April 21, 2019

Games of the Day

The Red Sox go for a sweep of the Rays as David Price battles Tyler Glasnow. Price stands as the Red Sox only effective starter this season. He’s achieved that through power and control, with 20 strikeouts and just three walks in 19 innings. Glasnow, along with Austin Meadows, came over from the Pirates in the Chris Archer trade. So far, that deal worked out extremely well for Tampa Bay as Glasnow is 4-0 with a 1.13 ERA in four starts, and Meadows owns a .351/.422/.676 slash line.

Aaron Sanchez leads the Blue Jays against the Athletics and Brett Anderson. Sanchez trades walks for hits and power, as his .316 slugging percentage allowed is 21 points lower than his OBP allowed. Opponents get on base, but don’t move very far afterward. Anderson allowed just one home run in 24 innings, an excellent number give this year’s home run surge.

Finally, the Sunday night game features an excellent pitchers as the Braves take on the Indians. Max Fried takes on Shane Bieber. Fried’s strikeout rate is low, but he limits hits like a fire-baller. Fried is getting 57% of the balls in play against him on the ground, and the Braves defense is vacuuming them into outs. Bieber, like other good pitchers on the mound today, allowed just one home run in 21 innings of work.

Enjoy!

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