MLB Daily Grind Down: Saturday, July 27th page three
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Kansas City vs. Chicago White Sox
| 7:10 PM | Kansas City – ROAD | Chicago White Sox – HOME | |||||||
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| TEAM BATTING | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | |
| SEASON | 0.255 | 0.684 | 17.20% | 0.53 | 0.250 | 0.687 | 20.30% | 0.53 | |
| VS. LEFT/RIGHT | 0.264 | 0.694 | 17.20% | 0.40 | 0.256 | 0.701 | 20.50% | 0.42 | |
| SP STATS | Davis – RHP | Sale – LHP | |||||||
| WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | ||
| SEASON | 1.76 | 5.89 | 8.31 | 7.51 | 1.01 | 2.85 | 9.83 | 13.94 | |
| LAST 14 DAYS | 1.80 | 14.40 | 10.80 | 3.00 | 1.94 | 4.05 | 11.61 | 15.20 | |
| BATTER SPLITS | Note: Batter Splits Below Open in Pop Up Window | ||||||||
KCR vs L  | KCR BvP | CHW vs R | CHW BvP | ||||||
What Vegas Says
- Over/Under Total Runs – 7.5
- Favored Team – CHW -165
Pitcher Grind Down
- Home Chris Sale has been really good at home on the year and he is the other obvious play of the night. KAN offense is one of the worst in baseball to begin with and they are a very left-hand heavy team which makes the Sale play that much better since he is holding left-handed hitters to a extremely low BAA. The only question is will CHW score enough runs or any runs for him to get the win. RG Start-Ability 9
- Away Wade Davis gets a pretty nice matchup today. He is a pretty average pitcher but CHW has been a below average team. If I am not playing Sale then I am taking Davis on a multiple pitcher site. RG Start-Ability 6
Batter Grind Down
- Home Until CHW produces runs with more reliability then I Am not interested in any of them RG Stack Rating 2
- Away If you are playing the fade the I would roll with Billy Butler who has been hot and has had success versus Sale. RG Stack Rating 2
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San Diego vs. Arizona
| 8:10 PM | San Diego – ROAD | Arizona – HOME | |||||||
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| TEAM BATTING | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | |
| SEASON | 0.245 | 0.691 | 20.60% | 0.55 | 0.255 | 0.704 | 18.50% | 0.54 | |
| VS. LEFT/RIGHT | 0.252 | 0.721 | 20.00% | 0.45 | 0.256 | 0.711 | 19.20% | 0.44 | |
| SP STATS | Cashner – RHP | Skaggs – LHP | |||||||
| WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | ||
| SEASON | 1.27 | 3.81 | 6.08 | 7.21 | 1.31 | 4.03 | 7.76 | 9.80 | |
| LAST 14 DAYS | 2.00 | 3.60 | 9.00 | 8.00 | 2.68 | 6.23 | 6.59 | 4.10 | |
| BATTER SPLITS | Note: Batter Splits Below Open in Pop Up Window | ||||||||
| SDP vs L | SDP BvP | ARI vs R | ARI BvP | ||||||
What Vegas Says
- Over/Under Total Runs – 8.5
- Favored Team – ARI -116
Pitcher Grind Down
- Home Tyler Skaggs has been good in his first 6 starts. His only really bad start came in STL. There are many stats I like about him. He has a 3.38 home ERA, a nice WHIP of 1.22, and has 31 Ks in 35 IP. The problem is the sample size is a little too small for me to jump right into him. Vegas feels the same way as me based on the OU and line. SDG is batting .255 on the road, .253 versus left-handers, and .278 over the last 7 days. RG Start-Ability 6
- Away Andrew Cashner has 2 things not working for him today. He is a 5.07 pitcher on the road and ARI has stung him for a 6.00 ERA vs them on the year. With only 73 KS 21 games there is not much reason to take him today versus this good home team. ARI is batting .255 at home, .256 versus right-handers, and .274 over the last 7 days. *RG Start-Ability *
Batter Grind Down
- Home Martin Prado and Paul Goldschmidt have both been hot for ARI. Didi Gregorius is still batting at a high clip versus right-handers. RG Stack Rating
- Away Chase Headley has become like Adam Dunn to me 2 years ago when he had that horrible season. Yes, I was playing daily fantasy back then. I just kept plugging him in my LUs because I kept thinking he is going to return the player he once was and after every HR I thought he was back on track. Headley has 1 HR in 4 AB versus Skaggs. Up until this year, he went crazy went he left SDG and was very good against left-handed pitching. He has looked good over the last week as well. Yonder Alonso, Jesus Guzman and Carlso Quentin are your hot players from SDG. Everth Cabrera is batting .365 versus left-handed pitching RG Stack Rating 2
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Milwaukee vs. Colorado
| 8:10 PM | Milwaukee – ROAD | Colorado – HOME | |||||||
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| TEAM BATTING | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | |
| SEASON | 0.256 | 0.713 | 19.50% | 0.55 | 0.264 | 0.746 | 19.80% | 0.62 | |
| VS. LEFT/RIGHT | 0.255 | 0.716 | 18.50% | 0.43 | 0.255 | 0.698 | 19.60% | 0.40 | |
| SP STATS | Gorzelanny – LHP | McHugh – RHP | |||||||
| WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | ||
| SEASON | 1.07 | 1.88 | 8.62 | 2.72 | 2.14 | 10.29 | 3.86 | 0.67 | |
| LAST 14 DAYS | 0.67 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 10.00 | |||||
| BATTER SPLITS | Note: Batter Splits Below Open in Pop Up Window | ||||||||
| MIL vs R | MIL BvP | COL vs L | COL BvP | ||||||
What Vegas Says
- Over/Under Total Runs – 10
- Favored Team – COL -120
Pitcher Grind Down
- Home Collin McHugh is much better pitcher at home than he is on the road. His ERA at home is a 9.00. Dead man walking. Dead man walking on the Green Mile. MIL .248 on the road, .253 versus right-handers, and .229 over the last 7 days. RG Start-Ability 1
- Away If you look at Tom Gorzelanny line on the year it is elite. He does not throw that many pitcher per game though and it is hard for me to pull the trigger on anyone in COL but this COL team just got shutdown (or at least shutdown for COL) for 4 games by a talented young MIA. Tom is neither all that talented or young but he is inducing groundballs and getting Ks. I wouldn’t play him but I would temper my expectations for COL offense also. COL is batting .276 at home, .253 versus right-handers, and .240 over the last 7 days. RG Start-Ability 3
Batter Grind Down
- Home Gorzelanny has been solid versus left-handers so I would avoid Carlos Gonzalez even if he plays. Troy Tulowitzki and Michael Cuddyer are bith batting over .350 at home.Dexter Flower is 4-11 with 1 HR versus Gorzelanny RG Stack Rating 6
- Away My only decision here is do I want to play MIL stack or a DET stack. They both look so good. Oh who am I kidding? I’ll just play them both! RG Stack Rating 10
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Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco
| 9:05 PM | Chicago Cubs – ROAD | San Francisco – HOME | |||||||
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| TEAM BATTING | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | |
| SEASON | 0.243 | 0.712 | 19.10% | 0.56 | 0.263 | 0.705 | 17.30% | 0.53 | |
| VS. LEFT/RIGHT | 0.233 | 0.706 | 22.00% | 0.44 | 0.266 | 0.702 | 17.50% | 0.40 | |
| SP STATS | Rusin – LHP | Bumgarner – LHP | |||||||
| WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | ||
| SEASON | 1.94 | 8.10 | 5.81 | 2.10 | 0.96 | 2.93 | 8.73 | 12.85 | |
| LAST 14 DAYS | 0.93 | 1.93 | 7.71 | 13.50 | |||||
| BATTER SPLITS | Note: Batter Splits Below Open in Pop Up Window | ||||||||
| CHC vs L | CHC BvP | SFG vs L | SFG BvP | ||||||
What Vegas Says
- Over/Under Total Runs – 7
- Favored Team – SFO -240
Pitcher Grind Down
- Home Madison Bumgarner is a huge favorite today and with good reason. He ran into a rough stretch of games but he is back on track here in July with a 2.14 ERA. He was completely dominant at home to start the season with a 2.55 ERA and draws a very weak CHC team that lost one of its best bats to NYY. CHC is batting .232 on the road, .241 versus left-handers and .231 over the last 7 day. RG Start-Ability 9
- Away Chris Rusin is not going to pitch more than 80 pitches in this game and he is huge underdog today. Plus, he is facing a team that circles the dates on their calendar that they will be facing left-handed pitching. SFO is batting .267 at home, .264 versus left-handers, and .246 over the last 7 days. RG Start-Ability 1
Batter Grind Down
- Home Marco Scutaro, Buster Posey, Hunter Pence, Pablo Sandoval and Brandon Belt, and Andres Torres all hit left handers at a high clip. Pablo Sandoval has been hot with 20 fp over the last week. RG Stack Rating 8
- Away Pop quiz. Name me six cubs position players and the other 4 Cubs starting pitchers. Well if you do not know then I am not going to tell you. RG Stack Rating 1
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Cincinnati vs. LA Dodgers
| 9:10 PM | Cincinnati – ROAD | LA Dodgers – HOME | |||||||
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| TEAM BATTING | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | AVG | OPS | K% | FPAB | |
| SEASON | 0.250 | 0.721 | 20.10% | 0.58 | 0.262 | 0.715 | 18.30% | 0.55 | |
| VS. LEFT/RIGHT | 0.246 | 0.716 | 19.70% | 0.45 | 0.263 | 0.715 | 18.10% | 0.42 | |
| SP STATS | Arroyo – RHP | Ryu – LHP | |||||||
| WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | WHIP | ERA | K/9 | FPPG | ||
| SEASON | 1.14 | 3.42 | 5.04 | 9.33 | 1.26 | 3.09 | 7.20 | 10.96 | |
| LAST 14 DAYS | 0.57 | 1.29 | 3.86 | 13.00 | 1.80 | 9.00 | 5.40 | 3.00 | |
| BATTER SPLITS | Note: Batter Splits Below Open in Pop Up Window | ||||||||
| CIN vs L | CIN BvP | LAD vs R | LAD BvP | ||||||
What Vegas Says
- Over/Under Total Runs – 7.5
- Favored Team – LAD -125
Pitcher Grind Down
- Home Hyun-Jin Ryu home ERA is very good at 1.90. He has run into a few bad starts in a row but those were on the road. There are 2 things about him that I find alarming. First, he is a reverse split pitcher. Left-handers are batting .297 versus him on the year and CIN’s best hitters are left-handers and both Votto and Bruce are batting over .280 versus left-handers. . Second, his K totals are dwindling. He has recorded only 9 in the month of July. CIN is batting .253 on the road, .254 versus right-handers, and .294 over the last 7 days RG Start-Ability 5
- Away Bronson Arroyo is having a great year at home but he is a very average pitcher on the road. I am still not convinced that his ERA is real and I will not be paying upper mid-range pricing for him when I believe he is a lower mid-range pitcher. LAD is very hot. They are batting .256 at home, .266 versus right-handers, and .313 over the last 7 days. RG Start-Ability 4
Batter Grind Down
- Home Arroyo is allowing left-handers to hit .288 versus him. Cue Hanley Ramirez, Adrian Gonzalez and Andre Either. All 3 have been very hot over the last 7 days. Andre Either is 11-34 with 1 HR versus Arroyo. Hanley Ramirez is 7-21 with 1 HR. Yasiel Puig Hanley Ramirez, Adrian Gonzalez, Andre Either and Carl Crawford are all batting over .280 versus right-handed hitters. RG Stack Rating 5
- Away Joey Votto and Jay Bruce are both hot for CIN. Brandon Phillips and Todd Frazier are the other suggested plays since they hit left-handers at a high clip as well. I would avoid Choo he is batting only .178 versus left-handers on the year. RG Stack Rating 3
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