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Every year I have faith that Cleveland's fireballer Danny Salazar is gonna break through and every year he looks wildly inconsistent. He does have a decent 3.94 road ERA in 82.1 innings. In 5 starts against the Tigers he owns a 3.27 ERA in 33 innings, including 3 of those starts coming at Comerica Park where he has a 4.41 ERA. The numbers are there but it is interesting to note that despite posting a 3.27 ERA against the Tigers, their roster has a combined .320 BA against him in 75 at-bats. Victor Martinez and Miguel Cabrera have seen him the most with 14 and 15 ABs respectively, and they boast averages of .357 and .385. Shane Greene has wow'ed the baseball world thus far in 2015 going 3-0 with a 0.39 ERA in 3 starts. He did have a 3.78 ERA in 14 starts last year , which for a 25-year-old rookie pitching in the AL East, isn't too shabby. He made 1 start last year against Cleveland going 6 innings and giving up 2 earned while getting the win. The Indians roster has just 2 hits in 17 at-bats against Greene (.118). It's a tiny sample but from what we've seen this year it doesn't look like this kid is getting any easier to hit. So we've got arguably the hottest pitcher in baseball paired with one of the best offenses in baseball, going against an inconsistent pitcher who despite limiting the run damage has given up hits in bunches to his opponent, and is getting his run support from one of the worst offenses. It looks too easy..
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