Astros/Royals Game 1 Odds

Unlike McHugh, the 24-year-old Ventura turned in a dominate performance against Houston this season.

The Astros swung a deal for Scott Kazmir in July with October baseball in mind. If he can get back on track, the Royals could be a very tough team to deal with this postseason.

This is a matchup uncannily similar to last year’s Royals/Angels series. Last year, we hoped we would be in position to make the playoffs. “I think that kind of preparation is going to prepare us for this”. The Royals have been waiting for this moment since they got beat in the World Series past year by the San Francisco Giants. First baseman Eric Hosmer hit. “There’s a lot of things you can’t control on the mound to where you have to stay confident in your abilities and know what you’re capable of doing”. “It’s something that we’ve been waiting for, for a long time, obviously, and it’s finally here”. It wasn’t until his last inning of work that New York got a runner to second base.

This should be a great series opener between two teams that have just been rebuilt within the past few years.

That approach changed dramatically this past season.

Kansas City will open with Yordano Ventura in Game 1. The series in Kansas City was right after the Alex Gordon injury and was the beginning of one of the worst stretches of the season for the Royals.

Moore wasn’t done, either. In the seventh, Chris Carter walked and was replaced by Jonathan Villar, who stole second and scored on a bloop single by Jose Altuve. “Left-handed pitching against their balanced lineup was something that I looked heavily on”. Participating fans were entered to win a VIP Experience package which includes an apparel prize pack, tickets to a Royals game and the opportunity to present the Player of the Month award.

“We played better and better as the season went on”, Hinch said.

“There’s a lot of similarities between their team and our team,” Royals manager Ted Yost said in a press conference. Take the starting rotation, which lost veteran left-hander Jason Vargas to elbow surgery. Their closer, Greg Holland, is also shut down for the season after tearing his UCL. He did not face the Astros this season. They nearly had another one in Alcides Escobar, who is a front-runner to earn it at shortstop this year.

In the American League, the Toronto Blue Jays are early favorites to win the World Series. But as he sat at a microphone Thursday, just 24 hours before taking the ball against the Houston Astros in Game 2 of their American League Division Series, Cueto sounded a confident tone as he contemplated his late-summer slump. We’re in pretty good shape.

The 24-year-old Ventura weathered a rollercoaster year that saw him briefly banished to Triple-A Omaha. Lorenzo Cain (.307, 101 Rs, 16 HRs, 72 RBIs, 28 SBs) continued his strong season Sunday, going 3 for 4 with two runs and one RBI.