Matt Cain over Yovani Gallardo... He has had at least 5 K's in all of
his last 6 starts. In his last 29.2 innings (Last 4 starts) he has
allowed 6 earned runs and 24 hits. Today he faces the Cubs and he had a
pretty great start the last time he faced them (June 2nd). In that game,
he gave up 5 hits in 8 innings with only one earned run. He also
tallied 7 strikeouts....... Yovani has some pretty great starts in last 2
months, but his competition hasn't been the greatest. He is coming off 3
of his last 4 starts being the Astros or Cubs. And honestly, his
strikeout numbers are tempting to pick here, but against the Pirates I
don't think I want to go with Yovani. In the last 4 games, the Pirates
have scored 2, 3, 5, and 9 runs. I'm hoping they get their offense going
like the 5 and 9 run games from 4 days ago rather than the 2 run game
last night.
David Price over Cole Hamels... I know Price is coming off a bad start
on the 27th, but come on, it was against the Rangers. Before that he had
gone 15 innings scoreless with 16 Ks during those innings. He has a
better chance of a win today IMO than Cole Hamels. Price also has the
potential to get 10 Ks on any given night..... Hamels is coming off two
straight starts of giving up 3 runs and then 2 complete game shutouts.
He hasn't started a game since August 23rd because of the stomach bug,
so he'll be fresh against the Braves today. Both starters have had
average to bad games, but I like Price against the Jays today.
Aramis Ramirez over Giancarlo Stanton... Stanton has 3 home runs in his
last 7 games, and has a 7 game hit streak. Stanton is also hitting at
home today, but he will be facing Chris Young from the Mets who has a
mid 4 era. Ramirez on the other hand is facing James McDonald with a mid
3 era. The strikeout numbers for Stanton are alarming as he had struck
out 10 times in his last 7 games. Those will be some big negative points
in today's Pick 5. Ramirez on the other hand has 3 Ks in his last 9
games. I like Ramirez today even though he has been hit or miss lately.
The strikeout numbers are just too scary for us in this format.
Andrew McCutchen over Evan Longoria... Cutch has 7 hits in his last 4
games compared to Longoria's 3 hits in the same time frame. Both of them
haven't struck out or walked a lot lately, so we don't seeing that
being a factor today. Cutch is facing a pretty hot Gallardo today while
Longoria faces the struggling Ricky Romero. Romero only gave up 2
against the Yankees in his last start and we are hoping he duplicates
that stat line today as we pick Cutch.
Brandon Phillips over Ian Kinsler... Phillips has 8 hits in his last 5
games while Kinsler has 3 hits in those 5 games. Phillips faces Bud
Norris who has a 5 era while Kinsler is facing McAllister with a high 3
era. Phillips is hitting in the hitter friendly confines of Houston
while Kinsler won't be hitting in his home ball park. Phillips has 4 Ks
in his last 5 games while Kinsler has 6 hits in those 5 games (hat trick
in one of those games).. Getting the point here?
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