MLB Daily Grind Down: April 3 - Page 3
One of my favorite things about daily fantasy baseball is that a couple times a week, the games start during the day which is a great way to pass the time at work. There are 3 early games on the schedule and then quite a few night games as well. Today’s Grind Down shows the pitchers and batters that you need to be taking:
| San Diego | NY Mets | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citi Field | 7:10 PM | ||||||
| BALLPARK RATINGS (LEFT/RIGHT) | |||||||
| Left Handed Batters – 0.97 L-Rating, 0.028 HR/AB | Right Handed Batters – 0.92 R-Rating, 0.029 HR/AB | ||||||
| Clayton Richard | Matt Harvey | ||||||
| SEASON | 0-0 REC, 0 ERA, 5.2 Avg IP | SEASON | 0-0 REC, 0 ERA, 5.2 Avg IP | ||||
| PvB | (13-49) H/AB, 2 XBHA, 0 HRA, 9 KA | PvB | (8-21) H/AB, 7 XBHA, 2 HRA, 4 KA | ||||
| LAST 3 | 0-0 REC, 0 IP, 0 ERA | LAST 3 | 0-0 REC, 0 IP, 0 ERA | ||||
| ROAD | 123.1 IP, 4.74 ERA, 0.284 BAA, 4.1 K/9 | HOME | 24 IP, 1.88 ERA, 0.141 BAA, 10.9 K/9 | ||||
| BATTER SPLITS BREAKDOWN | |||||||
| San Diego Batter BvP Splits | San Diego Batters vs. RIGHT | ||||||
| San Diego | H-AB | XBH | OPS | San Diego | H-AB | XBH | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everth Cabrera | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | Everth Cabrera | 77-295 | 20 | 0.685 |
| Logan Forsythe | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Logan Forsythe | 44-185 | 13 | 0.664 |
| Yonder Alonso | 2-3 | 2 | 2.667 | Yonder Alonso | 111-395 | 39 | 0.767 |
| Carlos Quentin | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | Carlos Quentin | 45-182 | 22 | 0.854 |
| Will Venable | 1-3 | 1 | 1.333 | Will Venable | 100-365 | 41 | 0.799 |
| Jedd Gyorko | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Jedd Gyorko | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Maybin | 1-2 | 1 | 1.5 | Cameron Maybin | 81-329 | 20 | 0.654 |
| Nick Hundley | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Nick Hundley | 24-106 | 8 | 0.631 |
| 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| NY Mets Batter BvP Splits | NY Mets Batters vs. LEFT | ||||||
| NY Mets | H-AB | XBH | OPS | NY Mets | H-AB | XBH | OPS |
| Jordany Valdespin | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Jordany Valdespin | 9-37 | 4 | 0.847 |
| Collin Cowgill | 1-3 | 0 | 0.667 | Collin Cowgill | 14-52 | 3 | 0.704 |
| Marlon Byrd | 2-6 | 0 | 0.667 | Marlon Byrd | 17-59 | 2 | 0.673 |
| Ike Davis | 1-9 | 0 | 0.222 | Ike Davis | 33-156 | 13 | 0.644 |
| Lucas Duda | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | Lucas Duda | 28-122 | 6 | 0.639 |
| Justin Turner | 2-4 | 0 | 1 | Justin Turner | 27-92 | 10 | 0.789 |
| John Buck | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | John Buck | 28-140 | 13 | 0.692 |
| Ruben Tejada | 2-6 | 0 | 0.667 | Ruben Tejada | 56-184 | 10 | 0.707 |
| 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
San Diego
- Clayton Richard is the tale of two tapes. At home he is a really solid pitcher, on the road, he just can’t seem to get it together. He is faced with the latter today.
- The Padres offense could be in trouble today against Harvey. Don’t waste your salary on them.
New York
- Matt Harvey had an impressive rookie season and is one of the better pitcher picks today. He has a great matchup against the Padres, is pitching in a pitchers park, and is a guy that gets a lot of strikeouts.
- David Wright is the player I’m looking at today for the Mets. He was .320 against lefties last season and got off to a very nice start the other day.
| Colorado | Milwaukee | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Park | 8:10 PM | ||||||
| BALLPARK RATINGS (LEFT/RIGHT) | |||||||
| Left Handed Batters – 1.03 L-Rating, 0.033 HR/AB | Right Handed Batters – 1.09 R-Rating, 0.046 HR/AB | ||||||
| Juan Nicasio | Wily Peralta | ||||||
| SEASON | 0-0 REC, 0 ERA, 5.1 Avg IP | SEASON | 0-0 REC, 0 ERA, 5.1 Avg IP | ||||
| PvB | (1-18) H/AB, 0 XBHA, 0 HRA, 3 KA | PvB | (2-4) H/AB, 0 XBHA, 0 HRA, 1 KA | ||||
| LAST 3 | 0-0 REC, 0 IP, 0 ERA | LAST 3 | 0-0 REC, 0 IP, 0 ERA | ||||
| ROAD | 25.2 IP, 2.81 ERA, 0.286 BAA, 8.4 K/9 | HOME | 15 IP, 1.2 ERA, 0.24 BAA, 6 K/9 | ||||
| BATTER SPLITS BREAKDOWN | |||||||
| Colorado Batter BvP Splits | Colorado Batters vs. RIGHT | ||||||
| Colorado | H-AB | XBH | OPS | Colorado | H-AB | XBH | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter Fowler | 1-1 | 0 | 2 | Dexter Fowler | 92-306 | 33 | 0.904 |
| Josh Rutledge | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Josh Rutledge | 51-179 | 18 | 0.764 |
| Carlos Gonzalez | 1-1 | 0 | 2 | Carlos Gonzalez | 113-370 | 42 | 0.898 |
| Troy Tulowitzki | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | Troy Tulowitzki | 39-128 | 12 | 0.875 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Michael Cuddyer | 66-252 | 32 | 0.766 |
| Todd Helton | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Todd Helton | 40-175 | 16 | 0.715 |
| Wilin Rosario | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Wilin Rosario | 63-247 | 30 | 0.796 |
| Chris Nelson | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Chris Nelson | 68-213 | 21 | 0.854 |
| 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Milwaukee Batter BvP Splits | Milwaukee Batters vs. RIGHT | ||||||
| Milwaukee | H-AB | XBH | OPS | Milwaukee | H-AB | XBH | OPS |
| Norichika Aoki | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Norichika Aoki | 96-344 | 29 | 0.765 |
| Rickie Weeks | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | Rickie Weeks | 97-418 | 39 | 0.724 |
| Ryan Braun | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | Ryan Braun | 137-421 | 57 | 0.979 |
| Aramis Ramirez | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Aramis Ramirez | 117-401 | 53 | 0.881 |
| Jonathan Lucroy | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | Jonathan Lucroy | 64-210 | 20 | 0.845 |
| Carlos Gomez | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Carlos Gomez | 64-242 | 26 | 0.796 |
| Alex Gonzalez | 1-5 | 0 | 0.4 | Alex Gonzalez | 15-58 | 5 | 0.731 |
| Jean Segura | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Jean Segura | 33-109 | 5 | 0.703 |
| 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado
- Juan Nicasio is a guy that can get a lot of strikeouts, but more often than not, he ends up losing his cool and giving up a bunch of runs. Don’t trust him on the road today.
- I love the Brewer’s bats once again today. Norichika Aoki could be a solid sleeper pick, Rickie Weeks has put together a couple good games, Ryan Braun homered yesterday, and Aramis Ramirez is off to a nice start. I like all of them today.
Milwaukee
- Wily Peralta is a good young pitcher, but so far, neither Gallardo or Estrada were able to slow down the Rockies bats and I don’t think Peralta will be able to either. Focus on the hitters in this one.
- For the Rockies, Cargo and Tulo have both homered in back to back games and there is no reason that they can’t swinging the bats hot against Peralta.
| St. Louis | Arizona | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Field | 9:40 PM | ||||||
| BALLPARK RATINGS (LEFT/RIGHT) | |||||||
| Left Handed Batters – 1.06 L-Rating, 0.029 HR/AB | Right Handed Batters – 1.04 R-Rating, 0.033 HR/AB | ||||||
| Lance Lynn | Brandon McCarthy | ||||||
| SEASON | 0-0 REC, 0 ERA, 5.1 Avg IP | SEASON | 0-0 REC, 0 ERA, 5.2 Avg IP | ||||
| PvB | (6-27) H/AB, 1 XBHA, 0 HRA, 8 KA | PvB | (2-16) H/AB, 1 XBHA, 1 HRA, 2 KA | ||||
| LAST 3 | 0-0 REC, 0 IP, 0 ERA | LAST 3 | 0-0 REC, 0 IP, 0 ERA | ||||
| ROAD | 102 IP, 4.15 ERA, 0.277 BAA, 8.6 K/9 | HOME | 59.1 IP, 2.88 ERA, 0.264 BAA, 6.1 K/9 | ||||
| BATTER SPLITS BREAKDOWN | |||||||
| St. Louis Batter BvP Splits | St. Louis Batters vs. RIGHT | ||||||
| St. Louis | H-AB | XBH | OPS | St. Louis | H-AB | XBH | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Jay | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Jon Jay | 105-341 | 22 | 0.769 |
| Carlos Beltran | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Carlos Beltran | 100-383 | 36 | 0.798 |
| Matt Holliday | 0-4 | 0 | 0.2 | Matt Holliday | 118-412 | 37 | 0.814 |
| Allen Craig | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Allen Craig | 91-297 | 32 | 0.838 |
| Yadier Molina | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Yadier Molina | 106-355 | 32 | 0.826 |
| David Freese | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | David Freese | 96-335 | 31 | 0.824 |
| Matt Carpenter | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Matt Carpenter | 60-213 | 21 | 0.739 |
| Pete Kozma | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Pete Kozma | 14-50 | 5 | 0.767 |
| 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona Batter BvP Splits | Arizona Batters vs. RIGHT | ||||||
| Arizona | H-AB | XBH | OPS | Arizona | H-AB | XBH | OPS |
| Adam Eaton | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Adam Eaton | 12-47 | 3 | 0.758 |
| Martin Prado | 2-5 | 0 | 0.9 | Martin Prado | 114-393 | 33 | 0.767 |
| Aaron Hill | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | Aaron Hill | 119-375 | 46 | 0.909 |
| Miguel Montero | 0-1 | 0 | 0.5 | Miguel Montero | 96-328 | 29 | 0.862 |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Goldschmidt | 72-290 | 27 | 0.716 |
| Jason Kubel | 0-2 | 0 | 0.333 | Jason Kubel | 89-326 | 42 | 0.89 |
| Cody Ross | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | Cody Ross | 81-315 | 34 | 0.732 |
| Cliff Pennington | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Cliff Pennington | 69-313 | 20 | 0.618 |
| 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
St. Louis
- Lance Lynn had an excellent season last year for the Cardinals but has a tough matchup today in Arizona. Pitchers never tend to fare well in Arizona and while I think he will get a decent number of strikeouts, he will give up some runs as well.
- Even though Matt Holliday is 0/4 against McCarthy, the sample is too small to really matter. I think he has another good game tonight. I also like Allen Craig price on a lot of sites, he is going to be expensive here soon.
Arizona
- Brandon McCarthy makes his D-Back debut and they are really hoping for a nice season from him. He is a guy that always pitches well at home, unfortunately his home is now in Arizona. There are better options out there.
- For Arizona, they have a lot of hitters that play well at home, but I’m just not sure who to take. Aaron Hill is probably the guy to target.
| Seattle | Oakland | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O.co Coliseum | 10:07 PM | ||||||
| BALLPARK RATINGS (LEFT/RIGHT) | |||||||
| Left Handed Batters – 0.96 L-Rating, 0.032 HR/AB | Right Handed Batters – 0.9 R-Rating, 0.025 HR/AB | ||||||
| Joe Saunders | Tommy Milone | ||||||
| SEASON | 0-0 REC, 0 ERA, 6 Avg IP | SEASON | 0-0 REC, 0 ERA, 6 Avg IP | ||||
| PvB | (26-87) H/AB, 11 XBHA, 3 HRA, 10 KA | PvB | (23-92) H/AB, 6 XBHA, 2 HRA, 27 KA | ||||
| LAST 3 | 0-0 REC, 0 IP, 0 ERA | LAST 3 | 0-0 REC, 0 IP, 0 ERA | ||||
| ROAD | 91.1 IP, 2.66 ERA, 0.237 BAA, 5.4 K/9 | HOME | 98.2 IP, 2.74 ERA, 0.24 BAA, 5.7 K/9 | ||||
| BATTER SPLITS BREAKDOWN | |||||||
| Seattle Batter BvP Splits | Seattle Batters vs. LEFT | ||||||
| Seattle | H-AB | XBH | OPS | Seattle | H-AB | XBH | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Saunders | 3-11 | 1 | 0.727 | Michael Saunders | 41-162 | 18 | 0.753 |
| Kyle Seager | 4-12 | 1 | 0.917 | Kyle Seager | 53-206 | 17 | 0.726 |
| Kendrys Morales | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | Kendrys Morales | 14-61 | 6 | 0.697 |
| Michael Morse | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Michael Morse | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Smoak | 2-10 | 0 | 0.473 | Justin Smoak | 43-176 | 17 | 0.743 |
| Jesus Montero | 5-11 | 2 | 1.273 | Jesus Montero | 68-221 | 15 | 0.779 |
| Dustin Ackley | 1-8 | 0 | 0.347 | Dustin Ackley | 49-201 | 14 | 0.67 |
| Franklin Gutierrez | 4-8 | 2 | 1.25 | Franklin Gutierrez | 22-72 | 10 | 0.888 |
| Brendan Ryan | 2-10 | 0 | 0.473 | Brendan Ryan | 39-167 | 14 | 0.627 |
| Oakland Batter BvP Splits | Oakland Batters vs. LEFT | ||||||
| Oakland | H-AB | XBH | OPS | Oakland | H-AB | XBH | OPS |
| Coco Crisp | 8-27 | 6 | 0.889 | Coco Crisp | 44-154 | 14 | 0.77 |
| Jed Lowrie | 2-10 | 0 | 0.473 | Jed Lowrie | 18-92 | 8 | 0.684 |
| Yoenis Cespedes | 1-2 | 1 | 2.667 | Yoenis Cespedes | 54-194 | 18 | 0.818 |
| Brandon Moss | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Brandon Moss | 18-53 | 9 | 1.089 |
| Josh Reddick | 1-6 | 0 | 0.333 | Josh Reddick | 45-210 | 24 | 0.746 |
| Seth Smith | 0-6 | 0 | 0 | Seth Smith | 14-68 | 7 | 0.687 |
| John Jaso | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | John Jaso | 7-28 | 1 | 0.619 |
| Scott Sizemore | 2-3 | 0 | 1.333 | Scott Sizemore | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Hiroyuki Nakajima | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
Seattle
- Joe Saunders is not a guy that you want on your fantasy team. He doesn’t get many strikeouts and should be ignored today.
- The line on this game is pretty low and the fact that Oakland is favored doesn’t bode well for the Mariners hitters. Michael Morse could be an option if you are looking for a guy with big upside.
Oakland
- Tommy Milone is a guy that pitches great at home and bad on the road. Luckily for us, he is at home today which is good news. He also faces a Mariners team that is still average offensively. I think he picks up the win.
- I love Yoenis Cespedes today against Saunders. Not only does he already have a homer off of him, but he is good against lefties and can steal bases as well.
| San Francisco | LA Dodgers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodger Stadium | 10:10 PM | ||||||
| BALLPARK RATINGS (LEFT/RIGHT) | |||||||
| Left Handed Batters – 0.95 L-Rating, 0.02 HR/AB | Right Handed Batters – 0.91 R-Rating, 0.026 HR/AB | ||||||
| Tim Lincecum | Josh Beckett | ||||||
| SEASON | 0-0 REC, 0 ERA, 6.1 Avg IP | SEASON | 0-0 REC, 0 ERA, 6 Avg IP | ||||
| PvB | (51-227) H/AB, 12 XBHA, 4 HRA, 73 KA | PvB | (17-56) H/AB, 1 XBHA, 0 HRA, 12 KA | ||||
| LAST 3 | 0-0 REC, 0 IP, 0 ERA | LAST 3 | 0-0 REC, 0 IP, 0 ERA | ||||
| ROAD | 84 IP, 6.43 ERA, 0.274 BAA, 9.6 K/9 | HOME | 83 IP, 4.45 ERA, 0.266 BAA, 7.2 K/9 | ||||
| BATTER SPLITS BREAKDOWN | |||||||
| San Francisco Batter BvP Splits | San Francisco Batters vs. RIGHT | ||||||
| San Francisco | H-AB | XBH | OPS | San Francisco | H-AB | XBH | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Pagan | 2-7 | 0 | 0.661 | Angel Pagan | 111-378 | 39 | 0.802 |
| Marco Scutaro | 6-15 | 1 | 1.004 | Marco Scutaro | 118-396 | 31 | 0.758 |
| Pablo Sandoval | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | Pablo Sandoval | 67-251 | 28 | 0.787 |
| Buster Posey | 0-2 | 0 | 0.333 | Buster Posey | 102-322 | 32 | 0.897 |
| Hunter Pence | 6-14 | 0 | 0.857 | Hunter Pence | 110-400 | 34 | 0.774 |
| Brandon Belt | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | Brandon Belt | 85-297 | 29 | 0.793 |
| Gregor Blanco | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Gregor Blanco | 66-278 | 16 | 0.651 |
| Brandon Crawford | 1-2 | 0 | 1.167 | Brandon Crawford | 88-349 | 26 | 0.65 |
| 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| LA Dodgers Batter BvP Splits | LA Dodgers Batters vs. RIGHT | ||||||
| LA Dodgers | H-AB | XBH | OPS | LA Dodgers | H-AB | XBH | OPS |
| Skip Schumaker | 7-22 | 2 | 0.348 | Skip Schumaker | 67-229 | 17 | 0.746 |
| Mark Ellis | 5-15 | 1 | 0.444 | Mark Ellis | 52-234 | 13 | 0.585 |
| Matt Kemp | 9-42 | 1 | 0.292 | Matt Kemp | 65-236 | 24 | 0.813 |
| Adrian Gonzalez | 8-42 | 0 | 0.244 | Adrian Gonzalez | 120-415 | 47 | 0.805 |
| Andre Ethier | 12-43 | 5 | 0.354 | Andre Ethier | 104-349 | 40 | 0.846 |
| Luis Cruz | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | Luis Cruz | 53-168 | 15 | 0.789 |
| A.J. Ellis | 1-9 | 0 | 0.467 | A.J. Ellis | 79-285 | 21 | 0.789 |
| Nick Punto | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | Nick Punto | 29-127 | 8 | 0.636 |
| 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
San Francisco
- Tim Lincecum is looking to have a bounce back year and he gets to start it off against a team that he has had great success against. Looking at the BvP, you can see that none of the Dodger hitters have many good at bats against him. He is still a wild card though so take him with caution.
- With so many games that could be high scoring, I wouldn’t bother too much with this one.
Los Angeles
- Josh Beckett is in the same boat as Lincecum, looking to bounce back after a down year. He pitched pretty well for the Dodgers last season, especially when they were at home. I actually think he is a really good pick tonight.
- Lincecum has great numbers against all the batters from LA, but you never know with Lincecum. I think I will use Matt Kemp in a few places just because of how cheap he is.