There are a TON of interleague games this week!
The Texas Rangers will play one game against the Chicago Cubs on Monday followed by a 2 game series in Milwaukee. That's 3 days without a DH and Lance Berkman will have to play some first base and probably take a night off.
The New York Yankees will be without the DH during a 3 game series in Colorado against the Rockies. My guess would be that Travis Hafner gets to play some first base and Lyle Overbay get a day or two off. Either way there should be a bunch of runs scored in this series!
The Chicago White Sox head to New York to take on the Mets for two games. Don't expect Adam Dunn to play any outfield at Citi Field but they could give Paul Konerko a day off and let Dunn play first.
The Detroit Tigers head to Washington D.C. to take on the Nationals for a two game set and Alex Avila will have to catch if he wants to get any playing time, but they have this guy name Victor Martinez who is pretty good.
In another two game series, the Seattle Mariners will be without the DH in Pittsburgh against the Pirates. I am pretty sure Kendrys Morales will play first base spelling Justin Smoak.
The Tampa Bay Rays host the San Diego Padres for 3 to end the week. San Diego could throw Kyle Blanks, Alexi Amarista or Jesus Guzman a couple of extra ABs with the addition of the DH.
The Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants and Tampa Bay Rays will host 7 home games.
The Atlanta Braves, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays will all play 7 games on the road.
The Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets will get 6 home games.
The Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, and New York Yankees will play 6 games on the road.
The Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers and Washington Nationals each play just 5 times this week.
Two Start Pitchers
Bronson Arroyo - Cincinnati Reds
Clay Buchholz - Boston Red Sox
Nick Tepesch - Texas Rangers
The Texas Rangers will play one game against the Chicago Cubs on Monday followed by a 2 game series in Milwaukee. That's 3 days without a DH and Lance Berkman will have to play some first base and probably take a night off.
The New York Yankees will be without the DH during a 3 game series in Colorado against the Rockies. My guess would be that Travis Hafner gets to play some first base and Lyle Overbay get a day or two off. Either way there should be a bunch of runs scored in this series!
The Chicago White Sox head to New York to take on the Mets for two games. Don't expect Adam Dunn to play any outfield at Citi Field but they could give Paul Konerko a day off and let Dunn play first.
The Detroit Tigers head to Washington D.C. to take on the Nationals for a two game set and Alex Avila will have to catch if he wants to get any playing time, but they have this guy name Victor Martinez who is pretty good.
In another two game series, the Seattle Mariners will be without the DH in Pittsburgh against the Pirates. I am pretty sure Kendrys Morales will play first base spelling Justin Smoak.
The Tampa Bay Rays host the San Diego Padres for 3 to end the week. San Diego could throw Kyle Blanks, Alexi Amarista or Jesus Guzman a couple of extra ABs with the addition of the DH.
The Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants and Tampa Bay Rays will host 7 home games.
The Atlanta Braves, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays will all play 7 games on the road.
The Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets will get 6 home games.
The Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, and New York Yankees will play 6 games on the road.
The Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers and Washington Nationals each play just 5 times this week.
Two Start Pitchers
Bronson Arroyo - Cincinnati Reds
- vs Paul Maholm - Atlanta Braves
- vs Marco Estrada - Milwaukee Brewers
- at Erik Bedard - Houston Astros
- at Jose Quintana - Chicago White Sox
Clay Buchholz - Boston Red Sox
- vs Vance Worley - Minnesota Twins
- vs Mark Buehrle - Toronto Blue Jays
- at Madison Bumgarner - San Francisco Giants
- at Trevor Cahill - Arizona Diamondbacks
- at Jorge de la Rosa - Colorado Rockies
- at James Shields - Kansas City Royals
- vs Trevor Cahill - Arizona Diamondbacks
- vs Wade LeBlanc - Miami Marlins
- at Wei-Yin Chen - Baltimore Orioles
- vs Hiroki Kuroda - New York Yankees
- at Zach McAllister - Cleveland Indians
- at Hisashi Iwakuma - Seattle Mariners
- vs Mark Buehrle Toronto Blue Jays
- vs Edinson Volquez - San Diego Padres
- at Homer Bailey - Cincinnati Reds
- at Tim Lincecum - San Francisco Giants
- vs Cliff Lee - Philadelphia Phillies
- vs Paul Maholm - Atlanta Braves
- at Bronson Arroyo - Cincinnati Reds
- at Madison Bumgarner - San Francisco Giants
- vs Scott Diamond - Minnesota Twins
- vs J.A. Happ - Toronto Blue Jays
- at Ryan Dempster - Boston Red Sox
- vs Wei-Yin Chen - Baltimore Orioles
- at Trevor Bauer - Cleveland Indians
- at Joe Saunders - Seattle Mariners
- at Hyun-Jin Ryu - Los Angeles Dodgers
- vs Cliff Lee- Philadelphia Phillies
- vs James Shields - Kansas City Royals
- at Scott Diamond - Minnesota Twins
Nick Tepesch - Texas Rangers
- @ Scott Feldman - Chicago Cubs (Mon, May 6)
- You could honestly pick either pitcher in this one but I like Tepesch upside and the Rangers bats are better.
- @ Tim Lincecum - San Francisco Giants (Tues, May 7)
- Kendrick has been excellent this season and the Phillies tend to give him solid run support. Lincecum likes to give up runs so this is a great combination.
- vs Ricky Nolasco - Miami Marlins (Wed, May 8)
- Marquis is 5-1 as far as quality starts go. He got rocked by the Brewers, but if you remove that start, he is 3-1 with a 2.89 ERA. He has had some issues keeping the ball from going over the fence, but the Marlins are not a threat to hit home runs.
- @ Hisashi Iwakuma- Seattle Mariners (Fri, May 10)
- Straily's two starts since being called up for Brett Anderson have not gone as smoothly as his first starts, but he still has massive potential. The Mariners don't possess a deadly offense and Oakland has ended up winning all three of Straily's starts.
- vs Jerome Williams - Los Angeles Angels (Sat, May 11)
- Quintana continues to keep the White Sox in games and the Angels were a 3 run 8th inning away from being swept by the Houston Astros!
- vs Eric Stults - San Diego Padres
- Hernandez is so much better at home and usually gets beat by the long ball, which is not the Padres specialty.