What a weekend of baseball!
The Angels and their first home game in the wake of their fallen teammate, the Rays almost throwing the first-ever combined perfect game, Coors going nutso on Satuday and Sunday, there was some men’s tennis match, and then most importantly….
Homer Bailey and Andrew Cashner traded to the A’s and Red Sox, respectively. What a world.
We have 10 games tonight, one in Coors and some solid studs on the mound tonight. Actually, there are two Coors games today as part of a doubleheader, so we won’t really know who the second pitcher is for the Rockies until closer to lock as German Marquez toes the rubber in the early set.
Here’s the current xFIP tables for the pitchers on this slate (minus the Coors pitcher) followed by wOBA for qualified hitters vs. handedness on this slate.
Pitcher xFIP vs. LH
1. Dereck Rodriguez – 6.29
2. Rick Porcello – 6.07
3. Adam Plutko – 5.62
4. Daniel Norris – 5.60
5. Zach Eflin – 5.31
6. Adrian Houser – 5.19
7. Miles Mikolas – 5.06
8. Griffin Canning – 4.89
Pitcher xFIP vs. RH
1. Trent Thornton – 4.99
2. Jakob Junis – 4.83
3. Dereck Rodriguez – 4.63
4. Adam Plutko – 4.52
5. Joe Musgrove – 4.51
6. Griffin Canning – 4.44
7. Rick Porcello – 4.44
8. Daniel Norris – 4.43
Hitter wOBA vs. LH
1. Jordan Luplow – Cleveland Indians – .450
2. Roberto Perez – Cleveland Indians – .419
3. Mike Trout – Los Angeles Angels – .411
4. Yandy Diaz – Tampa Bay Rays – .409
5. Carlos Santana – Cleveland Indians – .396
6. Christian Yelich – Milwaukee Brewers – .387
7. Tommy Pham – Tampa Bay Rays – .385
8. DJ LeMahieu – New York Yankees – .376
9. Yasmani Grandal – Milwaukee Brewers – .374
10. Mike Moustakas – Milwaukee Brewers – .372
Hitter wOBA vs. RH
1. Cody Bellinger – Los Angeles Dodgers – .446
2. Josh Bell – Pittsburgh Pirates – .425
3. Freddie Freeman – Atlanta Braves – .416
4. Rafael Devers – Boston Red Sox – .405
5. Anthony Rizzo – Chicago Cubs – .402
6. Yoan Moncada – Chicago White Sox – .393
7. Mookie Betts – Boston Red Sox – .392
8. Hunter Dozier – Kansas City Royals – .392
9. Alex Bregman – Houston Astros – .391
10. Derek Dietrich – Cincinnati Reds – .386
PITCHERS
Rick Porcello – vs. Toronto Blue Jays – $7,000
Analysis: I kind of feel like this price for Porcello is a joke. I know he hasn’t been the old Porcello, but he’s got one of the best matchups on the slate and we only have to worry about negative points from ER on FanDuel. He gets the Blue Jays, who have a very solid young crop of talent, but the team is still 26th in team wOBA and strikes out 24% of the time. Porcello does own a 6.07 xFIP and .353 wOBA against lefties, so it’s a good thing this Toronto lineup doesn’t have a ton of lefties to worry about. Porcello has been solid against RH bats, sporting a .310 wOBA with an 8.10 K/9 and 1.35 HR/9 while inducing ground balls at a 45% clip. If he can avoid being popped by Smoak, Tellez, Biggio and Galvis, Porcello should be able to handle his own here.
HITTERS
Joc Pederson – 1B – Los Angeles Dodgers – $2,600
Analysis: This price is absolutely ridiculous and laughable today. I know he hasn’t played in three days, but that was because the Dodgers faced a lefty in 3 straight games. But today he and the Dodgers are in an awesome spot against a pitcher that has been vastly overrated this season in Zach Eflin, who gets lit up against lefties. The Dodgers, of course, have a ton of power lefties and are one of the top offenses on this slate, starting with Pederson who owns a .374 wOBA with a .310 ISO against RH pitchers this season.
