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Some changes from last year. Loving Freeman for Straw in center. Hope to be loving Rocchio for Arias but that is TBD. Love Jose batting second - the more often he's up the better. I'm liking Fry at DH against a lefty.
Alex Wood shut us out for four innings last year in a long relief job. He faced the same hitters as tonight except Freeman, Rocchio, and Hedges are in for Straw, Arias, and Bo Naylor. Bo went 1-for-1 against him.
Right-handed batters hit .270/.801 against Wood last year. Hedges is 1-for-11 against him. Current Guardians are 5-for-30 lifetime against Wood with NO walks and no earned runs. Four singles and one double (by Laureano). This guy is one of those soft-tossing lefties who kills us. He doesn't even throw a fastball, just a 91 mph sinker, a changeup, and a curve.
The key will be to try and get something in the air against this guy. He's a ground ball machine.
Alex Wood shut us out for four innings last year in a long relief job. He faced the same hitters as tonight except Freeman, Rocchio, and Hedges are in for Straw, Arias, and Bo Naylor. Bo went 1-for-1 against him.
Right-handed batters hit .270/.801 against Wood last year. Hedges is 1-for-11 against him. Current Guardians are 5-for-30 lifetime against Wood with NO walks and no earned runs. Four singles and one double (by Laureano). This guy is one of those soft-tossing lefties who kills us. He doesn't even throw a fastball, just a 91 mph sinker, a changeup, and a curve.
The key will be to try and get something in the air against this guy. He's a ground ball machine.