MLB Daily Grind Down May 26th
The RotoGrinders MLB Grind Down article will give you an in-depth analysis into the MLB schedule. This article will break down the numbers for every single game and give you analysis on which trends you can exploit.
While matchups are a major factor in daily fantasy baseball, there are plenty of other factors to consider such as injuries, weather, and salaries. The analysis should point you in the right direction, but it is still up to you to decipher the information and make your own selections. No sport has more variance than baseball. The best choice is not always the right choice but following the trends will win you money over time. (any fp listed uses Fanduel’s scoring system)
Happy Sunday. looks like two great days of early baseball are in store for us over the next few days. Todays matchups are filled with an ample supply of great pitching so make sure you have a high quality ace in your LUs today because one of them is going to probably have a monster day. When pitchers have monster days you need them in your LUs in order to have a chance to win.
Minnesota at Detroit
| Minnesota | Detroit | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comerica Park | 1:05 PM | ||||||
| Mike Pelfrey – (3-4), 6.69 ERA, 4.26 K/9, 1.81 WHIP | Max Scherzer – (6-0), 3.61 ERA, 10.87 K/9, 0.91 WHIP | ||||||
| PvB | (43-111 H/AB) 0.387 BA-A, 6.31 K%, 1.099 OPS-A | PvB | (30-104 H/AB) 0.288 BA-A, 27.88 K%, 0.885 OPS-A | ||||
| ROAD | (1-2), 7.43 ERA, 2 HRA, 6.1 K/9, 1.65 WHIP | HOME | (4-0), 5.85 ERA, 4 HRA, 10.3 K/9, 1.113 WHIP | ||||
| BATTER SPLITS BREAKDOWN | |||||||
MIN BvP  | MIN vs R | DET BvP | DET vs R | ||||
| Note: Batter Splits Above Open in Pop Up Window | |||||||
Las Vegas
- OU 9
- Favored DET -240
Pitchers
- Home Max Scherzer has the most upside out of any player going today and is a -240 favorite. The OU is high but there should be more than enough Ks to offset in ERs he may have. There may not be any ERs. MIN is batting .235 on the road, .239 versus right-handers, and .231 over the last 7 days. Target
- Away Mike Pelfrey 6.67 ERA on the year is a red flag. The fact that DET has a .387 BAA vs. him is a black flag. Run quick. Avoid
Batters
- Home Ladies and Gentlemen Start your DET stacks. A red hot Miguel Cabrera with 56 fp over the last 7 days and Omar Infante with his 15-32 BvP line are noticeably good plays.
- Away If you are playing the fade then Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau and Josh Willingham ‘s numbers versus Max are pretty good. Willingham has been hot producing 25 fp.
Baltimore at Toronto
| Baltimore | Toronto | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Centre | 1:07 PM | ||||||
| Miguel Gonzalez – (2-2), 4.25 ERA, 5.77 K/9, 1.3 WHIP | Chad Jenkins – (1-0), 3.6 ERA, 3.6 K/9, 1.6 WHIP | ||||||
| PvB | (16-63 H/AB) 0.254 BA-A, 14.29 K%, 0.825 OPS-A | PvB | (5-16 H/AB) 0.313 BA-A, 6.25 K%, 0.875 OPS-A | ||||
| ROAD | (1-2), 4.18 ERA, 2 HRA, 6.5 K/9, 1.352 WHIP | HOME | NO DATA | ||||
| BATTER SPLITS BREAKDOWN | |||||||
| BAL BvP | BAL vs R | TOR BvP | TOR vs R | ||||
| Note: Batter Splits Above Open in Pop Up Window | |||||||
Las Vegas
- OU 10
- Favored BAL -111
Pitchers
You have two lackluster pitchers on the mound and a high OU. Do not play either of them. Avoid
Batters
- Home Edwin Encarnacion has 2 HR in 9 Ab versus Gonzalez. Adam Lind is 4-8 versus him. Jose Bautista has been hot with 34.25 fp over the last 7 days.
- Away Chris Davis, Adam Jones, and Nick Markakis have all produced 28 or more fp in the last 7 days. Those 3 plus Nate McLouth and Manny Machado have batting averages over .300 versus right-handers.
Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati
| Chicago Cubs | Cincinnati | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great American Ball Park | 1:10 PM | ||||||
| Matt Garza – (0-0), 0 ERA, 9 K/9, 0.8 WHIP | Johnny Cueto – (2-0), 3.22 ERA, 10.59 K/9, 1.12 WHIP | ||||||
| PvB | (17-69 H/AB) 0.246 BA-A, 23.19 K%, 0.768 OPS-A | PvB | (32-150 H/AB) 0.213 BA-A, 19.33 K%, 0.633 OPS-A | ||||
| ROAD | NO DATA | HOME | (1-0), 2.77 ERA, 2 HRA, 10.4 K/9, 1.154 WHIP | ||||
| BATTER SPLITS BREAKDOWN | |||||||
| CHC BvP | CHC vs R | CIN BvP | CIN vs R | ||||
| Note: Batter Splits Above Open in Pop Up Window | |||||||
Las Vegas
- OU 7.5
- Favored CIN -183
Pitchers
- Home Johnny Cueto was not exactly sharp in his return but he was not bad either. He gets the ball at home where he is 2.77 pitcher. He is also a 2.77 pitcher in day games. He is a huge favorite so consider him a safe play. with safe plays you have to worry about overlay in GPPs. CHC is batting .219 on the road, .253 versus right-handers, and .238 over the last 7 days. Target
- Away Matt Garza threw 5 IP giving up only 1 Hit. He was limited to 80 pitches in that start which is normal coming off of an injury. Do not expect that number to be limited so the 10 fp he scored last time out is probably his high water mark. CIN is batting .265 at home, .251 versus right-handers, and .280 over the last 7 days.
Batters
- Home Garza looked good against PIT but coming into CIN is a whole different ball game. Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips have been hot producing 29 and 24.25 fp. Jay Bruce has positive BvPs verus Garza. Shin-Soo Choo has been slumping producing only 3.5 fp over the last 7 but gains the traditional splits in his favor. His home batting average and batting average versus right-handers are still both well over .300
- Away There will be plenty of teams to draw offense from why waste your time on a cold Cubs team batting .219 on the road.
Cleveland at Boston
| Cleveland | Boston | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fenway Park | 1:35 PM | ||||||
| Corey Kluber – (3-3), 5.19 ERA, 8.68 K/9, 1.38 WHIP | Felix Doubront – (3-2), 5.61 ERA, 9.4 K/9, 1.73 WHIP | ||||||
| PvB | (5-14 H/AB) 0.357 BA-A, 14.29 K%, 0.857 OPS-A | PvB | (16-63 H/AB) 0.254 BA-A, 30.16 K%, 0.651 OPS-A | ||||
| ROAD | (3-1), 5.4 ERA, 2 HRA, 7.9 K/9, 1.292 WHIP | HOME | (2-0), 5.79 ERA, 0 HRA, 9.6 K/9, 1.554 WHIP | ||||
| BATTER SPLITS BREAKDOWN | |||||||
| CLE BvP | CLE vs L | BOS BvP | BOS vs R | ||||
| Note: Batter Splits Above Open in Pop Up Window | |||||||
Las Vegas
- OU 10
- Favored BOS -130
Pitchers
- Home Felix Doubront is actually a good low salary gamble today because he has a decent K/9. He was very good at home a year ago but has struggled this year but if you want a high risk/reward GPP play he is your guy today. CLE has been hot so I emphasize the HIGH RISK part. They are batting .275 on the road, .283 versus left-handers, and .278 over the last 7 days. In Play
- Away Corey Kluber road ERA makes a big jump to 5.40. BOS hit him the last time he faced them batting .357. Kluber’s low K/9 make him only useful as a matchup play if you like him on the road in BOS then use him. If you like him on the road in BOS then just stop playing daily fantasy. BOS is batting .269 at home, .275 versus right-handers, and .262 over the last 7 days. avoid
Batters
- Home Dustin Pedroia remains hot. Kluber normally pitches well enough that a load is not reccomendable but there is not a player starting that I cannot a way that they see could not have a good game against him.
- Away CLE feeds on lefties so consider all of their right handed bats playable. Even Michael Bourn is batting .353 versus left-handers. Michael Brantley has been hot with 33 fp over the last week.
Philadelphia at Washington
| Philadelphia | Washington | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationals Park | 1:35 PM | ||||||
| Cole Hamels – (1-7), 4.45 ERA, 8.25 K/9, 1.28 WHIP | Stephen Strasburg – (2-5), 2.66 ERA, 8.71 K/9, 1.12 WHIP | ||||||
| PvB | (51-201 H/AB) 0.254 BA-A, 25.37 K%, 0.756 OPS-A | PvB | (7-28 H/AB) 0.25 BA-A, 25 K%, 0.929 OPS-A | ||||
| ROAD | (1-2), 3.52 ERA, 3 HRA, 8.2 K/9, 1.435 WHIP | HOME | (1-3), 1.08 ERA, 1 HRA, 8.6 K/9, 0.88 WHIP | ||||
| BATTER SPLITS BREAKDOWN | |||||||
| PHI BvP | PHI vs R | WSN BvP | WSN vs L | ||||
| Note: Batter Splits Above Open in Pop Up Window | |||||||
Las Vegas
- OU 6.5
- Favored WAS -155
Pitchers
- Home How good Stephen Strasburg is has kind of gotten lost behind all of the Matt Harvey hype. In his last start he all gave up 9 Fly Balls. 5 of those where for outs and 3 of those were for hits. His K/9 totals are not where they were at before his surgery but it is still a 8.67 which is pushing elite status. He catches a weak PHI team batting .245 on the road, .243 versus right-handers, and .253 over the last 7 days.
- Away Cole Hamels has been struggling but his troubles have all come at home. He is 3.53 pithcer on the road this year and he had avery strong 10 K outing versus MIA I Know, I Know last time out. WAS is batting .243 at home, .195 versus left-handers, and .224 over the last 7 days. Hamels is a nice against the grain GPP play. In Play
Batters
- Home Adam LaRoche is 8-25 with 4 HRs verus Hamels. Bryce Harper is 5-13 with 1 Hr but only batting .169 versus left-handed pitching on the year.. Denard Span is 3-7 also. Ryan Zimmerman has been WAS hottest player with 17.75 fp over the last week. He is batting .290 versus left-handers.
- Away If you are playing the fade then the left-handed bat of Domonic Brown has been hot producing 29 fp over the last week.
