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Edinson Volquez, Kansas City Royals
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Edinson Volquez had a strong outing against the White Sox to open his 2015 campaign, pitching eight innings and allowing one run on four hits while striking out five in a win. And 58 of his 95 pitches were thrown for strikes. He gets to face a Twins team on Wednesday that has scored 13 runs in 6 games, with 6 of them coming in one game. The Twins have one home run this season as well, making a stronger case for starting Volquez and his 48.4% career ground-ball rate.
Only four Twins players have faced Edinson, and they have a combined batting average of .143 with one homer and one run batted in.