Rockies -204
Ubaldo has started off the season with four straight wins, no home runs allowed and a 0.95 ERA, His 12 walks in 28 1/3 innings shows me hes not perfect.... but He does have a career 2.75 ERA and 1.15 WHIP in eight starts against the Arizona Diamondbacks, so Jimenez could easily make it five consecutive wins. No team in the league strikes out more often than the D-backs which should only help us and our boy Ubaldo.
Twins -103
Verlander has been awful and while facing mediocre offenses to this point. I doubt the fact that he's coming off a 125-pitch outing against the Los Angeles Angels will help him, not exactly the best setup for a comeback.
The icing on the cake is The Minnesota Twins have traditionally blasted Verlander; the team is slugging .511 off him lifetime and he had a 5.20 ERA against them in four starts last season.
Sidenote- I am hoping the old Verlander will come back soon and at a nice price....his has always kind of been this way, he has a career 5.22 ERA in April but a very nice 2.78 ERA in May.
Texas -145
Facing the Toronto Blue Jays at home and the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox on the road and only giving up 3 runs in those 3 games is very impressive.
C.J. Wilson should do even better versus the Chicago White Sox, who are batting a weak .219 against lefties this season. Guess its always good to have a guy like Nolan Ryan watching your bullpen sessions. Only thing that worries me with this one is the Rangers are not an offensive powerhouse so far this year they rank in the bottom third in OPS, and are even worse against lefties -- and Buehrle actually has a pretty good history vs them. Even in Arlington he has pitched well, with a 3.62 ERA and 1.04 WHIP in six lifetime appearances.
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