Daily Pitcher Breakdown: May 26th

The Daily Pitcher Breakdown goes in-depth to look at nearly every pitching option, with a focus on the best targets for each night. Sometimes there will be a best of the rest section featuring guys who are likely low-dollar options with some upside for those of you who prefer to load your lineup with hitting studs.

There will also be a contingent of the starters that you can ignore each day. They offer no discernible upside so they aren’t worth your time. Because it is baseball and a 162-game season, there are going to be times when guys from the ignore group go off, but we’re dealing with probabilities in the daily game so the goal is to give yourself the best odds for success, not find needle in the proverbial haystack that finally doesn’t poke you.

Surprise, I’m filling in for Sporer today!

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Daily Pitcher Chart

Pitcher TM OPP IP ERA SIERA WHIP GEM% K% BB% HR/9 G/F
Buchholz BOS ATL 47 6.32 4.35 1.85 33.3% 15.4% 7.1% 1.34 1.19
Santana ATL BOS 52.2 3.42 3.34 1.25 50.0% 22.5% 6.6% 0.68 1.52
Cumpton PIT NYM 12.2 4.26 3.55 0.98 50.0% 17.3% 1.9% 0.00 1.25
Degrom NYM PIT 13 2.77 4.20 1.00 50.0% 20.8% 10.4% 2.08 0.83
Eovaldi MIA WAS 60.2 3.41 3.38 1.30 50.0% 20.2% 5.1% 0.74 1.54
Roark WAS MIA 55.1 3.42 3.90 1.14 55.6% 18.4% 6.6% 0.81 1.23
Tillman BAL MIL 57.2 4.21 4.41 1.40 30.0% 17.3% 9.0% 1.09 1.05
Lohse MIL BAL 67.1 2.67 3.62 1.06 60.0% 19.9% 4.8% 0.94 0.99
Tepesch TEX MIN 11.2 3.09 3.44 1.07 25.5% 10.6% 0.77 1.88
Correia MIN TEX 48.1 6.52 4.79 1.58 22.2% 11.9% 5.9% 0.93 0.96
Tomlin CLE CWS 21.2 2.91 3.93 0.94 66.7% 16.5% 3.5% 1.66 0.86
Quintana CWS CLE 61.1 3.67 3.63 1.28 40.0% 19.2% 6.3% 0.59 1.64
Samardzija CHC SFG 68 1.46 3.63 1.09 80.0% 19.9% 7.7% 0.26 1.94
Petit SFG CHC 34 4.76 3.10 1.29 33.3% 22.9% 5.6% 1.06 1.14
Smyly DET OAK 39.1 2.97 3.80 1.25 50.0% 23.1% 10.0% 0.92 0.87
Milone OAK DET 47.1 3.99 4.73 1.25 37.5% 14.8% 7.9% 0.95 0.77
Skaggs LAA SEA 58.2 4.14 3.84 1.13 44.4% 16.4% 5.9% 0.77 1.71
Young SEA LAA 51 3.53 6.19 1.20 37.5% 9.0% 9.5% 1.41 0.47
Whitley NYY STL 9 1.00 3.71 1.22 18.4% 7.9% 0.00 2.00
Wacha STL NYY 60.1 2.54 3.04 1.15 60.0% 26.4% 6.8% 0.60 1.23
Chacin COL PHI 22.2 4.76 5.36 1.49 25.0% 11.3% 10.3% 1.19 1.04
Kendrick PHI COL 55.2 4.53 4.28 1.32 22.2% 14.3% 6.2% 1.29 1.38
Bedard TBR TOR 37.2 2.63 4.78 1.26 28.6% 17.2% 11.0% 0.24 0.75
Hutchison TOR TBR 60 3.45 3.45 1.18 30.0% 23.9% 7.3% 0.75 0.89
Cueto CIN LAD 77.1 1.86 2.63 0.74 90.0% 28.4% 6.2% 0.81 1.70
Ryu LAD CIN 45 3.20 3.53 1.29 62.5% 20.8% 6.3% 0.40 1.40
Feldman HOU KCR 41.2 3.02 4.29 1.26 57.1% 12.4% 6.8% 0.65 2.03
Ventura KCR HOU 54.2 2.80 3.08 1.14 44.4% 24.9% 7.1% 0.99 1.68
Ross SDP ARI 64.2 2.64 3.35 1.25 60.0% 22.9% 9.7% 0.84 2.68
McCarthy ARI SDP 61.2 4.67 2.98 1.26 40.0% 21.2% 4.6% 1.31 2.26


Pitchers to Target Today

I’m filling in for Sporer today on the holiday. I don’t want to cramp his style, so instead I’ll offer my thoughts on some of the better pitching options for today as well as some guys you might be considering who I think would be better off fading

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The Hard Pass

Below are some bigger name guys who might seem appealing but I’ll be fading today.

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Stack Em Up

Below are pitchers I’ll be stacking against today:


Pitcher Advanced Stats and Stats Against

Pitcher wOBA vs L ERA vs L wOBA vs R ERA vs R AVG OPS BABIP FIP AVG-A Pit/G Strk%
Buchholz 0.377 5.06 0.414 8.24 0.226 0.631 1.850 6.32 0.084 93.11 64.3%
Santana 0.329 3.75 0.291 3.18 0.241 0.679 1.230 3.42 0.16 95.50 64.3%
Cumpton 0.240 6.75 0.309 3.12 0.220 0.626 0.950 4.26 0.154 96.00 67.2%
Degrom 0.217 2.35 0.462 3.60 0.245 0.685 1.000 2.77 0.104 93.50 59.9%
Eovaldi 0.382 3.74 0.236 3.00 0.233 0.666 1.290 3.41 0.152 100.30 67.4%
Roark 0.321 4.50 0.264 2.36 0.257 0.752 1.140 3.42 0.118 93.78 63.9%
Tillman 0.328 4.22 0.301 4.21 0.253 0.702 1.390 4.21 0.082 101.20 63.1%
Lohse 0.337 3.62 0.227 2.03 0.269 0.713 1.050 2.67 0.151 99.80 67.0%
Tepesch 0.344 4.50 0.053 0.250 0.720 1.030 3.09 0.149 108.00 63.0%
Correia 0.361 5.88 0.370 7.25 0.245 0.662 1.570 6.52 0.059 87.22 61.8%
Tomlin 0.320 3.86 0.238 1.80 0.266 0.745 0.920 2.91 0.129 84.75 66.4%
Quintana 0.323 4.26 0.301 3.56 0.227 0.638 1.270 3.67 0.129 103.60 62.4%
Samardzija 0.294 1.99 0.226 1.02 0.242 0.711 1.090 1.46 0.121 102.40 65.1%
Petit 0.372 6.59 0.294 3.60 0.227 0.638 1.290 4.76 0.174 39.15 66.2%
Smyly 0.161 0.77 0.358 4.00 0.243 0.708 1.250 2.97 0.131 76.33 63.2%
Milone 0.316 2.53 0.309 4.42 0.276 0.776 1.250 3.99 0.069 92.25 63.6%
Skaggs 0.346 5.59 0.277 3.88 0.249 0.659 1.130 4.14 0.105 93.89 64.6%
Young 0.307 2.79 0.311 4.71 0.250 0.730 1.200 3.53 -0.005 87.22 61.0%
Whitley 0.283 1.80 0.272 0.263 0.697 1.220 1.00 0.105 72.50 62.1%
Wacha 0.269 2.33 0.288 2.76 0.248 0.705 1.140 2.54 0.196 95.10 67.0%
Chacin 0.342 2.70 0.387 6.57 0.239 0.663 1.460 4.76 0.01 92.50 61.1%
Kendrick 0.413 7.23 0.274 3.19 0.289 0.818 1.310 4.53 0.082 99.78 62.1%
Bedard 0.335 4.15 0.237 2.17 0.249 0.751 1.250 2.63 0.061 84.88 61.4%
Hutchison 0.301 3.22 0.302 3.91 0.248 0.686 1.180 3.45 0.166 96.50 63.6%
Cueto 0.183 1.07 0.227 2.49 0.275 0.779 0.740 1.86 0.222 108.10 64.1%
Ryu 0.320 3.86 0.284 2.73 0.231 0.654 1.290 3.20 0.146 92.38 65.4%
Feldman 0.327 2.29 0.291 3.86 0.256 0.666 1.250 3.02 0.057 94.86 64.2%
Ventura 0.298 3.30 0.275 2.19 0.215 0.655 1.130 2.80 0.178 99.56 64.8%
Ross 0.245 1.95 0.340 3.45 0.252 0.691 1.240 2.64 0.131 100.80 61.4%
McCarthy 0.317 3.68 0.332 5.63 0.222 0.620 1.25 4.67 0.165 91.90 67.8%


Starting Pitcher Salaries

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