MLB Daily Grind Down May 21st Part 3
Kansas City at Houston
| Kansas City | Houston | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minute Maid Park | 8:10 PM | ||||||
| Wade Davis – (3-3), 5.98 ERA, 6.72 K/9, 1.89 WHIP | Bud Norris – (4-4), 4.32 ERA, 5.94 K/9, 1.54 WHIP | ||||||
| PvB | (1-12 H/AB) 0.083 BA-A, 16.67 K%, 0.167 OPS-A | PvB | (3-15 H/AB) 0.2 BA-A, 0 K%, 0.8 OPS-A | ||||
| ROAD | (2-1), 4.95 ERA, 2 HRA, 5.9 K/9, 1.9 WHIP | HOME | (3-1), 2.3 ERA, 3 HRA, 5.7 K/9, 1.372 WHIP | ||||
| BATTER SPLITS BREAKDOWN | |||||||
KCR BvP  | KCR vs R | HOU BvP | HOU vs R | ||||
| Note: Batter Splits Above Open in Pop Up Window | |||||||
Las Vegas
- OU 8.5
- Favored KC -120
Pitchers
- Home
- Away Wade Davis has been getting lit up lately. In his last 4 starts, he has allowed 4, 7, 1, and 8 earned runs. He has been even worse on the road. While the matchup with the Astros is usually a green light for pitchers, I am siding with the Astros in this one. Avoid
- Batters Bud Norris happens to be one of my favorite value plays today. If you look at his numbers as a whole, they aren’t great. But he is such a different pitcher at home and he has been this same way over the last few years. This season, Norris is 3-1 at home with a 2.30 ERA. His strikeout numbers are down a bit this season, but they are still decent at 6 per 9 innings. Target
- Home When the Astros have good offensive performances, you usually don’t see them coming it rarely comes from the players you would expect it to be. That said, the players with the best possibility of having good games tonight are Carlos Pena, Chris Carter, and Jason Castro. All hit righties well.
- Away The Royals have been pretty cold of late and run into a pitcher that loves that home cooking. Like I said, I think Norris is a great play so I am personally staying away from the Royals.
Arizona at Colorado
| Arizona | Colorado | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coors Field | 8:40 PM | ||||||
| Ian Kennedy – (2-3), 4.88 ERA, 7.19 K/9, 1.36 WHIP | Jhoulys Chacin – (3-3), 4.07 ERA, 5.57 K/9, 1.31 WHIP | ||||||
| PvB | (47-185 H/AB) 0.254 BA-A, 25.41 K%, 0.751 OPS-A | PvB | (22-87 H/AB) 0.253 BA-A, 18.39 K%, 0.793 OPS-A | ||||
| ROAD | (0-2), 4.94 ERA, 4 HRA, 7.2 K/9, 1.183 WHIP | HOME | (2-2), 4.97 ERA, 0 HRA, 4.3 K/9, 1.263 WHIP | ||||
| BATTER SPLITS BREAKDOWN | |||||||
| ARI BvP | ARI vs R | COL BvP | COL vs R | ||||
| Note: Batter Splits Above Open in Pop Up Window | |||||||
Las Vegas
- OU 9.5
- Favored COL -121
Pitchers
- Home It’s sort of an unwritten rule not to take pitchers when they are playing in Coors Field. While as a competitor, I would certainly welcome anyone that wants to take pitchers in this game, as a fellow Grinder, I am going to highly recommend you don’t do that. Jhoulys Chacin = Avoid
- Away Think of Patrick Corbin performance as one of the crazy aberrations in baseball, not as a sign of things to come. Ian Kennedy = Avoid
Batters
- Home The Rockies bats sure went cold last night, but I expect them to get going again tonight against Kennedy. The Rockies are known to switch their lineup up each day, so once it comes out, adjust your lineup accordingly.
- Away Miguel Montero managed to put a nice game together last night and is a great value play at catcher again tonight against the RHP Chacin. The left hand bat of Jason Kubel also looks to be a good play if he is in the lineup. And finally, Paul Goldschmidt in Coors? YEP!
Seattle at LA Angels
| Seattle | LA Angels | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Stadium | 10:05 PM | ||||||
| Aaron Harang – (1-4), 7.3 ERA, 8.55 K/9, 1.42 WHIP | Jerome Williams – (2-1), 3.05 ERA, 5.43 K/9, 1.1 WHIP | ||||||
| PvB | (42-127 H/AB) 0.331 BA-A, 11.02 K%, 1.047 OPS-A | PvB | (26-114 H/AB) 0.228 BA-A, 23.68 K%, 0.553 OPS-A | ||||
| ROAD | (0-2), 8.44 ERA, 3 HRA, 9.3 K/9, 1.406 WHIP | HOME | (1-1), 3.72 ERA, 3 HRA, 7 K/9, 1.034 WHIP | ||||
| BATTER SPLITS BREAKDOWN | |||||||
| SEA BvP | SEA vs R | LAA BvP | LAA vs R | ||||
| Note: Batter Splits Above Open in Pop Up Window | |||||||
Las Vegas
- OU 8.5
- Favored LAA -145
Pitchers
- Home This Mariners offense is sure frustrating. Some nights you expect them to have a bad game (the Phil Hughes debacle) and they go off and other nights their matchup is good and they disappear. Tonight, Vegas like Jerome Williams, so I am going to say that they Mariner’s will have another good night offensively. Williams is in play in GPP’s though. In Play
- Away Aaron Harang against the like of Trout, Pujols, Trumbo, and Hamilton? No thank you. Avoid
Batters
- Home Albert Pujols is starting to heat up and has had some pretty good success off of Harang throughout the years. I also like Mike Trout anytime he faces an average pitcher. Trumbo and Hamilton both have the potential to hit homers as well tonight.
- Away Kendrys Morales has been picking it up lately and gets to face his former team. I like the revenge factor here even though it doesn’t actually add any value. Michael Morse and Kyle Seager are also in play.
St. Louis at San Diego
| St. Louis | San Diego | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petco Park | 10:10 PM | ||||||
| Adam Wainwright – (5-3), 2.51 ERA, 8.83 K/9, 1.01 WHIP | Edinson Volquez – (3-4), 5.55 ERA, 5.79 K/9, 1.58 WHIP | ||||||
| PvB | (15-80 H/AB) 0.188 BA-A, 30 K%, 0.525 OPS-A | PvB | (26-85 H/AB) 0.306 BA-A, 24.71 K%, 0.953 OPS-A | ||||
| ROAD | (3-1), 3.48 ERA, 2 HRA, 8 K/9, 1.307 WHIP | HOME | (2-2), 4.91 ERA, 3 HRA, 7 K/9, 1.364 WHIP | ||||
| BATTER SPLITS BREAKDOWN | |||||||
| STL BvP | STL vs R | SDP BvP | SDP vs R | ||||
| Note: Batter Splits Above Open in Pop Up Window | |||||||
Las Vegas
- OU 7.0
- Favored STL -130
Pitchers
- Home Edison Volquez has managed to score positive fantasy points in each of his last few starts, but his strikeout numbers are down drastically from last year. He doesn’t have a lot of upside and the matchup against the Cardinals isn’t a great one. Avoid
- Away The Padres managed to score a few runs on Shelby Miller last night, but I think they will struggle against Adam Wainwright. Give me Wainwright in a pitcher’s park against a bad offense any day of the week. Target
Batters
- Home Like I said, Wainwright in a pitcher’s park means bad things for the Padres offense.
- Away This game should be pretty low scoring, but Matt Holliday is 7/17 against Volquez with 2 HR’s. David Freese is also a good value play.
Washington at San Francisco
| Washington | San Francisco | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T Park | 10:15 PM | ||||||
| Stephen Strasburg – (2-5), 2.83 ERA, 8.67 K/9, 1.12 WHIP | Matt Cain – (3-2), 5.43 ERA, 7.86 K/9, 1.21 WHIP | ||||||
| PvB | (7-39 H/AB) 0.179 BA-A, 30.77 K%, 0.615 OPS-A | PvB | (32-126 H/AB) 0.254 BA-A, 19.84 K%, 0.794 OPS-A | ||||
| ROAD | (1-2), 4.18 ERA, 4 HRA, 8.6 K/9, 1.299 WHIP | HOME | (2-1), 5.4 ERA, 2 HRA, 6.8 K/9, 1.12 WHIP | ||||
| BATTER SPLITS BREAKDOWN | |||||||
| WSN BvP | WSN vs R | SFG BvP | SFG vs R | ||||
| Note: Batter Splits Above Open in Pop Up Window | |||||||
Las Vegas
- OU 6.5
- Favored SF -115
Pitchers
- Home This game is going to be a great one. Matt Cain vs. Strasburg. Vegas has the over/under at 6.5 and I think that’s even a little high. Both of these pitchers are similarly priced on sites across the board and both have similar upside. The deciding factor for me is that Cain will be at home where he has dominated throughout his career. Target
- Away If you want to go against the grain, Stephen Strasburg is your guy tonight. He has struggled on the road this season, but has really looked close to putting it all together in his last couple starts. In Play
Batters
- *Why oh why would you want to take hitters from this game when you can take hitters against plenty of other bad pitchers?
