I like the way KC matches up tonight against Cleveland.
First the starters.
Santana is having a better season across the board (except K's) than Jimmenz.
Santana's ERA is a nice 3.33 the WH/IP ratio is nicer at 1.17
Don't know what happened his last start against Seattle where he didn't make it to the fifth inning, but I am throwing it out.
Indians always have had trouble against Santana.
Jimmenez has lofty strike out numbers, but he's been a pedestrian like pitcher at best all season
3.79 ERA is pretty much average, 1.40 WH/IP is a little high.
He was sharp his last time out against Baltimore, that was coming off back to back losses to the Twins and Braves.
Here's the thing why I like KC in this spot tonight.
Jimmenez walks way too many batters, more than one every two innings.
KC has dangerous stick in the middle of the order, and Hosmer owns Jimmenz at 6/19 .316 2 homers 5 RBI and Butler is also 6/19 .316 and 1 homer.
Bonifacio is the 2 hole tonight is hitting over .300 in the past seven games, and Sal Perez who has been raking all season has been hot as well.
KC is 14-3 in their last 17 as a road fave, a stat I just can not ignore, and are over a .500 team on the road.
I'll gladly take KC with the better starter and the hot sticks in this spot play I really like
KC -107 goes for 3*
First the starters.
Santana is having a better season across the board (except K's) than Jimmenz.
Santana's ERA is a nice 3.33 the WH/IP ratio is nicer at 1.17
Don't know what happened his last start against Seattle where he didn't make it to the fifth inning, but I am throwing it out.
Indians always have had trouble against Santana.
| CLEVELAND INDIANS CAREER STATISTICS VS. ERVIN SANTANA | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Mike Aviles | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 |
| Michael Bourn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Michael Brantley | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .217 | .250 | .391 | .641 |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | .194 | .265 | .323 | .587 |
| Matt Carson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Lonnie Chisenhall | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 |
| Jason Giambi | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | .095 | .296 | .190 | .487 |
| Jason Kipnis | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .294 | .333 | .294 | .627 |
| Jason Kubel | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 |
| Lou Marson | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .571 | .833 | 1.405 |
| Ryan Raburn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 |
| Carlos Santana | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .250 | .333 | .313 | .646 |
| Kelly Shoppach | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .800 | 1.000 |
| Drew Stubbs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 |
| Nick Swisher | 41 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | .220 | .319 | .415 | .734 |
| Totals | 212 | 43 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 47 | .203 | .278 | .316 | .594 |
Jimmenez has lofty strike out numbers, but he's been a pedestrian like pitcher at best all season
3.79 ERA is pretty much average, 1.40 WH/IP is a little high.
He was sharp his last time out against Baltimore, that was coming off back to back losses to the Twins and Braves.
Here's the thing why I like KC in this spot tonight.
Jimmenez walks way too many batters, more than one every two innings.
KC has dangerous stick in the middle of the order, and Hosmer owns Jimmenz at 6/19 .316 2 homers 5 RBI and Butler is also 6/19 .316 and 1 homer.
Bonifacio is the 2 hole tonight is hitting over .300 in the past seven games, and Sal Perez who has been raking all season has been hot as well.
KC is 14-3 in their last 17 as a road fave, a stat I just can not ignore, and are over a .500 team on the road.
I'll gladly take KC with the better starter and the hot sticks in this spot play I really like
KC -107 goes for 3*