MLB Daily Grind Down May 25th Night Games Part 2
The RotoGrinders MLB Grind Down article will give you an in-depth analysis into the MLB schedule. This article will break down the numbers for every single game and give you analysis on which trends you can exploit.
While matchups are a major factor in daily fantasy baseball, there are plenty of other factors to consider such as injuries, weather, and salaries. The analysis should point you in the right direction, but it is still up to you to decipher the information and make your own selections. No sport has more variance than baseball. The best choice is not always the right choice but following the trends will win you money over time. (any fp listed uses Fanduel’s scoring system)
Oakland at Houston
| Oakland | Houston | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minute Maid Park | 7:15 PM | ||||||
| A.J. Griffin – (4-3), 3.59 ERA, 6.92 K/9, 1.21 WHIP | Lucas Harrell – (3-5), 4.63 ERA, 5.13 K/9, 1.65 WHIP | ||||||
| PvB | (6-21 H/AB) 0.286 BA-A, 33.33 K%, 0.857 OPS-A | PvB | (9-24 H/AB) 0.375 BA-A, 12.5 K%, 1.5 OPS-A | ||||
| ROAD | (2-2), 3.86 ERA, 4 HRA, 4.6 K/9, 1.169 WHIP | HOME | (2-3), 5.85 ERA, 6 HRA, 5.3 K/9, 1.918 WHIP | ||||
| BATTER SPLITS BREAKDOWN | |||||||
OAK BvP  | OAK vs R | HOU BvP | HOU vs R | ||||
| Note: Batter Splits Above Open in Pop Up Window | |||||||
Las Vegas
- OU 8.5
- Favored OAK -154
Pitchers
- Home Lucas Harrell has been the victim of the big inning in 3 of his 10 games so his ERA and WHIP or a little distorted by that fact. He has been very good in his other seven starts surrender only one ER in 6 of those and 2 ER in the other 1. The problem is that one of those 3 bad starts was against OAK at home and he plays for the Astros so you cannot count on him to get the win even when he pitches well. OAK is batting .248 on the road, .263 versus lright-handers, and .236 over the last 7 days. Avoid
- Away A.J. Griffin is a solid play against a HOU team that leads the league in Ks. That is the only stat most people care about so I guess that is enough for me also. Target
Batters
- Home Matt Dominguez and J.D. Martinez each have 2 HRs over the last week if you are looking for a sneaky GPP play.
- Away This team went bananas against him the last time they met if you think that will happen again then consider everyone in play. Good Harrell is more likely to show up then Bad Harrell so I would not dig to deep here.
San Diego at Arizona
| San Diego | Arizona | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Field | 10:10 PM | ||||||
| Andrew Cashner – (3-2), 3.02 ERA, 6.72 K/9, 1.19 WHIP | Wade Miley – (3-3), 3.67 ERA, 6.83 K/9, 1.33 WHIP | ||||||
| PvB | (7-26 H/AB) 0.269 BA-A, 19.23 K%, 0.615 OPS-A | PvB | (30-98 H/AB) 0.306 BA-A, 14.29 K%, 0.918 OPS-A | ||||
| ROAD | (0-2), 4.22 ERA, 3 HRA, 6.8 K/9, 1.313 WHIP | HOME | (1-1), 4.5 ERA, 2 HRA, 5.1 K/9, 1.688 WHIP | ||||
| BATTER SPLITS BREAKDOWN | |||||||
| SDP BvP | SDP vs L | ARI BvP | ARI vs R | ||||
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Las Vegas
- OU 9
- Favored ARI -122
Pitchers
- Home Wade Miley ERA takes a dip at home to 4.50. SDG as a team is also 30-98 versus him with 4 HRs so I am not sure I trust him today. With an OU of 9, Vegas does not either. SDG is batting .239 on the road, .228 versus left-handers, and .275 over the last 7 days. Avoid
- Away Andrew Cashner is a 1.93 pitcher at home. You should probably forget about him tonight on the road where he is a 4.22 pitcher especially in this park. Still, he pitched well in BAL going 7.1 and giving up only 1 ER. The potential is there if you want to gamble. ARI is batting .252 at home, .263 versus right-handers and .263 over the last 7 days. Avoid
Batters
- Home Didi Gregorius is still batting .417 versus right-handed pitching. There is not much BvP data but the OU of this game is high and ARI is slated to get the wn so look here for a few players.
- Away SDG comes into this game producing. Everth Cabrera, Jedd Gyorko, and Yonder Alonso are all hot producing over 20 fp. There are positive BvPs up and down the LU so look to SDG to provide some value to your rosters and consider everyone in play.
Texas at Seattle
| Texas | Seattle | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safeco Field | 10:10 PM | ||||||
| Derek Holland – (3-2), 3.3 ERA, 8.1 K/9, 1.17 WHIP | Felix Hernandez – (5-3), 2.07 ERA, 9.36 K/9, 1 WHIP | ||||||
| PvB | (27-136 H/AB) 0.199 BA-A, 30.15 K%, 0.654 OPS-A | PvB | (88-334 H/AB) 0.263 BA-A, 20.66 K%, 0.757 OPS-A | ||||
| ROAD | (2-1), 3.9 ERA, 1 HRA, 8.4 K/9, 1.144 WHIP | HOME | (1-1), 1.99 ERA, 2 HRA, 9.5 K/9, 1.015 WHIP | ||||
| BATTER SPLITS BREAKDOWN | |||||||
| TEX BvP | TEX vs R | SEA BvP | SEA vs L | ||||
| Note: Batter Splits Above Open in Pop Up Window | |||||||
Las Vegas
- OU 6.5
- Favored SEA -128
Pitchers
- Home We all know about Felix Hernandez ‘s great home ERA of 1.99 but did you know he is a 1.07 pitcher in night games this year? He has only given up 6 ER in 7 starts this year in the dark. I posed this question yesterday I am going to reiterate it again today. If the pitcher that is facing HOU becomes playable everyday because they lead the league in Ks then does the pitcher who is facing TEX become unplayable because they have the fewest Ks in the league even if they are Felix Hernandez at home? TEX is batting .262 in away games, .272 versus right-handers, and .290 over the last 7 days. Not many players going tonight have his upside. Target
- Away I would not say that Derrick Holland is a nice against the grain pick today even though he is going against a player I said to target. He is just a nice pick. Hernandez is not that big of a favorite and Holland has been okay on the road with a 3.90 ERA and this is a pitcher’s park. His K/9 is lower than Felix’s but his team is better so he has just as good of a chance to get the win and will probably have to pitch next to perfect in order to do it. SEA is batting .260 at home, .254 versus left-handers, and .251 over the last 7 days. He has held SEA to a .211 BAA. In Play
Batters
- Home Kendrys Morales and Michael Morse are both batting over .300 versus left-handed pitching. Brendan Ryan has been hot producing 23.75 fp over the last 7 days. Justin Smoak and Kyle Seager have positive BvPs versus Holland.
- Away David Murphy is 20-66 with 2 HRs versus Hernandez. Elvis Andrus is 17-54 vs. him. Both those two players have been hot producing over 20 fp in the last 7 days. Lance Berkman, Nelson Cruz and Adrian Beltre have encouraging BvPs also.
