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Royals v. Athletics Pitching Matchups Preview

This is one of the more intriguing matchups of the weekend.

Volquez, as you already know, has been dominant during his first two starts of the season, striking out 15 batters in just 11.2 innings of work.

Volquez could be described as a reclamation project, putting together a 3.30 ERA over 393 innings over his last two season after registering a 5.71 ERA in 170.1 innings in 2013.

However, when it comes to reclamation projects, Rich Hill takes the cake.

I would highly recommend you read that piece by Jon Morosi in the link, but I’ll give you a synopsis here.