Matt Fargo's Diamond Preview - A look at the upcoming week in baseball
Monday, May 19th
Tampa
Bay Rays at Oakland A's 10:05 PM ET
It will be interesting to see how the young Rays respond in this opening game in Oakland. Tampa Bay took the first game in St. Louis over the weekend but dropped the last two contests, both in the Cardinals last at-bats. Those losses are sometimes hard to overcome, even for perennially top teams so this could be the start of a downward spiral. Tampa Bay is 16-8 at home but just 9-11 on the road including 6-10 in its last 16. Oakland is back home following a dreadful 2-7 roadtrip.
Tuesday, May 20th
Arizona Diamondbacks at Florida Marlins 7:10 PM ET
This is Game One between the two first place teams in their respective divisions. Arizona comes in as the hotter of the two with wins in five of its last six games while the Marlins have dropped five of their last six games. The Diamondbacks have the best home record in baseball and are still a game over .500 on the road. Florida had won four straight games at home prior to this past weekend where it dropped two of three to the Royals. Arizona took six of the seven meetings last season.
Wednesday, May 21st
Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox 7:05 PM ET
This will be the season debut for Bartolo Colon for the Red Sox. He has been plagued by injuries the last two seasons as he has made only 28 starts and last year was easily the worst of his 11-year career. In three minor league starts, Colon went 2-0 with a 0.64 ERA and 0.50 WHIP while hitting 95 M.P.H. on the radar gun. He faces a surprisingly good Kansas City team that simply will not fold.
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He has
faced the Royals 24 times and is 14-7
but he has posted a below average 4.88
ERA covering 151.1 innings.
Thursday,
May 22nd
New
York Mets at Atlanta Braves 7:10
PM ET
The final
game of this series takes place on
Thursday and it has the making of a
pitching classic. Johan Santana toes
the rubber for the Mets and while his
numbers are good, they are not exactly
spectacular. He is 5-2 with a 3.30
ERA and 1.12 WHIP. One of those losses
came against the Braves but it was
a tough luck loss as he allowed only
one run in seven innings. The Braves
counter with Tim Hudson who is coming
off his worst outing of the season.
He was hit hard by the Mets in his
last start against them in late April.
Friday,
May 23rd
Seattle
Mariners at New York Yankees 7:05
PM ET
The disappointing
Mariners head to New York to take on
the disappointing Yankees in the opener
of this three-game set. Both teams
were preseason division contenders
but heading into the week, the Mariners
are nine-games under .500 while the
Yankees are four-games under .500.
The Yankees look to have the best shot
at recovering and turning their season
around as slow starts have become a
Yankee tradition. New York swept the
Mariners to start the month by a combined
score of 19-4 in the three-game series.
Saturday,
May 24th
Cincinnati
Reds at San Diego Padres 10:05 PM
ET
All eyes
will be on Jake Peavy as he will be
making his first start since skipping
his scheduled start on Monday. That
is if everything goes well in the examination
of his sore pitching elbow. He has
complained of discomfort in his last
four outings so this could be something
more. The Reds send Bronson Arroyo
to the hill and heading into his first
start of the week on Monday, he is
coming off his two best starts of the
season. His ERA has dropped nearly
two runs after allowing just one run
in 15 innings.
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