The Yankees help the Tigers open at home with Luis Severino facing new addition Jordan Zimmermann. Severino posted a nice ERA in his rookie campaign, 2.89 thanks to a very good performance with runners in scoring position. His walk and strikeout rates were good but not great, but his home run rate was high. Six of those nine dingers came with the bases empty, however. Zimmermann moves to the American League. He’s been consistently healthy the last four seasons, making at least 32 starts in each. In that time he posted a 3.13 ERA while walking just 1.7 batters per nine innings.
The Indians travel to Chicago to play the White Sox, both teams hoping for an AL Central title. Danny Salazar takes on John Danks. Salazar in three seasons proved to be a power pitcher with good control, but he tends to give up the long ball. Danks owns consistently high ERAs over the last five seasons. He tends to put a few too many runners on base, then give up a good bit of power.
One undefeated NL Central team will fall today as the Pirates visit the Reds. Francisco Liriano takes on Alfredo Simon. Lirano pitched six shutout innings against the Cardinals in the season opener, despite walking five batters. Then strikeouts helped strand those runners. Simon returns to the Reds after a poor 2015 performance in Detroit. It may have been regression to the mean, as Simon’s excellent 2014 ERA was well below his FIP.
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