The Marlins scored 16 runs.
The Brewers scored none.
Miggy hit a grand slam off Blake Snell.
Kyle Hendricks was the top fantasy pitcher.
Max Fried got rocked by the low-power Pirates.
Stephen Strasburg got rocked by the lowly White Sox.
The Braves, Nationals, Pirates, Red Sox, Tigers, Rangers, Indians, Giants, Rays, Orioles, Marlins, White Sox and Cubs all scored at least 5 runs.
At the time of this writing, the Reds and Dodgers were well on their way to at least 5 runs.
Let’s just say it was a damn crazy slate on Tuesday!
But now it’s Wednesday and while most pitchers got rocked, it’s a new day.
So we will focus on the main slate for today.
And something we will start doing on the Index every day is posting a list of the worst xFIPs vs. both hands for all pitchers on the slate each night.
So, without further ado, here’s the pitcher list for today…
Pitchers xFIP vs. Lefty Bats
1. Daniel Mengden – 1.93 ERA – 6.57 xFIP
2. Anthony Desclafani – 7.11 ERA – 5.80 xFIP
3. Sandy Alcantara – 4.66 ERA – 5.79 xFIP
4. Tyler Beede – 12.46 ERA – 5.79 xFIP
5. Spencer Turnbull – 2.73 ERA – 5.47 xFIP
6. Jason Vargas – 6.75 ERA – 5.38 xFIP
7. Dakota Hudson – 5.27 ERA – 5.36 xFIP
8. Brad Peacock – 3.45 ERA – 5.01 xFIP
9. Felix Pena – 2.16 ERA – 4.71 xFIP
10. Jakob Junis – 5.93 ERA – 4.60 xFIP
Pitchers xFIP – vs. Righty Bats
1. Mike Leake – 6.03 ERA, 5.68 xFIP
2. Jason Vargas – 3.67 ERA, 5.52 xFIP
3. John Means – 3.00 ERA, 5.22 xFIP
4. Tyler Beede – 5.40 ERA, 5.12 xFIP
5. Daniel Mengden – 3.97 ERA, 4.89 xFIP
6. Trent Thornton – 3.25 ERA, 4.84 xFIP
7. Joe Musgrove – 3.50 ERA, 4.80 xFIP
8. Kevin Gausman – 6.60 ERA, 4.77 xFIP
9. Sandy Alcatara – 3.20 ERA, 4.56 xFIP
10. Martin Perez – 2.88 ERA, 4.48 xFIP
Hope this information helps going forward. Now time for today’s picks!
PITCHERS
James Paxton – at Toronto Blue Jays – $10,000
Analysis: I think pitching is pretty weak sauce tonight. So for FanDuel’s sake, I am perfectly OK with paying up for Paxton, who I feel is way too cheap based on his upside potential today against the Blue Jays. Paxton’s peripherals are excellent against both sides of the plate this season. He’s super tough on lefties, allowing a measly 0.93 ERA so far. Overall, Toronto is 27th in wOBA and owns a lowly .153 ISO and striking out 24% of the time against southpaws.
