Series Preview: Yankees at Rangers | 4/23/12-4/25/12
Pitching Matchups
Monday, 4/23/12, 7:05pm ET
Pitching for the Yankees: C.C. Sabathia, LHP
Last Start: 7.1 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 7 K, 1 BB
On the Season: 1-0, 5.59 ERA / 3.59 FIP / 3.02 xFIP, 10.24 K/9, 2.79 BB/9 in 19.1 IP
Pitching for the Rangers: Derek Holland, LHP
Last Start: 7.0 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 7 K, 3 BB, 1 HR
On the Season: 2-0, 3.10 ERA / 3.13 FIP / 3.43 xFIP, 8.85 K/9, 2.66 BB/9 in 20.1 IP
Tuesday, 4/24/12, 8:05pm ET
Pitching for the Yankees: Hiroki Kuroda, RHP
Last Start: 4.1 IP, 6 ER, 10 H, 4 K, 0 BB, 2 HR
On the Season: 1-2, 5.00 ERA / 4.78 FIP / 4.13 xFIP, 6.00 K/9, 3.00 BB/9 in 18.0 IP
Pitching for the Rangers: Yu Darvish, RHP
Last Start: 6.1 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 5 K, 5 BB, 0 HR
On the Season: 2-0, 3.57 ERA / 3.90 FIP / 5.18 xFIP, 7.13 K/9, 6.62 BB/9 in 17.2 IP
Wednesday, 4/25/12, 8:05pm ET
Pitching for the Yankees: Phil Hughes, RHP
Last Start: 5.1 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 4 K, 2 BB, 1 HR
On the Season: 1-2, 6.75 ERA / 5.94 FIP / 4.63 xFIP, 10.13 K/9, 4.04 BB/9 in 13.1 IP
Pitching for the Rangers: Scott Feldman, RHP
On the Season: 0-0, 0.00 ERA / 2.94 FIP / 4.65 xFIP, 0.00 K/9, 0.00 BB/9 in 2.1 IP
This will be Feldman’s first start of the season. He has made two scoreless relief appearances to this point.
NYY Offense
Who’s Hot
— Derek Jeter – 11 for 27 with 2 HR, 6 RBI and 2 BB in the last 7 days
— Curtis Granderson – 10 for 25 with 4 HR, 5 RBI and 4 BB in the last 7 days
— Mark Teixeira – 9 for 23 with 1 double, 3 HR and 9 RBI in the last 7 days
Who’s Not
— Russell Martin – 3 for 17 with 1 double, 1 HR, 3 RBI and 5 K in the last 7 days
— Andruw Jones – 2 for 11 with 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 BB and 5 K in the last 7 days
TEX Offense
Who’s Hot (basically the entire Texas lineup, but for length purposes, I’ll include the top 3 of their hitters):
— Josh Hamilton – 12 for 26 with 3 HR, 11 RBI, and 4 BB in the last 7 days
— Mike Napoli – 11 for 25 with 1 double, 5 HR, 10 RBI, and 2 BB in the last 7 days
— Michael Young – 9 for 21 with 1 HR, 3 RBI, and 3 BB in the last 7 days
Who’s Not
— Mitch Moreland – 2 for 12 with 2 RBI, 2 BB, and 4 K in the last 7 days
Enjoy the series!
Posted on April 23, 2012, in Series Previews and tagged New York Yankees, Texas Rangers. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
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Game 1 Lineup:
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher RF
Robinson Cano 2B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Mark Teixeira 1B
Curtis Granderson CF
Andruw Jones LF
Eduardo Nunez DH
Chris Stewart C
This looks crazy at first, but after taking a second it’s not silly at all. Stewart over Martin is fine, so it came down to Ibanez vs. Nunez.
With Gardner out, I would be playing Nunez every single day.
Nunez can play LF or continue to play him at SS/3B/DH but he should be the beneficiary of all of Gardner’s ABs while he is on the DL.
I agree. Now’s the perfect time to see what this kid really can do, and more importantly whether he can play the OF. I mean, better now early in the season with the team in 1st place, then later in the year when the team could be forced to do it without knowing.