Dodgers: Kenta Maeda Looks to Continue His Success at Coors Field

Kicking off the series between the Dodgers and Rockies will be Kenta Maeda and Tyler Anderson.  Both starters have had success at Coors Field.

Coors Field is the last place you would expect a starting pitcher to have a track record of success at but that has been the case for Tyler Anderson and Kenta Maeda.  For the Dodgers’ Kenta Maeda, he owns a 4-1 record at Coors Field and has held the Rockies to a .216 batting average over the last three seasons there.  His ERA also stands at a solid 3.19 which for Coors Field is stellar.

Tyler Anderson will oppose the Dodgers and he has also had success at Coors.  In fact, Anderson has been a better pitcher at home over the last three seasons.  Tyler has a 3.73 ERA at home compared to a 5.07 ERA on the road.  Even with six more starts at home over the last three seasons, he has allowed two more home runs on the road.

Against the Dodgers, Anderson has had some success and holds a 3.99 ERA over the last three seasons against the Dodgers.  In his season debut, he gave up five runs in five innings to the Miami Marlins, without allowing a home run.  Kenta Maeda was solid in his season debut, pitching 6 2/3 innings allowing three runs against the Diamondbacks.  Anderson and Maeda will match up today in the home opener for the Rockies.

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The Dodgers are going to give Max Muncy a start against a left-handed starter today and given Anderson’s career splits, his stats are nearly identical against both sides of the plate. Lefties have hit .255 against Tyler while right-handed batters have hit .262.  Cody Bellinger and Corey Seager have both hit home runs against Anderson while Muncy is 0-4 in just one start.

On the Dodgers’ side, Kenta Maeda has done a great job of limiting the Rockies’ offense which has been struggling to start the 2019 season.  Nolan Arenado has hit just .125 against Kenta with no home runs and not a single run batted in.  Surprising since Arenado has always done a good job of tormenting the Dodgers.

The Rockie that has had the most success is an unexpected threat in Chris Iannetta, who has a .357 average against Maeda with two home runs and four RBI’s in fourteen at-bats.  The Dodgers and Rockies will kick things off at 1:05 PM PST as the Dodgers look to separate themselves a bit from their only true NL West threat.