To prove the point of the previous post, Royals cast off Runelvys Hernandez starts for Houston tonight against the Boston Red Sox and Daisuke Matsuzaka. Hernandez hasn't pitched in the majors since 2006, and posted a career 5.38 ERA in his time with Kansas City. Dice-K makes his second start since coming off the DL, and almost has to do better than the seven runs in one inning which caused his ERA to jump a run.

Milwaukee and Minnesota are making comebacks in their divisions as Seth McClung faces Nick Blackburn. McClung holds a 2.10 ERA on the road, mostly due to allowing fewer home runs away from Miller Park. Blackburn's taken over the Carlos Silva role on the team. He doesn't walk batters and strikes out very few, depending on the Twins defense to keep his ERA low.

The Yankees and Mets are playing a split-park double header, and you just have to love the matchup in game two where Sidney Ponson faces Pedro Martinez at Shea. Why does anyone think Ponson can pitch? He had one good year in his career and has a 4.90 career ERA. About the only sign Pedro shows that he can still pitch is the six walks he's issued in 24 2/3 innings. He can still fool batters sometimes, as he's picked up seventeen strikeouts, but the 36 hits against him indicate he's not fooling them often enough.

Finally, in the battle of Los Angeles, Joe Saunders and Chan Ho Park battle at Dodger Stadium. Saunders posts a 1.89 ERA on the road this season, allowing just two of his twelve home runs away from Anaheim. Park should never have left the Dodgers. He's a different pitcher at Dodger Stadium, striking out more, walking fewer and keeping the ball in the park.

Enjoy!

Correction: Runelvys pitched for Kansas City.

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