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Game 140 Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs New York Yankees

Blake Snell returns to the site of his major league debut to take on the Yankees

This kid should be in little league...
This kid should be in little league...
Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

TODAY'S STARTING PITCHERS:

2016 W L ERA FIP K% BB% AVG BABIP HR GS IP fWAR
Blake Snell 5 7 3.39 3.42 23.8% 12.7% .259 .343 4 15 74.1 1.5
Michael Pineda 6 11 5.10 3.72 26.3% 6.4% .269 .343 22 27 151.2 2.9

After a rough go of it in August, Blake Snell turned in one of the best performances of his brief major league career his last time out against the Toronto Blue Jays. Snell allowed just a run on two hits while he walked two and struck out seven over six innings pitched.

Michael Pineda Scouting Report:

Michael Pineda has been a bag of mixed nuts this season, which means he's been terrible as all nuts are just awful. His last time out, he limited the damage, but lasted just four innings due to a high pitch count. He allowed two runs on five hits, while he walked two and struck out four en route to a no-decision.

His Arsenal:

His Splits:

2016 TBF wOBA AVG OBP SLG HR K% BB%
vs LHB 292 .342 .272 .339 .462 8 27.7% 8.2%
vs RHB 361 .327 .268 .310 .459 14 25.2% 5.0%
HOME 313 .331 .251 .304 .478 16 27.5% 6.1%
AWAY 340 .337 .287 .341 .444 6 25.3% 6.8%

Times Through the Order:

TTO TBF wOBA AVG OBP SLG HR K% BB%
1st Time 243 .373 .310 .358 .522 9 27.6% 6.2%
2nd Time 243 .308 .244 .300 .415 7 26.3% 5.8%
3rd Time 165 .319 .250 .309 .441 6 24.9% 7.9%

Today's Lineups

TAMPA BAY RAYS NEW YORK YANKEES
Logan Forsythe - 2B Jacoby Ellsbury - CF
Kevin Kiermaier - CF Rob Refsnyder - LF
Evan Longoria - 3B Gary Sanchez - C
Brad Miller - DH Starlin Castro - 2B
Logan Morrison - 1B Mark Teixeira - 1B
Steven Souza - RF Didi Gregorius - SS
Corey Dickerson - LF Chase Headley - 3B
Alexei Ramirez - SS Tyler Austin - DH
Bobby Wilson - C Aaron Judge - RF