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Game 64 Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs Seattle Mariners

I love the Snell of fastballs in the morning

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TODAY'S STARTING PITCHERS:

2016 W L ERA FIP K% BB% AVG BABIP HR GS IP fWAR
James Paxton 0 2 2.25 3.32 32.9% 5.5% .304 .429 3 3 16.0 0.3
Blake Snell (AAA) 3 5 3.29 2.57 33.3% 10.4% .233 .356 4 12 63.0 NA

The Blake Snell era is set to begin as the Rays have promoted their number one prospect to make his second career start. Snell made his debut on April 23rd, delivering six innings of one run ball in New York. After that start, Snell was sent back to Durham, biding his time until he could make his return. After he struck out 13 in just over five innings during his last start, Snell forced the Rays hand and he was promoted.

Scouting Report:

Paxton made his season debut on the first of June and he left much to be desired as he lasted just two outs in the fourth inning, having allowed eight runs on ten hits, although just three of those runs were earned. Since then, Paxton has made two starts, and has only allowed an earned run over 12 innings, while he has racked up 17 strikeouts

His Arsenal:

PITCH AVG. VELO. FREQUENCY vs LHB vs RHB
Fastball 95.9 MPH

64.1% vs LHB

***

59.2% vs RHB

Anywhere low in the zone Low and inside, in the zone
Sinker 97.8 MPH

1.8% vs LHB

***

6.2% vs RHB

Has thrown twice Middle-in
Cutter 90.7 MPH

22.6% vs LHB

***

16.0% vs RHB

Low and away from the zone Paints the inside corner
Change-up 86.6 MPH

0.0% vs LHB

***

9.5% vs RHB

Non-existent Paints the outside corner
Curveball 83.0 MPH

11.3% vs LHB

***

8.9% vs RHB

Sporadic Sporadic

lol

His Splits:

2016 TBF wOBA AVG OBP SLG HR K% BB%
vs LHB 19 .416 .412 .474 .471 0 31.6% 10.5%
vs RHB 54 .324 .269 .296 .480 3 33.3% 3.7%
HOME 49 .271 .239 .286 .333 1 34.7% 6.1%
AWAY 24 .507 .435 .458 .773 2 29.2% 4.2%

Today's Starting Lineups


(if you have children, avert their eyes)

TAMPA BAY RAYS SEATTLE MARINERS
Logan Forsythe - 2B Ketel Marte - SS
Mikie Mahtook - RF Franklin Gutierrez - RF
Steve Pearce - DH Robinson Cano - 2B
Logan Morrison - 1B Nelson Cruz - DH
Desmond Jennings - CF Dae-Ho Lee - 1B
Tim Beckham - SS Kyle Seager - 3B
Taylor Motter - 3B Chris Iannetta - C
Jaff Decker - LF Nori Aoki - LF
Curt Casali - C Shawn O'Malley - CF