MLB Daily Grind Down: Monday, June 17th Part Two
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NY Mets vs. Atlanta
| 7:10 PM | NY Mets – ROAD | Atlanta – HOME | |||||||
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| TEAM BATTING | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | |
| SEASON | 0.224 | 0.658 | 23.10% | 0.51 | 0.244 | 0.732 | 23.80% | 0.60 | |
| VS. LEFT/RIGHT | 0.226 | 0.663 | 23.50% | 0.41 | 0.253 | 0.753 | 24.10% | 0.51 | |
| SP STATS | Gee – RHP | Hudson – RHP | |||||||
| WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | ||
| SEASON | 1.54 | 4.84 | 8.08 | 8.86 | 1.15 | 4.41 | 6.60 | 8.51 | |
| LAST 14 DAYS | 1.36 | 1.32 | 9.55 | 16.60 | 0.71 | 2.51 | 7.66 | 11.05 | |
| BATTER SPLITS | Note: Batter Splits Below Open in Pop Up Window | ||||||||
NYM vs R  | NYM BvP | ATL vs R | ATL BvP | ||||||
What Vegas Says
- Over/Under Total Runs – 7.5
- Favored Team – ATL -200
Pitcher Grind Down
- Home Tim Hudson ‘s high ERA is starting to come down to his career averages. His 1.15 WHIP on the year is what you would expect from the veteran and his some of his struggles in April can be attributed to the ups and downs associated with baseball. He draws a NYM team that he has already recorded a win against at home this year going 7.1 IP with 3 ER and 7 Ks. NYM is batting .233 on the road, .241 versus right-handers, and .200 over the last 7 days. Start-ability 7
- Away Over his last 3 starts, Dillon Gee has gone 21 IP giving up 3 ER with 26 Ks. 2 of those 3 starts were on the road so you can discount the 6.50 road ERA he accumulated at the start of the season if you believe in hot streaks. The Tendonitis that pushed back his start is a real cause for concern since he could be pulled at any moment if it starts to bother him. ATL is batting .248 at home, .253 versus right-handers, and .323 over the last 7 days. Start-ability 5
Batter Grind Down
- Home Jason Heyward is 7-15 with 1 HR versus Gee. B.J. Upton has been hot with 2 HRs over the last week and 22.5 fp during that time. Freddie Freeman and Brian McCann are both batting over .300 versus right-handers. Stack-ability 4
- Away Outisde of Ruben Tejada ‘s 8-21 BvPs, there are not many positive things to say about this NYM team. Stack-ability 2
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Oakland vs. Texas
| 8:05 PM | Oakland – ROAD | Texas – HOME | |||||||
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| TEAM BATTING | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | |
| SEASON | 0.245 | 0.722 | 19.60% | 0.61 | 0.262 | 0.752 | 17.80% | 0.61 | |
| VS. LEFT/RIGHT | 0.240 | 0.700 | 19.70% | 0.44 | 0.267 | 0.769 | 17.60% | 0.51 | |
| SP STATS | Straily – RHP | Tepesch – RHP | |||||||
| WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | ||
| SEASON | 1.08 | 4.45 | 7.27 | 9.22 | 1.28 | 4.30 | 6.72 | 8.08 | |
| LAST 14 DAYS | 0.91 | 3.95 | 4.09 | 8.60 | 1.33 | 8.25 | 8.25 | 6.00 | |
| BATTER SPLITS | Note: Batter Splits Below Open in Pop Up Window | ||||||||
| OAK vs R | OAK BvP | TEX vs R | TEX BvP | ||||||
What Vegas Says
- Over/Under Total Runs – 9.5
- Favored Team – TEX -115
Pitcher Grind Down
- Home Nick Tepesch has been good at home with a 3.66 ERA. The young man has been up and down all year so I am not reading too much into this number, but he does have 11 ER in 12 IP over his last 2 starts. Things do not get any easier for him today versus an OAK team that is 7th in the league in runs scored. OAK is batting .254 on the road, .245 versus right-handers, and .251 over the last 7 days. Start-ability 3
- Away The one thing you can say about Dan Straily is that he has been reliable. he has only given up more than 4 ER in 2 of his 10 starts. He also has only surrender 3 HRs on the year. He gives his team a chance to win. That said he is unplayable in daily fantasy except for the very best matchups, but keep that in mind when building your LUs. TEX is batting .272 at home, .267 versus right-handers, and .236 over the last 7 days. Start-ability 3
Batter Grind Down
- Home TEX has been slumping as of late but look for them to produce some runs today. When there are no numbers to fall back on in a game with a high OU then look towards the right/lefty matchups. Stack-ability 5
- Away The high OU makes everyone playable. Brandon Moss has been hot over the last 7 days and Coco Crisp and Jed Lowrie are both batting over .300 versus right-handers. Stack-ability 5
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Chicago White Sox vs. Houston
| 8:10 PM | Chicago White Sox – ROAD | Houston – HOME | |||||||
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| TEAM BATTING | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | |
| SEASON | 0.239 | 0.664 | 21.40% | 0.50 | 0.241 | 0.685 | 25.60% | 0.52 | |
| VS. LEFT/RIGHT | 0.241 | 0.671 | 21.50% | 0.40 | 0.266 | 0.742 | 25.30% | 0.46 | |
| SP STATS | Quintana – LHP | Norris – RHP | |||||||
| WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | ||
| SEASON | 1.23 | 3.86 | 6.43 | 8.54 | 1.42 | 3.47 | 6.18 | 9.14 | |
| LAST 14 DAYS | 1.00 | 3.86 | 4.50 | 7.50 | 1.14 | 3.86 | 8.36 | 10.50 | |
| BATTER SPLITS | Note: Batter Splits Below Open in Pop Up Window | ||||||||
| CHW vs R | CHW BvP | HOU vs L | HOU BvP | ||||||
What Vegas Says
- Over/Under Total Runs – 8
- Favored Team – CHW -110
Pitcher Grind Down
- Home Bud Norris is pitching like he wants to be traded because that is what will happen if he keeps throwing like this. He has a 2.70 ERA in June and has 19 Ks in 20 IP. He has been great at home with a 2.28 ERA and CHW has been not producing at the plate all year. CHW is batting .245 on the road, .242 versus right-handers, and .272 over the last 7 days. Start-ability 7
- Away Jose Quintana will be the 4th lefty in a row that HOU will be facing. Someone needs to teach CHW front office the fundamentals of baseball. HOU is already a much better team versus left-handers and now they are in a rhythm against southpaws as well. Quintana has been struggling over his last 4 giving up 13 ER and 5 HR in 25.1 IP. His numbers should get a boost from a HOU team that leads the league in Ks if he can regain his early season composer. HOU is batting .236 at home, .265 versus left-handers, and .184 over the last 7 days. Start-ability 5
Batter Grind Down
- Home Brandon Barnes, Trevor Crowe, Carlos Corporan, and Jose Altuve are ll batting over .300 versus left-handers. Jason Castro has been the most productive HOU player and he had a HR off a lefty yesterday. Stack-ability 4
- Away Adam Dunn has been hot for a couple of weeks now. He has 33.25 fp over the last 7 days and draws a right-hander. The way Norris has been pitching I would not dig too deep into them today even if they are still listed as the favorites. Stack-ability 3
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Miami vs. Arizona
| 9:40 PM | Miami – ROAD | Arizona – HOME | |||||||
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| TEAM BATTING | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | |
| SEASON | 0.231 | 0.617 | 18.40% | 0.41 | 0.262 | 0.721 | 18.80% | 0.56 | |
| VS. LEFT/RIGHT | 0.214 | 0.619 | 21.50% | 0.32 | 0.269 | 0.741 | 19.40% | 0.48 | |
| SP STATS | Turner – RHP | Corbin – LHP | |||||||
| WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | ||
| SEASON | 1.05 | 1.80 | 5.85 | 11.00 | 1.08 | 2.28 | 7.00 | 12.86 | |
| LAST 14 DAYS | 1.15 | 2.77 | 6.92 | 9.50 | 1.27 | 4.42 | 5.47 | 8.03 | |
| BATTER SPLITS | Note: Batter Splits Below Open in Pop Up Window | ||||||||
| MIA vs L | MIA BvP | ARI vs R | ARI BvP | ||||||
What Vegas Says
- Over/Under Total Runs – 8
- Favored Team – ARI -210
Pitcher Grind Down
- Home Patrick Corbin 1.60 home ERA is elite. His 6.96 K.9 leaves a little to be desired. He faces MIA today so I imagine there will be a high number of daily players writing in his name onto their LU cards. I am not convinced that that is such a good play because MIA offense is much better now that Giancario Stanton has returned and Corbin is trending downward with 12 ER over 24.1 IP in his last 4 starts for a 4.40 ERA. MIA is batting .234 on the road, .217 versus left-handers, and .280 over the last 7 days. Start-ability 6
- Away Jacob Turner has been inducing ground balls in his first 3 starts and things have worked out well for him. He has 1.80 ERA so far this year. If he can keep the ball down again today in ARI then he might stand a chance tonight. I am not buying into his success just yet because it has come against subpar opponents in PHI, NYM, and MIL. MIL scored 4 runs off of him without Ryan Braun to put things in perspective. ARI is his first real test today. They are batting .258 at home, .269 versus right-handers, and .238 over the last 7 days. Start-ability 3
Batter Grind Down
- Home I fully expect the kid to struggle today so consider everyone playable. Didi Gregorius, Endy Chavez, Gerardo Parra, and Paul Goldschmidt are all batting over .300 versus right-handers. Miguel Montero is heating up and has hit righties well at home in the past. Stack-ability 5
- Away Giancarlo Stanton is hot with 2 HRs and 26.25 fp over the last week. Marcell Ozuna is batting .381 versus left-handers but in a 1-20 slump over the last 7 days. Stack-ability 2
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Seattle vs. LA Angels
| 10:05 PM | Seattle – ROAD | LA Angels – HOME | |||||||
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| TEAM BATTING | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | |
| SEASON | 0.237 | 0.685 | 22.00% | 0.50 | 0.262 | 0.748 | 18.30% | 0.61 | |
| VS. LEFT/RIGHT | 0.239 | 0.689 | 22.60% | 0.42 | 0.273 | 0.776 | 17.70% | 0.51 | |
| SP STATS | Harang – RHP | Vargas – LHP | |||||||
| WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | ||
| SEASON | 1.22 | 5.60 | 8.63 | 8.42 | 1.42 | 3.74 | 5.67 | 9.39 | |
| LAST 14 DAYS | 0.90 | 4.76 | 10.54 | 11.05 | 1.88 | 6.17 | 4.02 | 4.10 | |
| BATTER SPLITS | Note: Batter Splits Below Open in Pop Up Window | ||||||||
| SEA vs L | SEA BvP | LAA vs R | LAA BvP | ||||||
What Vegas Says
- Over/Under Total Runs – 8
- Favored Team – LAA -170
Pitcher Grind Down
- Home Jason Vargas ‘s home ERA is a very nice 3.21. He is in play on a multiple pitcher site today thanks to that and the fact that he draws a SEA team that is 5th in the leagues in Ks and 26th in run scored. SEA is batting .229 on the road, .238 versus left-handers, and .233 over the last 7 days. Start-ability 7
- Away You might think of using Aaron Harang again today after that complete game 10 K performances he had against HOU his last time out. In his 2 starts versus LAA he has had much less success pitching 6.2 IP and surrendering 12 ER and recording only 4 Ks. LAA is batting .279 at home, .275 versus right-handers, and .290 over the last 7 days. Start-ability 3
Batter Grind Down
- Home Kendrys Morales is 5-16 with 2 HRs versus Vargas. Jason Bay has 1 HR in 8 AB versus him as well. Morales, Morse, Chavez, and Franklin are all batting over .300 versus left-handers. Stack-ability 3
- Away LAA as a team has a .336 BAA vs Harang so everyone is in play. Albert Pujols is 24-76 with 5 HR off of him. He and a hot Mike Trout are the best Targets. Stack-ability 8
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San Diego vs. San Francisco
| 10:15 PM | San Diego – ROAD | San Francisco – HOME | |||||||
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| TEAM BATTING | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | |
| SEASON | 0.249 | 0.704 | 20.40% | 0.58 | 0.273 | 0.733 | 16.10% | 0.58 | |
| VS. LEFT/RIGHT | 0.252 | 0.716 | 19.00% | 0.45 | 0.268 | 0.730 | 16.00% | 0.45 | |
| SP STATS | Cashner – RHP | Zito – LHP | |||||||
| WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | ||
| SEASON | 1.19 | 3.52 | 6.45 | 7.61 | 1.60 | 4.79 | 5.29 | 7.16 | |
| LAST 14 DAYS | 1.07 | 3.00 | 5.40 | 11.50 | 2.16 | 10.13 | 3.53 | 1.10 | |
| BATTER SPLITS | Note: Batter Splits Below Open in Pop Up Window | ||||||||
| SDP vs L | SDP BvP | SFG vs R | SFG BvP | ||||||
What Vegas Says
- Over/Under Total Runs – 7.5
- Favored Team – SFO -125
Pitcher Grind Down
- Home The midseason Barry Zito dismantling is in full effect. He has given up 4 or more ER in 5 of his last 6 starts. His home ERA is a very low 1.94 on the year however, and he is facing a SDG team that often disappears at the plate. He is the favorite in a game that features a very low OU but I do not trust him. SDG is batting .255 on the road, .252 versus left-handers, and .227 over the last 7 days. Start-ability 3
- Away I trust Edinson Volquez even less. He has been awful all around his 6.87 road ERA is slightly inflated after giving up 9 ER in COL but he has not been good on the road. The OU of 7.5 is low so I wonder what Vegas Knows that I do not because I see this one going over by the 5th. SFO is batting .277 at home, .267 versus right-handers, and .315 over the last 7 days. Start-ability 2
Batter Grind Down
- Home I think everyone is playable from SFO versus the struggling right-hander. A hot Hunter Pence, Buster Posey, and Gregor Blanco are the best targets. Stack-ability 7
- Away Kyle Blanks is currently batting .327 versus left-handers and has been productive over the last 7 days. SDG as a team has a .271 BAA versus Zito so consider everyone playable. Everth Cabrera is unlikely to start after injuring his hamstring on Sunday. Stack-ability 5
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