MLB Tips and Trends April 9

MLB WRITE-UP

Terms "hot/cold pitchers" is relative, since for the next week or so, it refers to last year, Please keep that in mind.

Hot Pitchers
-- Arizona won four of last five Owings starts. Kuroda won 7-1 in his American debut vs Padres, allowing one run in seven IP.
-- Phillies won four of last five Kendrick starts.
-- Dempster won first '08 start 6-3, allowing two runs in six IP.
-- Braves won James' last four starts LY (2-0, 4.05); he comes off DL to start here.

-- Red Sox are 11-3 in last fourteen Lester starts.
-- Toronto won three of McGowan's last four home starts.
-- Greinke has 1.98 RA in his last eight starts.
-- Trachsel has 2.37 RA in his last three starts. Rangers are 6-2 in last eight Gabbard starts.
-- Danks allowed one run in 6.2 IP at Cleveland in his '08 debut.

Cold Pitchers
-- Duke is 0-3, 6.53 in his last four starts.
-- Olsen has an 11.43 RA in his last eight starts. Bergmann has 5.51 RA in his last five starts.
-- Sampson is 0-2, 7.94 in his last three home starts. Looper has 15.13 RA in his last two road starts.
-- Fogg has 9.72 RA in his last four starts. Bush has 7.77 RA in his last five starts.
-- Redman has 5.14 RA in last four starts; Braves released him LY, after he made five mostly lousy starts for them.
-- Germano is 0-3, 5.85 in his last four starts. Sanchez is 0-4, 8.85 in his last five starts.

-- Angels are 2-5 in Moseley's last seven starts. Byrd is 2-3, 6.62 in his last six starts.
-- Bonderman has 5.91 RA in his last four starts.
-- Mariners lost nine of last twelve Washburn starts. Tampa is 2-12 with Sonnanstine if they score less than seven runs.
-- Kennedy gave up six runs in 2.1 IP in his '08 debut.
-- Baker has a 5.47 RA in his last five starts.

Pitchers vs Teams
-- Owings was 0-1, 6.30 in two starts vs LA LY.
-- Duke was 0-1, 5.91 in two starts vs Cubs LY.
-- Pelfrey lost 5-3 to Phils LY (three runs in five IP). Kendrick won that game, allowing two runs in 6.2 IP.
-- Bergmann was 1-0, 7.15 in two starts vs Nationals LY. Olsen had 5.88 RA in five starts vs Washington LY.
-- Sampson was 1-1, 4.26 vs St Louis LY. Looper was 2-1, 3.28 in his four starts vs Astros LY.
-- Fogg beat Brewers 6-2 LY (two runs in seven IP). Bush had a 12.71 RA in three starts vs Reds LY; they got eight runs off him in 1+ IP last September.
-- James had 6.97 RA in two starts vs Rockies LY.
-- Germano was 1-0, 3.29 in two starts vs Giants LY.

-- Byrd was 0-1, 5.40 in two starts vs Angels LY. Moseley gave up one run in six IP in his only '07 start vs Tribe.
-- Bonderman allowed two runs in eight IP in only '07 start vs Boston, a game Tigers won in extra innings.
-- McGowan was 1-0, 2.25 in two starts vs A's last season.
-- Washburn was 1-1, 4.22 against Tampa LY.
-- Greinke lost 6-3 at home to Bronx LY, allowing three runs in 3.2 IP. Kennedy allowed two runs in five IP vs Royals LY.
-- Gabbard was winning pitcher when Texas crushed Orioles in first game of twinbill LY, 30-3.
-- Danks was 1-2, 5.63 against Minnesota LY. Baker allowed 16 runs in 10 IP in three starts vs Pale Hose LY.

Totals
-- Under is 5-2-1 in first eight Dodger games.
-- Over is 5-1-1 in Pittsburgh games this season.
-- Under is 3-0-1 in Phillies' last four games.
-- Over is 6-0-1 in Florida games this season.
-- Under is 7-2 in Houston games this season.
-- Under is 4-1-1 in Reds' last six games.
-- Five of last six Colorado games stayed under total.
-- Under is 6-2-1 in Padre games this season.

-- Under is 4-1-1 in last six Cleveland games.
-- Under is 7-1 in last eight Lester starts.
-- Under is 5-1-1 in last seven Oakland games.
-- Three of last four Tampa games stayed under the total.
-- Orioles' last three games stayed under the total.
-- Seven of first eight Bronx games stayed under total.
-- Three of last four White Sox games went over the total.

Hot Teams
-- Cubs won last three games, scoring 22 runs.
-- Marlins won three of their last four games.
-- Phillies won their last nine games against the Mets.
-- Brewers won six of their first seven games.
-- Cardinals won six of their last seven games.
-- Arizona won last five games, scoring 39 runs.
-- Padres are 3-0 in game following a loss this season.

-- Angels are 3-0 in game after a loss this season.
-- A's, Toronto both won three of their last four games.
-- Orioles won last six games, scoring 38 runs. Rangers are 3-0 in game after a loss this season.
-- Royals won five of their first seven games.
-- White Sox won last five games, outscoring foes 35-15.

Cold Teams
-- Dodgers lost three of their last four games.
-- Pirates lost three of their last four games.
-- Mets lost four of their last five games, outscored 19-8 in last three contests; they also lost last nine vs Phillies.
-- Nationals lost last five games, allowing 31 runs.
-- Astros lost three of their last four games.
-- Giants lost six of their first eight games.

-- Red Sox lost three of last four games. Detroit is 0-7 to open the season- they scored five runs in last three games.
-- Twins lost five of their last seven games.
-- Mariners lost four of their last five games. Rays lost three in a row, scoring total of six runs.
-- Indians lost four of their last six games.