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4 UNIT PLAY
Toronto/ Cleveland Over 7: This series has been a bit high scoring of late as the OVER is 6-1-1 in the last 8 meetings, with an average of 10.9 rpg being scored in those games. Justin Masterson only faced Toronto once last year and threw just 1 inning vs them, but in 2 starts vs them he has a 5.92 ERA, with both games putting at least 7 runs on the board. Ricky Romero is coming off a nice year for the Jays in which he posted a 2.92 ERA in 32 starts, but he has had some problems with the Tribe, as he has a 5.40 ERA in 3 career starts vs them. Romero will face a Cleveland offense that should be very strong, now that Hafner, and Choo are healthy, to go along with Cabrera, Santana, and Kipnis. This team should easily top last years 4.4 rpg they scored. Toronto comes in with a potent offense led by Bautista, Encarnacion, Johnson and Arencibia and they should eclipse last years numbers of 4.6 rpg and .249 BA. Jose lind is also in the mix, but is questionable for this one, still this Jays lineup shold be able to do damage vs Masterson today. Both pitchers have struggled of late in this series and with two solid offenses facing them I will expect about 9 runs in this one.
3 UNIT PLAYS
POWER ANGLE PLAY
DETROIT -143 over Boston: Google News Play The Bosox are not the same team as in years past. They will be weaker this year, especially at the start with the loss of Crawford and now closer Andrew Bailey will be out 4 to 5 months. The core of their offense is still there with All-Stars OF Jacoby Ellsbury, 1B Adrian Gonzalez and 2B Dustin Pedroia, but they are still not as strong offensively as last year when they put up 5.4 rpg. Today they will face last years Cy Young and AL MVP winner in Justin Verlander and he has done well with a 3-2 mark and 3.22 ERA in 7 starts vs Boston, including a 2-0 mark with a 1.76 ERA in his last 4 starts vs them. On the other side, Jon Lest has not had a good time vs the Tigers as he is 0-2 with a 5.89 ERA in 3 starts vs them. Things might not get better for him today as the Tigers look to have one of the best offenses in baseball. Detroit has some solid hitters besides Cabrera and Fielder. 2B Ryan Raburn posted a .911 OPS in last year’s playoffs, LF Brennan Boesch hit .283 with 16 homers in 2011 and SS Jhonny Peralta batted .299 with 21 homers last season. Home opener and season opener for a tigers team that has a ton of promise this year and they should open the year with a solid win over a Boston team that I feel will take a step back this year. POWER ANGLE FOR THIS PLAY--- The Tigers are 17-2 the last 2 seasons, when Justin Verlander is on the mound as a favorite of -125 to -175.
Toronto -123 over CLEVELAND: I have Toronto as being a team that could surprise this year, but it is hard for this team to move up in the AL East with the Sox, Yanks and Rays there, but I do believe they have a chance to take over the number 3 spot from the BoSox. Toronto may be without Lind in this one, but ofensively they still are loaed with Bautista, Johnson, Encarnacion and Thames, plus thier catcher J.P. Arencibia hit 23 HR's and 78 RBI's from the bottom of the order last year. This is a team with plenty of pop and should have a good showing vs Masterson, who is 1-1 but with a 5.92 ERA in 2 career starts vs them. Cleveland does have some pop as well, but not as much as the Jays, especially with Sizemore on the DL at present. Ricky Romero is off a fine year, in which he went 15-11 with a 2.92 ERA and while he does have a 5.40 ERA in 3 starts vs the Tribe, he is 2-1 in those games. Right now i feel the Jays are the better team, with the better offense and better starter on the mound and they should win a rather high scoring game here.
4 UNIT PLAY
Toronto/ Cleveland Over 7: This series has been a bit high scoring of late as the OVER is 6-1-1 in the last 8 meetings, with an average of 10.9 rpg being scored in those games. Justin Masterson only faced Toronto once last year and threw just 1 inning vs them, but in 2 starts vs them he has a 5.92 ERA, with both games putting at least 7 runs on the board. Ricky Romero is coming off a nice year for the Jays in which he posted a 2.92 ERA in 32 starts, but he has had some problems with the Tribe, as he has a 5.40 ERA in 3 career starts vs them. Romero will face a Cleveland offense that should be very strong, now that Hafner, and Choo are healthy, to go along with Cabrera, Santana, and Kipnis. This team should easily top last years 4.4 rpg they scored. Toronto comes in with a potent offense led by Bautista, Encarnacion, Johnson and Arencibia and they should eclipse last years numbers of 4.6 rpg and .249 BA. Jose lind is also in the mix, but is questionable for this one, still this Jays lineup shold be able to do damage vs Masterson today. Both pitchers have struggled of late in this series and with two solid offenses facing them I will expect about 9 runs in this one.
3 UNIT PLAYS
POWER ANGLE PLAY
DETROIT -143 over Boston: Google News Play The Bosox are not the same team as in years past. They will be weaker this year, especially at the start with the loss of Crawford and now closer Andrew Bailey will be out 4 to 5 months. The core of their offense is still there with All-Stars OF Jacoby Ellsbury, 1B Adrian Gonzalez and 2B Dustin Pedroia, but they are still not as strong offensively as last year when they put up 5.4 rpg. Today they will face last years Cy Young and AL MVP winner in Justin Verlander and he has done well with a 3-2 mark and 3.22 ERA in 7 starts vs Boston, including a 2-0 mark with a 1.76 ERA in his last 4 starts vs them. On the other side, Jon Lest has not had a good time vs the Tigers as he is 0-2 with a 5.89 ERA in 3 starts vs them. Things might not get better for him today as the Tigers look to have one of the best offenses in baseball. Detroit has some solid hitters besides Cabrera and Fielder. 2B Ryan Raburn posted a .911 OPS in last year’s playoffs, LF Brennan Boesch hit .283 with 16 homers in 2011 and SS Jhonny Peralta batted .299 with 21 homers last season. Home opener and season opener for a tigers team that has a ton of promise this year and they should open the year with a solid win over a Boston team that I feel will take a step back this year. POWER ANGLE FOR THIS PLAY--- The Tigers are 17-2 the last 2 seasons, when Justin Verlander is on the mound as a favorite of -125 to -175.
Toronto -123 over CLEVELAND: I have Toronto as being a team that could surprise this year, but it is hard for this team to move up in the AL East with the Sox, Yanks and Rays there, but I do believe they have a chance to take over the number 3 spot from the BoSox. Toronto may be without Lind in this one, but ofensively they still are loaed with Bautista, Johnson, Encarnacion and Thames, plus thier catcher J.P. Arencibia hit 23 HR's and 78 RBI's from the bottom of the order last year. This is a team with plenty of pop and should have a good showing vs Masterson, who is 1-1 but with a 5.92 ERA in 2 career starts vs them. Cleveland does have some pop as well, but not as much as the Jays, especially with Sizemore on the DL at present. Ricky Romero is off a fine year, in which he went 15-11 with a 2.92 ERA and while he does have a 5.40 ERA in 3 starts vs the Tribe, he is 2-1 in those games. Right now i feel the Jays are the better team, with the better offense and better starter on the mound and they should win a rather high scoring game here.
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