Two teams’ batters and relief pitchers will have an advantage this week in games played. The Mets and Cardinals are the only teams scheduled to play seven games; the other 28 would play six times. This week’s games again will be interleague contests, except for St. Louis, which will complete a string of seven National League games by visiting the Mets for four games; New York, and the Brewers and Giants, who are scheduled for a three-game series Friday-Sunday in Milwaukee.
The Mets also would play all seven of their games, including three against the Yankees, at home.
Nine other teams are scheduled to play their six games at home. That would include two teams in extreme hitters’ parks: the White Sox (Dodgers and Cubs three games each) and Diamondbacks (Rangers and Angels). The other seven all play home games in parks that favor pitchers. The only extreme pitchers’ park in play all week would be at Oakland (Giants and Rockies). However, the parks at Tampa Bay (Phillies and Marlins), Toronto (Reds and Phillies), Atlanta (Yankees and Red Sox), Houston (Royals and Tigers), Milwaukee (Twins and Giants) and Pittsburgh (Indians and Royals) favor pitchers only slightly. Still, it doesn’t seem to be a good week to put batters from the Giants, Phillies and Royals in your lineup.
Pitchers scheduled to start at home twice this week are RHPs Trevor Cahill, Scott Richmond, Max Scherzer, Javier Vazquez, Tommy Hanson, Russ Ortiz, Jeff Suppan, Tim Redding, Livan Hernandez and Ian Snell, and LHPs John Danks and David Price. Our highest recommendations are Vazquez and Danks. Live longshots for this week are Richmond and Hanson.
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