CheeseIsGood's Million Dollar Musings - MLB DFS Strategy: Friday, May 20th
Happy Friday! We’ve got a big 12-game slate tonight, although it looks as if we are more likely to end up with an 11-gamer with the nonsense weather in Colorado. I don’t think anyone is going to be disappointed to remove the Coors Field game from the slate, as that will save us the trouble of figuring out what to do with a Mets team that is well suited for a BABIP friendly ballpark. But for those of you who live in Colorado, hey, enjoy the nonsense!
Friday Night Pitching
While we don’t quite have any of the most elite pitchers in the game, we do have a strong top tier with five pitchers over 28% strikeouts so far this season. At first glance, it all looks very tightly bunched, but let’s see what we find as we dig in.
Top Tier Pitching
Nestor Cortes vs White Sox – 32.5% K, 7.3% BB, 1.35 ERA, 2.72 SIERA
Robbie Ray at Red Sox – 25% K, 9% BB, 4.62 ERA, 3.73 SIERA
Tarik Skubal at Guardians – 28.3% K, 5% BB, 2.50 ERA, 2.80 SIERA
Eric Lauer vs Nationals – 35.5% K, 5.8% BB, 2.60 ERA, 2.33 SIERA
Sean Manaea at Giants – 28.7% K, 8% BB, 3.77 ERA, 3.18 SIERA
Cristian Javier vs Rangers – 29.1% K, 8.7% BB, 3.20 ERA, 3.19 SIERA
Tier Two Options
Luis Castillo at Blue Jays – 3rd start of year, 7:4 K:BB in 9.2 innings
Aaron Civale vs Tigers – 22.3% K, 6.6% BB, 9.85 ERA, 3.99 SIERA
Julio Urias at Phillies – 17.7% K, 5.4% BB, 3.00 ERA, 4.27 SIERA
Ranger Suarez vs Dodgers – 17.6% K, 8.2% BB, 3.72 ERA, 4.31 SIERA
Hyun-Jin Ryu vs Reds – 15.1% K, 5.7% BB, 9.00 ERA, 4.10 SIERA
Chase Silseth vs A’s – 2nd career start
Paul Blackburn at Angels – 20.4% K, 3.5% BB, 1.67 ERA, 3.20 SIERA
Jake Junis vs Padres – 22.5% K, 5% BB, 1.74 ERA, 3.27 SIERA