Stack Em Up: Part Two - Pitchers To Stack Against
Best Pitchers to Stack Against: Home Runs Allowed Per Game
Obviously you want to look for guys with high ERA’s and for games with high over/unders. Sometimes when the wind is blowing out in Wrigley you just shouldn’t care who is pitching and stack em up regardless. The process of picking on pitchers is much more complicated than just breaking down which teams have the most upside, but the fastest way to score points in a GPP with a stack is by hitting the longball.
These pitchers have given up the most so far per start (all pitchers with greater than one home run allowed per start shown):
| PLAYER | HRA | TEAM | STARTS | ERA | HR/Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Stinson | 4 | BAL | 1 | 7.94 | 4.00 |
| Dallas Keuchel | 4 | HOU | 1 | 4.43 | 4.00 |
| Brett Myers | 10 | CLE | 3 | 8.02 | 3.33 |
| Mike Fiers | 3 | MIL | 1 | 7.71 | 3.00 |
| Blake Beavan | 5 | SEA | 2 | 8.27 | 2.50 |
| Alfredo Aceves | 6 | BOS | 3 | 8.66 | 2.00 |
| Allen Webster | 4 | BOS | 2 | 11.74 | 2.00 |
| Carlos Carrasco | 2 | CLE | 1 | 17.18 | 2.00 |
| Barry Enright | 2 | LAA | 1 | 11.37 | 2.00 |
| Jonathan Sanchez | 7 | PIT | 4 | 11.85 | 1.75 |
| Erik Bedard | 9 | HOU | 6 | 6.67 | 1.50 |
| Freddy Garcia | 3 | BAL | 2 | 4.26 | 1.50 |
| Brad Peacock | 7 | HOU | 5 | 9.41 | 1.40 |
| Mark Buehrle | 11 | TOR | 8 | 6.19 | 1.38 |
| Marco Estrada | 11 | MIL | 8 | 5.32 | 1.38 |
| Jeanmar Gomez | 4 | PIT | 3 | 2.28 | 1.33 |
| Hector Santiago | 4 | CHW | 3 | 2.23 | 1.33 |
| David Phelps | 4 | NYY | 3 | 4.33 | 1.33 |
| Ryan Vogelsong | 9 | SFG | 7 | 7.78 | 1.29 |
| Roy Halladay | 9 | PHI | 7 | 8.65 | 1.29 |
| Matt Cain | 10 | SFG | 8 | 5.04 | 1.25 |
| Scott Kazmir | 5 | CLE | 4 | 4.87 | 1.25 |
| Tommy Hanson | 6 | LAA | 5 | 3.86 | 1.20 |
| Aaron Harang | 6 | SEA | 5 | 7.3 | 1.20 |
| Tony Cingrani | 6 | CIN | 5 | 2.89 | 1.20 |
| Jake Peavy | 7 | CHW | 6 | 3.03 | 1.17 |
| Clayton Richard | 7 | SDP | 6 | 8.54 | 1.17 |
| Jeremy Hefner | 8 | NYM | 7 | 4.61 | 1.14 |
| Dan Haren | 8 | WSN | 7 | 5.17 | 1.14 |
| Jeremy Hellickson | 9 | TBR | 8 | 5.25 | 1.13 |
| Jarrod Parker | 9 | OAK | 8 | 6.86 | 1.13 |
| Ryan Dempster | 9 | BOS | 8 | 3.75 | 1.13 |
While there are certainly a few names on this list you can toss out because they were reassigned or released, there is still plenty of interesting info that can be found here. Names like Matt Cain and Ryan Vogelsong from San Francisco stand out, and Mark Buehrle seems like the kind of guy you should be targeting VERY often.
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Best Pitchers To Stack Against: Worst Single Game Performances in 2013
And last but not least, here is the list of all games in which a starting pitcher allowed 8 earned runs or more. These are the worst starts so far in this young 2013 season.
| STARTER | DATE | TEAM | OPP | H | ER | K | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiram Burgos | 11-May | MIL | CIN | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Roy Halladay | 5-May | PHI | MIA | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| Rick Porcello | 20-Apr | DET | LAA | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Barry Zito | 16-Apr | SFG | MIL | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Jonathan Sanchez | 10-Apr | PIT | ARI | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| Matt Cain | 7-Apr | SFG | STL | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Jordan Lyles | 12-May | HOU | TEX | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Jonathon Niese | 11-May | NYM | PIT | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Corey Kluber | 10-May | CLE | DET | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| Allen Webster | 8-May | BOS | MIN | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Marco Estrada | 5-May | MIL | STL | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| Philip Humber | 5-May | HOU | DET | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| Lucas Harrell | 4-May | HOU | DET | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Roy Halladay | 30-Apr | PHI | CLE | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| Edwin Jackson | 30-Apr | CHC | SDP | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| Wade Davis | 29-Apr | KCR | CLE | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Paul Maholm | 26-Apr | ATL | DET | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Saunders | 24-Apr | SEA | HOU | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Aaron Harang | 21-Apr | SEA | TEX | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Philip Humber | 20-Apr | HOU | CLE | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Jarrod Parker | 14-Apr | OAK | DET | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Chris Sale | 13-Apr | CHW | CLE | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Lucas Harrell | 7-Apr | HOU | OAK | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| Cole Hamels | 7-Apr | PHI | KCR | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| David Price | 7-Apr | TBR | CLE | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
There are definitely some shocking names on here. I think the trend you see is that some of the aces who allow huge games to opponents are pitchers who heavily rely on getting people out by way of the K. Sale, Hamels, Price and even Cain are high strikeout guys who can get shelled when contact is made with a hard thrown ball. So don’t sleep on a stack just because they are facing a great pitcher. Be sure to look at what type of pitcher he is as well. Of course for the non-aces listed, they are just horrible pitchers who throw the ball and pray for the best.
I hope all of this helps, I’ll try and update this in a month with new info. Take it easy.