Man what fireworks from the Dodgers last night! They paid off in a big way, as did the Red Sox, Indians, Tigers and Blue Jays, if you had them.
Rick Porcello??? Ehhhh…..
But we are back at it again tonight with a full slate of MLB action.
Before we get to the xFIP and wOBA tables…
PITCHING SUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKKKKSSSSSSS
Here’s a list of guys pitching today, not including Rays and Astros because starters were not announced at the time I published this article:
Peter Lambert
Andrew Cashner
Zach Plesac
Daniel Mengden
Anthony deSclafani
Dylan Cease
Austin Voth
Vince Velasquez
Something called a Jacob Waguespack
Dario Agrazal
Steven Matz
Drew Pomeranz (in Coors)
Asher Wojciechowski
Glenn Sparkman
Alec Mills
You get the idea here…
So, lots of young arms here, and let’s get started.
Pitcher xFIP vs. LH
1. Austin Voth – 6.86
2. Dario Agrazal – 6.67
3. Glenn Sparkman – 6.35
4. Dylan Cease – 6.16
5. Daniel Mengden – 6.00
6. Logan Allen – 5.93
7. Bryse Wilson – 5.86
8. Alex Young – 5.86
9. Anthony deSclafani – 5.56
10. Zach Plesac – 5.43
11. Asher Wojciechowski – 5.41
12. Marco Gonzales – 5.20
13. Jack Flaherty – 5.14
14. Steven Matz – 5.01
15. Peter Lambert – 4.79
Pitcher xFIP vs. RH
1. Dylan Cease – 7.49
2. Marco Gonzales – 5.35
3. Dario Agrazal – 5.34
4. Andrew Cashner – 5.22
5. Zach Plesac – 5.15
6. Andrew Heaney – 5.14
7. Vince Velasquez – 5.12
8. CC Sabathia – 5.06
9. Jordan Yamamoto – 4.96
10. Glenn Sparkman – 4.92
11. Peter Lambert – 4.85
And here are the wOBA tables among QUALIFIED hitters versus lefties and righties.
Hitter wOBA vs. LH
1. Joey Gallo – Texas Rangers – .467
2. Yandy Diaz – Tampa Bay Rays – .409
3. Alex Bregman – Houston Astros – .391
4. Tommy Pham – Tampa Bay Rays – .387
5. Matt Chapman – Oakland A’s .380
6. Khris Davis – Oakland A’s – .357
7. Guillermo Heredia – Tampa Bay Rays – .356
8. Michael Brantley – Houston Astros – .355
9. Marcus Semien – Oakland A’s – .353
10. Starlin Castro – Miami Marlins – .351
Hitter wOBA vs. RH
1. Christian Yelich – Milwaukee Brewers – .483
2. Cody Bellinger – Los Angeles Dodgers – .446
3. Josh Bell – Pittsburgh Pirates – .442
4. Daniel Vogelbach – Seattle Mariners – .413
5. Freddie Freeman – Atlanta Braves – .412
6. Rafael Devers – Red Sox – .409
7. Anthony Rendon – Washington Nationals – .402
8. Anthony Rizzo – Chicago Cubs – .402
9. Juan Soto – Washington Nationals – .398
10. Xander Bogaerts – Boston Red Sox – .391
PITCHERS
Drew Pomeranz – at Colorado Rockies – $5,500
Analysis: Yea this one seems crazy I know, but Pomeranz has been the victim of bad luck and the Rockies completely shit the bed in both games of Monday’s double-header. Outside of Arenado, Story and Desmond, the Rockies will throw a lot of lefties and bad righties out against Pom, who is min-priced tonight on FanDuel. Pom is striking out lefties this season at a 12.27 K/9 and righties at a 10.10 K/9. He’s tops in wOBA allowed on the entire slate against RH pitching, but should he give up a couple of runs, the strikouts and a 5 inning or 6 inning game will certainly give us the upside we need here. For what it’s worth, Pomeranz has chewed up this team already, but that wasn’t Coors. He also has held Arenado, Blackmon and Story in check for a combined 6-for-26 with 9 strikeouts.
HITTERS
Vlad Guerrero Jr. – 3B – Toronto Blue Jays – $3,000
Analysis: Andrew Cashner makes his debut for the Red Sox and people are going to pay up for his sorry ass against the Blue Jays. I won’t be, as you can tell by my tone. I will be rostering Blue Jays bats, especially righties with the Green Monster effect in play. Vlad Jr. is one of my favorite targets today at a steal of a price versus Cashner who has allowed a .342 wOBA with a 5.23 xFIP to righties. He’s also allowed a 40% hard hit rate and a 1.89 K/9. Vlad owns a .320 wOBA and a .170 ISO against righties, both which are not great, but he’s been BABIP’d a bit but does own a 40% hard hit rate against RH pitching.
