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Most Highly regarded GameToronto at Boston | 18:10 ETDrew Hutchison (23.0 IP, 94 xFIP-, 0.2 WAR) faces Clay Buchholz (22.1 IP, 67 xFIP-, 0.5 WAR). Entering the 2015 season, the latter had recorded work strikeout- and walk-rate differential of roughly 9.5 points, with 2013s 14.4 points representing his career-high mark. Over four starts and 22.1 innings, Buchholz has produced a differential of 21.8 points (28.7% K, 6.9% BB) while also posting what can represent his career-best ground-ball rate (55.6%). What else farmville represents is an opportunity to treat the eighth-best player by WAR in the majors: rookie second baseman Devon Travis. Travis has produced 1.2 wins over the William Hayes Jersey first 74 plate appearances of his career.
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Three Brief NotesRegarding Todays Pitcher DebutsWashington right-hander A.J. Cole and Philadelphia right-hander Severino Gonzalez make their major-league debuts this evening at 7:10pm and eight:15pm ET, respectively. The previous has, at points, been thought to be one of the games most promising talents. A modest lo s of velocity, however, has rendered him merely one of Washingtons most promising talents. Gonzalez, for his part, was signed out of Trumaine Johnson Jersey Panama for just $14,000 in 2011. Hes recorded excellent strikeout and walk rates although a lack of premium arm speed has rendered him le s efficient against batters in the upper minors. He was ranked 16th among Phillies prospects by Kiley McDaniel this offseason.
A Brief Comment Regarding Madison BumgarnerReason suggests that Bay area left-hander Madison Bumgarner remains certainly one of baseballs best pitchers. What the numbers from his first four starts suggest, however, is the fact that he hasnt pitched like that in April. Consider merely that one note: in each of 2013 and -14, Bumgarner produced a swinging-strike rate of 11.1% exactly. In 2015 so far, that mark stands at 8.5% i.e almost Sam Bradford Jersey the exactly league-average mark for starts. (A typical deviation is about 2.5%.)
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Complete ScheduleHeres the entire and very sortable table for all of todays games. Pitching probables and game times aggregated from MLB.com and also the rest of the internet. Observe that Ejuan Price Jersey the calculations for both team and game NERD scores have changed recently to higher integrate playoff odds into same. Read more about those changes here, if youre the type of person familiar with making poor life decisions.
AwaySPTm.Gm.Tm.SPHomeTimeJeremy GuthrieKC37669CLETrevor Bauer18:10Drew HutchisonTOR97859BOSClay Buchholz18:10Jeff SamardzijaCHA61566BALUbaldo Jimenez19:05Jake OdorizziTB76666NYAChase Whitley*19:05Kyle LohseMIL616410CINJohnny Cueto19:10Rafael Montero*NYN77552MIADavid Phelps19:10A.J. Cole*WAS95644ATLJulio Teheran19:10Jeff LockePIT77675CHNTravis Wood20:05J.A. HappSEA66330TEXRo s Detwiler20:05Anibal SanchezDET75523MINMike Pelfrey20:10Sev. Gonzalez*PHI71668STLMichael Wacha20:15Kyle KendrickCOL34454AZArchie Bradley21:40Jered WeaverLAA55657OAKSonny Gray22:05Ro.to HernandezHOU49648SDTyson Ro s22:10Ma. BumgarnerSF647810LANClayton Kershaw22:10* = Le s than 10 IP, NERD at discretion of very handsome author.