-5 in getting swept by the Yankees.
3. The Twins have four players with at least 20 home runs (Morneau, Mauer, Cuddyer, Kubel) for the first time since their 1987 World Series-winning season (Hrbek, Brunansky, Gaetti, Puckett).
4. Gordon Beckham leads all AL rookies in RBI (49) despite not making his debut until June 4. Beckham is only one behind the D-backs' Gerardo Parra (50) for the MLB lead among rookies.
5. Gavin Floyd is 7-3 with a 2.77 ERA in 16 starts going back to June 1, ranking third in the AL in ERA over that span (min. 80 IP).
6. Denard Span is batting .438 (21/48) over his last 12 games, with six extra-base hits and eight RBI.

Notes Applicable For Series Dates: 8/31/2009 thru 9/2/2009

 

[BadCo]

1. The A's have averaged eight runs per game with going 4-1 against the Royals this season. Oakland has hit .321 with runners on base.
2. After beating Seattle on Sunday, the Royals will be looking for their first two-game winning streak since July 27-28.
3. Despite getting beat by the Angels on Sunday, 9-1, the Athletics extended their streak of not getting shut out to 40 games, the longest active streak in the majors.
4. With 10 doubles in August, Brett Butler is just the second Royal to reach double digits in three calendar months in a single season, joining George Brett in 1991.
5. After driving in 21 runs between August 2 and August 19, Mark Ellis hasn't collected any RBI in 10 games since. Nevertheless, his 21 RBI this month represent a career high.
6. After going 0-2 in his first two starts this season, Gio Gonzalez then went 4-0 over his next six. But he's 0-3 with a 6.89 ERA in his last three outings.

Notes Applicable For Series Dates: 8/31/2009 thru 9/2/2009

 

[BadCo]

1. The Mariners lead the season series with the Angels, 7-6. However, the Angels are 41-20 versus Seattle since July 3, 2006. The 41 wins are the second-most victories in any series over that span.
2. The Angels defeated the A's on Sunday, 9-1, to gain a split in their four-game series with Oakland.
3. After splitting four games with Kansas City this weekend, the Seattle is 5-2 over its past seven. The Mariners managed just one hit on Sunday, their fewest since collecting one hit versus Oakland on April 8, 2006.
4. Kendry Morales has driven in 33 runs in August, one shy of the Angels record for any calendar month, currently shared by Don Baylor in July 1979 and Jim Edmonds in July 1995 (34 each).
5. Ichiro has missed the last seven games with a calf injury. While the Mariners are 57-59 (.491) with Ichiro in the starting lineup, they're 11-4 (.733) otherwise.
6. The Mariners have won four of Luke French's five starts since he arrived at the trade deadline, thanks in part to an average of 8.68 runs of support per nine innings pitched.

Notes Applicable For Series Dates: 8/31/2009 thru 8/31/2009

 

[BadCo]

1. The Padres are 17-5 at home against the Nationals/Expos since the start of the 2002 season. San Diego hasn't lost a home series between these clubs since dropping two out of a three-game set from August 17-19, 2001.
2. The Nationals are 14-14 since August 1. With a win today, Washington will have posted a winning record in a month (March not included) for the first time since September 2007 (15-12).
3. San Diego has been held below 10 hits in eight straight home games, hitting a combined .184 in those contests.
4. Elijah Dukes, hitting .421 (8-for-19) during the Nationals' current road trip, has driven in 20 runs since August 6 -- fifth-most in the National League.
5. Livan Hernandez is 2-7 over his last 11 starts after losing just once in his first 13 outings this season (5-1).
6. Tim Stauffer is looking to win back-to-back starts for the first time since July 3-8, 2005. Stauffer is 0-3 with a 4.80 ERA in three starts at home this month.

Notes Applicable For Series Dates: 8/31/2009 thru 9/2/2009

 

[BadCo]

1. The Dodgers are 7-4 against the Diamondbacks this season, including a 4-1 mark at Dodger Stadium.
2. The Diamondbacks have won four in a row, the longest active winning streak in baseball. Another win on Monday would match Arizona's longest winning streak of 2009 (twice previously).
3. The Dodgers have won four of their last five games to regain a six-game lead in the National League West over both the Rockies and Giants.
4. Going back to July 21, before he was placed on the disabled list, Justin Upton has hit .375 over his last 20 games with six homers, 20 RBI and 19 runs scored.
5. Ryan Roberts has hit .364 with four homers and 12 RBI in 25 games this August, exceeded his career totals in 79 games entering this month (.226-3-9).
6. With two home runs this weekend, Matt Kemp raised his season total to 21, becoming the first Dodger to combine at least 20 homers and 20 stolen bases since Shawn Green in 2001.

Notes Applicable For Series Dates: 8/31/2009 thru 9/3/2009

 

[slayersluck]

Great write up Badco...I appreciate your input and your time into this...must be hard work...

With all your knowledge into today's baseball match ups, which team do you believe to be the best team to go with today? Thanks again.

 

[BadCo]

Week long MLB thread for 8/30........9/07


FYI is copy and paste,shit I woulf be on the payroll some where if I found all this on my own.



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</td><td valign="top">Rodriguez will get a day off Monday against the Orioles, the Journal News reports.
Spin:
Just a standard off-day for A-Rod, who hasn't had one since August 14. Jerry Hairston Jr. will start at third and bat eighth against Baltimore starter Jeremy Guthrie.


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