AL Central week four 050512

Here are the American League Central standings through week four in 2012. Also listed are a couple hot and cold players for each team. Position players will now be based on the last seven days and pitchers the last 30.


Cleveland Indians 14-10 --- Home: 5-7 Road: 9-3


Hot: Jason Kipnis (10 for 23) 1 HR, 5 RBI, 4 R, 2 SB \ Season: .301/.371/.527 with 4 HR, 17 RBI, 16 R, 6 SB in 24 games.
Derek Lowe 4-1, 2.27 ERA, 9 K, 1.42 WHIP in 31.2 IP over 5 games.


Cold: Shin-Soo Choo (1 for 12) 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R, 0 SB \ Season: .211/.341/.324 with 1 HR, 11 RBI, 9 R, 3 SB in 18 games.
Josh Tomlin 1-2, 5.27 ERA, 19 K, 1.32 WHIP in 27.1 IP over 5 games.


Detroit Tigers 13-12 --- Home: 8-8 Road: 5-4


Hot: Alex Avila (7 for 13) 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 R, 0 SB \ Season: .279/.372/.529 with 4 HR, 9 RBI, 10 R, 1 SB in 20 games.
Drew Smyly 1-0, 1.61 ERA, 29 K, 1.18 WHIP in 28.0 IP over 5 games.


Cold: Prince Fielder (2 for 18) 1 Hr, 2 RBI, 3 R, 0 SB \ Saason: .280/.358/.398 with 3 HR, 12 RBI, 14 R, 1 SB in 25 games.
Max Scherzer 1-3, 7.77 ERA, 27 K, 2.05 WHIP in 24.1 IP over 5 games.


Chicago White Sox 12-14 --- Home: 5-9 Road: 7-5


Hot: Gordon Beckham (8 for 17) 2 HR, 5 RBI, 4 R, 1 SB \ Season: .233/.300/.370 with 2 HR, 7 RBI, 9 R, 1 SB in 24 games.
Jake Peavy 3-1, 1.99 ERA, 39 K, 0.75 WHIP over 45.1 IP over 6 games.


Cold: A J Pierzynski (3 for 22) 1 Hr, 1 RBI, 2 R, 0 SB \ Season: .282/.319/.518 with 5 HR, 18 RBI, 8 R, 0 SB in 23 games.
John Danks 2-4, 6.51 ERA, 25 K, 1.50 WHIP in 37.1 IP over 6 games.


Kansas City Royals 8-17 --- Home: 1-11 Road: 7-6


Hot: Mike Moustakas (7 for 19) 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R, 0 SB \ Season: .315/.365/.551 with 4 HR, 15 RBI, 12 R, 1 SB in 24 games.
Danny Duffy 2-2, 3.57 ERA, 26 K, 1.37 WHIP in 22.2 IP over 4 games.


Cold: Alcides Escobar (3 for 17) 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 R, 2 SB \ Season: .275/.305/.429 with 1 HR, 7 RBI, 8 R, 6 SB in 25 games.
Luke Hochevar 2-2, 7.36 ERA, 18 K, 1.68 WHIP in 25.2 IP over 5 games.


Minnesota Twins 7-18 --- Home: 3-8 Road: 4-10


Hot: Danny Valencia (5 for 15) 0 HR, 3 RBI, 1 R, 0 SB \ Season: .232/.238/.354 with 1 HR, 10 RBI, 9 R, 0 SB in 22 games.
Matt Capps 0-1, 4.50 ERA, 5 K, 1.00 WHIP, 5 SV in 10.0 IP over 10 games.


Cold: Trevor Plouffe (0 for 11) 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 R, 0 SB \ Season: .108/.267/.216 with 1 Hr, 2 RBI, 4 R, 0 SB in 15 games.
Francisco Liriano 0-4, 9.97 ERA, 17 K, 2.22 WHIP in 21.2 IP over 5 games.