Series Preview: Yankees vs. Royals | 5/21/12-5/23/12
Pitching Matchups
Monday, 5/21/12, 7:05pm ET
Pitching for the Yankees: Hiroki Kuroda, RHP
Last Start: 5.0 IP, 7 ER, 8 H, 6 K, 2 BB, 3 HR
On the Season: 3-5, 4.50 ERA / 5.28 FIP / 4.19 xFIP, 5.63 K/9, 3.19 BB/9 in 48.0 IP
Pitching for the Royals: Felipe Paulino, RHP
Last Start: 7.0 IP, 0 ER, 5 H, 9 K, 2 BB, 0 HR
On the Season: 1-1, 1.93 ERA / 2.22 FIP / 2.77 xFIP, 10.13 K/9, 2.41 BB/9 in 18.2 IP
Tuesday, 5/22/12, 7:05pm ET
Pitching for the Yankees: Phil Hughes, RHP
Last Start: 5.1 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 5 K, 2 BB, 1 HR
On the Season: 3-5, 5.23 ERA / 5.24 FIP / 4.42 xFIP, 8.49 K/9, 2.40 BB/9 in 41.1 IP
Pitching for the Royals: Luke Hochevar, RHP
Last Start: 6.0 IP, 4 ER, 7 H, 6 K, 1 BB, 1 HR
On the Season: 3-4, 7.02 ERA / 3.68 FIP / 4.20 xFIP, 6.37 K/9, 3.07 BB/9 in 41.0 IP
Wednesday, 5/23/12, 7:05pm ET
Pitching for the Yankees: Andy Pettitte, LHP
Last Start: 8.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 9 K, 1 BB, 0 HR
On the Season: 1-1, 2.51 ERA / 4.08 FIP / 3.32 xFIP, 6.91 K/9, 2.51 BB/9 in 14.1 IP
Pitching for the Royals: Luis Mendoza, RHP
Last Start: 5.2 IP, 4 ER, 5 H, 4 K, 3 BB, 0 HR
On the Season: 2-2, 5.03 ERA / 4.59 FIP / 4.87 xFIP, 4.50 K/9, 5.56 BB/9 in 34.0 IP
NYY Offense
Who’s Hot
— Robinson Cano – 9 for 25 with 5 doubles, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 4 BB in the last 7 days
— Raul Ibanez – 6 for 22 with 2 doubles, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 1 BB in the last 7 days
Who’s Not
— Russell Martin – 1 for 13 with 1 HR, 1 RBI, 4 BB, 3 K in the last 7 days
— Nick Swisher – 4 for 26 with 1 double, 3 RBI, 3 BB, 7 K in the last 7 days
— Derek Jeter – 5 for 25 with 1 BB, 2 K in the last 7 days
You could also throw in Andruw Jones and Alex Rodriguez, along with several others into this category.
KC Offense
Who’s Hot:
— Billy Butler – 9 for 25 with 2 doubles, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 BB in the last 7 days
— Jeff Francoeur – 9 for 28 with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 2 BB in the last 7 days
Who’s Not
— Alex Gordon – 4 for 31 with 1 double, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 6 K in the last 7 days
— Eric Hosmer – 3 for 23 with 1 double, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K in the last 7 days
Enjoy the series everyone!
Posted on May 21, 2012, in Series Previews and tagged Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees. Bookmark the permalink. 8 Comments.
Brian D.
fishjam25
jimmytoucan
Matthew B
Delia E.
Dan H.
Matthew S.
Michael P.
Mike D.
Mike you probably could have added 5 more players to the Who’s not hot for the Yankees.
I could think of 1 other player besides Cano that is swinging a hot bat right now: Raul Ibanez. Eric Chavez might be another one.
Good catch Delia!.
Hey guys, here is my podcast for this series!
http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/05/21/royals-yankees-podcast-preview/
Also, as you guys remember last year, I always asked for questions for my show. This year, I usually have insiders from other teams. Either Wednesday or Thursday, I should be joined by an A’s writers, so if you have questions on the A’s when NY heads west, shoot them my way!
Any question about Cepedes is good for me. Is the team happy with him? Is he fitting in with clubhouse. Thanks Ricky.
Yankees are 10-10 over their last 20 games and so are the Royals.
Who was just the closing pitcher after they took Pettitte out in the 8th?
It was David Phelps.