Alex Cobb was 0-2 with a 10.95 ERA for the O's last season and I think he'll be in for a long afternoon again here in this difficult road venue. Note that over his last two seasons he's gone 5-17 with a 5.36 ERA spanning 164.2 innings for Baltimore.

Martin Perez was 10-7 with a 5.12 ERA for Minnesota last year. Perez had a medicore spring and there's no reason to believe that his numbers will get dramatically better, especially throwing in Boston this afternoon.

We're expecting these two suspect starters to get chased early and we therefore look for this total to fly over sooner, rather than later.


Good luck, NP