Sunday MLB Insider Report - May 5

[Jeff Grant]

Toronto #BlueJays have been outscored by 40 runs (99-59) at home this season (out-homered, 33-21)

Seattle #Mariners haven't swept a road series against the Toronto #BlueJays since May 2001

Toronto #BlueJays' opponents have scored first in 20 of their first 31 games (4-16 record in those contests)

#Mariners SP Joe Saunders is 0-3 w/12.51 ERA on the road

Cleveland #Indians have scored 6 or more runs in 6 straight games for the first time since September 2005

#Indians SP Corey Kluber is 0-4 w/5.13 ERA in 10 appearances (7 starts) at Progressive Field

Mike Pelfrey has a 0.71 HR allowed per 9 IP - ranking 9th in MLB since 2006 #twins

#Yankees SP Andy Pettitte has a 2.17 ERA in 4 career starts w/umpire Jerry Meals behind home plate (29 IP, 7 ER)

The OVER is 10-1 in Oakland #Athletics' day games this season

#Yankees SP Andy Pettitte is 40-28 during his career in May - marking his highest win total of any month

New York #Yankees are 5-0 in one-run games - only team in MLB without a loss in that situation

New York #Yankees are 6-3 in series finales this season (4-1 at home)

Dan Straily has allowed 13 HR in his MLB career - the most by an #Athletics starting pitcher over the first 9 games of his career

Oakland #Athletics are 7-2 in Dan Straily's 9 career MLB starts

Oakland #Athletics are 4-11 against opponents outside of the AL West division this season

#Yankees SP Andy Pettitte is 7-4 w/3.02 ERA in 12 home starts against the #Athletics

#Athletics OF Josh Reddick is 0 for 33 in his career at the new Yankee Stadium

[Jeff Grant]

#Brewers SP Marco Estrada is 0-4 w/6.07 ERA in his career during the month of May

Milwaukee #Brewers are 9-0 in Marco Estrada's L9 starts vs NL Central opponents


Sunday's game between the #Brewers and #Cardinals will feature two Mexican-born pitchers - first meeting of its kind on Cinco de Mayo

St. Louis #Cardinals lead the majors with 12 road wins - next closest team has 9

St. Louis #Cardinals have never swept the Milwaukee #Brewers in a 4-game series


#Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia leads the majors with a 78.9 ground-ball percentage

#Pirates SP Wandy Rodriguez is 4-0 w/1.47 ERA in his L6 starts at PNC Park

11 of the L13 games between the Pittsburgh #Pirates and Washington #Nationals have been decided by 2 runs or less

Washington #Nationals haven't hit a HR against the Pirates in their current series - came in hitting at least 1 in 65 straight series

Closer Jason Grilli and setup man Mark Melancon have a combined 0.62 ERA and 36 Ks in 29 IP #pirates

The UNDER is 14-3 in Tim Hudson's L17 starts vs the Mets #braves

#Braves SP Tim Hudson is 2-0 w/2.29 ERA in 3 daytime starts in 2013 (.186 opp BA)

#Mets SP Jonathan Niese has 8 Ks in his L4 starts - fewest Ks in any 4-game stretch in his career

#Mets SP Jonathan Niese has allowed 1 ER in each of his L3 starts vs the Braves

[Jeff Grant]

Huge advantage in playing the 5-inning line rather than the full game on the DBacks - Volquez is the worst 1st inning pitcher in MLB

#Diamondbacks SP Ian Kennedy is 8-2 w/2.25 ERA in his L15 road starts vs NL West teams

#Diamondbacks closer J.J. Putz has converted all 17 save opportunities against the Padres

Ian Kennedy's 1.13 ERA at Petco Park is the 2nd-lowest all-time (min. 4 starts) #dbacks

Arizona #Diamondbacks are 8-1 in series finales (6-0 in day games in that situation)

Jon Lester and Yu Darvish have a combined 1.29 ERA (42 IP / 6 ER) in 6 starts w/umpire Brian Knight behind home plate #redsox #rangers

Texas #Rangers have dropped 6 of their L7 day games (3-6 overall)

Texas #Rangers have compiled a 3.02 ERA - lowest in club history through 30 games

Boston #RedSox are 13-0 when scoring first this season - Yu Darvish has allowed 7 of his 10 runs in the opening frame

#RedSox SP Jon Lester is 0-2 w/10.29 ERA in his L3 starts vs the Rangers

Since 2009, the Boston #RedSox are 17-27 against the Texas #Rangers

#Reds SP Mat Latos is 10-3 w/2.65 ERA in 17 career starts in May - most wins and lowest ERA of any month (min. 3 starts)

Chicago #Cubs have dropped 8 consecutive home games against the Reds - longest skid since moving to Wrigley Field in 1916


Cincinnati #Reds are hitting .197 during their current road trip (9 games)

Chicago #Cubs have lost 9 games this year in which they were leading at some point


Jose Quintana had his shortest outing as a SP (1.1 IP / 7 ER) in his only start w/umpire Mike Muchlinski behind home plate #whitesox

#WhiteSox SP Jose Quintana ranks 3rd among AL left-handers with a 2.93 daytime ERA since 2012

[ses_d]

Stats are nice, but deceiving. Whoever is following these threads, do so carefully...that's all I'm saying.

[ActuaryDan]

Stats are nice, but deceiving. Whoever is following these threads, do so carefully...that's all I'm saying.

Exactly. Following these trends are completely pointless.