Saturday, April 9, 2011

Justin Masterson preview for game 2

If you could pick the first two teams for Justin Masterson to face this season, Chicago followed by Seattle would be good choices. The both pose good challenges for Masterson, but you would not be feeding him to the wolves with either choice.

Chicago has a very good lineup, but many of their best hitters are right handed. This is a strength verse strength kind of test. Pitch around Dunn. Go after Konerko, Quentin, and Beckham. (You have to say that he passed this first test.)

Seattle is a poor hitting lineup, but their best hitters are left handed or switch hitters. Masterson will face at least six left handed hitters and possibly up to eight lefties. This will test how much Masterson has made improvements on the weakest part of his game.

Key stat: Masterson's career line against righties .226/.303/.319 and against lefties .293/.383/.435.

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