Jimenez has looked solid in his home starts vs. the Indians as he's got 15 innings pitched 14 baserunners and 1 ER. HIs two home starts were against the Royals and the Tigers ranked 5 and 9th in OPS vs. RHP so very impressed by those numbers. Now he faces Oakland who has a 23rd rank OPS and have never seen Jimenez. Oakland on the road just .244 vs. RHP wiht 3.72 runs per 9 will face Cleveland with Harden on the mound who the Indians have a .333 average and 1.283 OPS vs. him. They are scoring nearly 5 runs per game at home vs. RHP. Oakland also has a 7.33 bullpen ERA over their last 10 games and are 17-39 in their last 56 road games vs. RH starters whiel the Indians are 43-17 in their last 60 overall as favorites.
This line is crazy in my opinion Lannan goes up against Atlanta's 29th ranked OPS vs. LHP. Lannan is 4-0 vs. Atlanta this year with a 3.09 ERA and is 4-0 in his last 4 road starts in Atlanta. Derek Lowe opposes him and has a 10.80 ERA and 2.00 whip vs. Wash this year. Ankiel, Zimmerman, Gomes, Desmond, Espinosa and Flores have a combined .348 average and 9 hr vs. Lowe.
I like what I saw from Happ last time out vs. the Braves now he gets a home start as he looks like he's back after some time in the minors as he went 6 innings and gave up 1 ER in San Fran. Now he faces a Pittsburgh team that is 24-58 in their last 82 road games vs. LH starters on the road and are 25th in OPS vs. lhp. James Mcdonald makes another start vs. the Astros on the road where he has a 5.35 ERA and 1.67 whip this year. His last start vs. the Astros he gave up 3 ER which will be plenty of support in my opinion. The Pirates have a 7.24 bullpen ERA over their last 10 games while the Astros are at 3.38.
