The Yankees and Rays feature two similar pitchers Sunday afternoon, Nathan Eovaldi and Jake Odorizzi. Both sport good strikeout and walk numbers, but are undone by home runs allowed. Despite their low walk numbers, they each allowed three homers with men on base, or six out of 15.
Michael Wacha tries to hang the first loss of the season on Stephen Strasburg as the Cardinals and Nationals conclude their series. Wacha owns a high ERA. While he is walking more batters than usual, he is getting hammered when men reach base. Opponents hit .358/.432/.544 in that situation, the power numbers indicate men are scoring from first base. Strasburg owns a reverse platoon split this season, with left-handed batters hitting .177/.244/.248 against him. For his career, Strasburg does as well against LHB as he does against RHB.
Chris Sale makes his second attempt at winning 10 games in two months as the White Sox face Edinson Volques and the Royals. Sale is still perfect on the road, 5-0 in five starts with a 1.41 ERA. Volquez pitches much better at home this season, with a 2.06 ERA in KC versus a 6.55 ERA on the road.
Finally, Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers play the rubber game of their series against the Mets, Bartolo Colon standing in opposition. Kershaw is very close to being the best pitcher ever, but I’m wondering if he can win 300 games? In his seven full season in the majors, he’s averaging 15.5 wins per year. At that pace, he’ll need over another 11.5 seasons to get there. He’s seasonal age 28, so it’s possible, but it would be good if Kershaw could win another 50 to 55 games by the end of his age 30 season. At this point, I would not be surprised in Colon lasted another five years and gets to 300 wins.
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