STREAKING
Jordan Zimmerman, Washington Nationals (6-6, 2.48 ERA)
This righty is on a run of eight consecutive quality starts and has allowed one or fewer earned runs in each of his last four outings. The Nats are 3-1 in Zimmy’s last four trips to the bump.
Francisco Liriano, Minnesota Twins (3-8, 4.93 ERA)
Did Liriano really have 15 strikeouts in his last start or was that just an acid flashback from 2006? All jokes aside, Liriano is pitching much better. He owns a 3.16 ERA since the start of June and the under 6-3 in his last nine appearances. The Twins are 4-1 in his last five outings and were underdogs in three of those wins.
Mat Latos, Cincinnati Reds (7-2, 4.10 ERA)
The Reds had to have been sweating after the first month of the season. Mat Latos, the stud youngster they traded four players to San Diego for, was 1-2 with a 5.97 ERA at the end of April. There have been some up and downs but Cincy backers are beginning to see the big, hard-throwing righty they’d seen in a Padre uniform.
The Reds are 8-2 in Latos’ last 10 turns in the rotation and the 24-year-old has struck out 33 batters in his last 30 innings pitched. The under is 3-0-1 in his last four starts.
SLUMPING
Bruce Chen, Kansas City Royals (7-8, 5.50 ERA)
Wasn’t this guy a hot commodity at last year’s trade deadline? This year… not so much. Chen has allowed six runs in each of his last three starts and opposing hitters have clubbed out seven dingers off him over the same three-game period.
No comments:
Post a Comment