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MLB DFS First Look on DraftKings and FanDuel: Saturday, October 4th

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2025-10-03 16:06:03

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The MLB DFS First Look, complete with sortable odds, a pitcher breakdown, and team offense rankings, will help you get an early start on the upcoming DraftKings and FanDuel slates that are loaded into our MLB DFS optimizer, LineupHQ.

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MLB Odds & Schedule

Away Pitcher Handed Line A-Total Home Pitcher Handed Line H-Total G-Total Time (ET)
Chicago Cubs Colin Rea RHP 128 3.32 Milwaukee Brewers Freddy Peralta RHP -152 4.18 7.5 2:08 PM
New York Yankees Luis Gil RHP 106 3.53 Toronto Blue Jays Shane Bieber RHP -124 3.97 7.5 4:08 PM
Los Angeles Dodgers Shohei Ohtani LHP 106 3.53 Philadelphia Phillies Cristopher Sanchez LHP -124 3.97 7.5 6:38 PM
Detroit Tigers Tarik Skubal LHP 184 2.75 Seattle Mariners Luis Castillo RHP -220 4.25 7.0 8:38 PM


Playbook

Pitcher Breakdown

Note: All statistics are from the 2025 season.
Pitcher Team Handed Opponent Line Total DK FD xwOBA xERA SIERA ERA K% BB% SS% GB% HC% Time (ET)
Freddy Peralta MIL RHP vs CHC -152 7.5 0.298 3.47 3.72 2.65 28% 9% 13% 37% 28% 2:08 PM
Colin Rea CHC RHP at MIL 128 7.5 0.341 4.66 4.43 4.10 19% 7% 9% 39% 30% 2:08 PM
Shane Bieber TOR RHP vs NYY -124 7.5 0.338 4.57 3.24 3.57 25% 4% 13% 50% 40% 4:08 PM
Luis Gil NYY RHP at TOR 106 7.5 0.345 4.79 5.70 3.33 18% 14% 9% 30% 30% 4:08 PM
Cristopher Sanchez PHI LHP vs LAD -124 7.5 0.278 2.99 3.07 2.66 26% 6% 14% 58% 32% 6:38 PM
Shohei Ohtani LAD LHP at PHI 106 7.5 0.252 2.45 2.78 3.29 33% 5% 14% 42% 30% 6:38 PM
Luis Castillo SEA RHP vs DET -220 7.0 0.322 4.10 4.13 3.63 21% 6% 11% 41% 35% 8:38 PM
Tarik Skubal DET LHP at SEA 184 7.0 0.266 2.73 2.70 2.23 32% 4% 17% 40% 28% 8:38 PM

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Offense Breakdown (Team Stats by Handedness)

Note: All statistics are from the 2025 season.
Offense Total TvsLHP TvsRHP Opponent Opp Pitcher Handed PvsLHB PvsRHB Time (ET)
Chicago Cubs 3.32 0.323 0.319 at MIL Freddy Peralta RHP 0.278 0.297 2:08 PM
Milwaukee Brewers 4.18 0.330 0.326 vs. CHC Colin Rea RHP 0.371 0.296 2:08 PM
New York Yankees 3.53 0.343 0.339 at TOR Shane Bieber RHP 0.162 0.365 4:08 PM
Toronto Blue Jays 3.97 0.324 0.331 vs. NYY Luis Gil RHP 0.312 0.279 4:08 PM
Los Angeles Dodgers 3.53 0.334 0.329 at PHI Cristopher Sanchez LHP 0.235 0.288 6:38 PM
Philadelphia Phillies 3.97 0.319 0.338 vs. LAD Shohei Ohtani LHP 0.168 0.320 6:38 PM
Detroit Tigers 2.75 0.343 0.313 at SEA Luis Castillo RHP 0.357 0.258 8:38 PM
Seattle Mariners 4.25 0.331 0.342 vs. DET Tarik Skubal LHP 0.219 0.251 8:38 PM

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Hitter Breakdown (Stats by Handedness)

Note: All statistics are from the 2025 season.
Batter Team Handed Order Total xwOBA xISO wOBA ISO wRC+ HC% BB% K% DK Pos FD Pos Opponent Opp Pitcher Handed P-wOBAvL P-xFIPvL P-K%vL P-wOBAvR P-xFIPvR P-K%vR Time (ET)
Michael Busch CHC LH 1 3.32 0.392 0.295 0.357 0.233 132 40% 11% 26% at MIL Freddy Peralta RHP 0.278 4.06 27% 0.297 3.44 31% 2:08 PM
Nico Hoerner CHC RH 2 3.32 0.327 0.100 0.304 0.086 96 25% 7% 9% at MIL Freddy Peralta RHP 0.278 4.06 27% 0.297 3.44 31% 2:08 PM
Ian Happ CHC SH 3 3.32 0.363 0.204 0.347 0.201 125 40% 14% 24% at MIL Freddy Peralta RHP 0.278 4.06 27% 0.297 3.44 31% 2:08 PM
Kyle Tucker CHC LH 4 3.32 0.382 0.218 0.397 0.257 161 35% 16% 15% at MIL Freddy Peralta RHP 0.278 4.06 27% 0.297 3.44 31% 2:08 PM
Seiya Suzuki CHC RH 5 3.32 0.365 0.250 0.348 0.206 125 34% 9% 28% at MIL Freddy Peralta RHP 0.278 4.06 27% 0.297 3.44 31% 2:08 PM
Carson Kelly CHC RH 6 3.32 0.331 0.184 0.315 0.162 104 33% 9% 19% at MIL Freddy Peralta RHP 0.278 4.06 27% 0.297 3.44 31% 2:08 PM
Pete Crow-Armstrong CHC LH 7 3.32 0.334 0.242 0.328 0.214 112 32% 6% 23% at MIL Freddy Peralta RHP 0.278 4.06 27% 0.297 3.44 31% 2:08 PM
Dansby Swanson CHC RH 8 3.32 0.355 0.221 0.292 0.150 88 34% 8% 26% at MIL Freddy Peralta RHP 0.278 4.06 27% 0.297 3.44 31% 2:08 PM
Matt Shaw CHC RH 9 3.32 0.311 0.140 0.285 0.142 83 26% 8% 21% at MIL Freddy Peralta RHP 0.278 4.06 27% 0.297 3.44 31% 2:08 PM
Christian Yelich MIL LH 1 4.18 0.346 0.205 0.377 0.223 144 36% 12% 23% vs. CHC Colin Rea RHP 0.371 4.51 18% 0.296 4.19 19% 2:08 PM
Jackson Chourio MIL RH 2 4.18 0.319 0.182 0.332 0.206 113 34% 5% 21% vs. CHC Colin Rea RHP 0.371 4.51 18% 0.296 4.19 19% 2:08 PM
Brice Turang MIL LH 3 4.18 0.342 0.173 0.326 0.139 110 35% 10% 19% vs. CHC Colin Rea RHP 0.371 4.51 18% 0.296 4.19 19% 2:08 PM
Jakob Bauers MIL LH 4 4.18 0.364 0.223 0.310 0.168 99 39% 13% 33% vs. CHC Colin Rea RHP 0.371 4.51 18% 0.296 4.19 19% 2:08 PM
Sal Frelick MIL LH 5 4.18 0.306 0.087 0.321 0.111 106 23% 8% 14% vs. CHC Colin Rea RHP 0.371 4.51 18% 0.296 4.19 19% 2:08 PM
Caleb Durbin MIL RH 6 4.18 0.316 0.109 0.326 0.135 109 26% 6% 12% vs. CHC Colin Rea RHP 0.371 4.51 18% 0.296 4.19 19% 2:08 PM
Isaac Collins MIL SH 7 4.18 0.324 0.109 0.342 0.128 121 35% 14% 22% vs. CHC Colin Rea RHP 0.371 4.51 18% 0.296 4.19 19% 2:08 PM
Andruw Monasterio MIL RH 8 4.18 0.294 0.152 0.302 0.109 94 35% 6% 29% vs. CHC Colin Rea RHP 0.371 4.51 18% 0.296 4.19 19% 2:08 PM
Danny Jansen MIL RH 9 4.18 0.305 0.155 0.287 0.152 83 31% 9% 21% vs. CHC Colin Rea RHP 0.371 4.51 18% 0.296 4.19 19% 2:08 PM
Trent Grisham NYY LH 1 3.53 0.377 0.253 0.358 0.247 133 39% 14% 24% at TOR Shane Bieber RHP 0.162 1.69 38% 0.365 3.99 17% 4:08 PM
Aaron Judge NYY RH 2 3.53 0.476 0.420 0.460 0.345 205 44% 16% 24% at TOR Shane Bieber RHP 0.162 1.69 38% 0.365 3.99 17% 4:08 PM
Cody Bellinger NYY LH 3 3.53 0.332 0.175 0.321 0.186 107 28% 9% 15% at TOR Shane Bieber RHP 0.162 1.69 38% 0.365 3.99 17% 4:08 PM
Ben Rice NYY LH 4 3.53 0.410 0.282 0.342 0.219 122 43% 10% 20% at TOR Shane Bieber RHP 0.162 1.69 38% 0.365 3.99 17% 4:08 PM
Giancarlo Stanton NYY RH 5 3.53 0.368 0.291 0.365 0.302 140 46% 8% 33% at TOR Shane Bieber RHP 0.162 1.69 38% 0.365 3.99 17% 4:08 PM
Jazz Chisholm NYY LH 6 3.53 0.358 0.258 0.349 0.235 125 34% 11% 27% at TOR Shane Bieber RHP 0.162 1.69 38% 0.365 3.99 17% 4:08 PM
Austin Wells NYY LH 7 3.53 0.303 0.190 0.314 0.210 104 33% 10% 23% at TOR Shane Bieber RHP 0.162 1.69 38% 0.365 3.99 17% 4:08 PM
Anthony Volpe NYY RH 8 3.53 0.313 0.184 0.281 0.155 81 32% 6% 25% at TOR Shane Bieber RHP 0.162 1.69 38% 0.365 3.99 17% 4:08 PM
Ryan McMahon NYY LH 9 3.53 0.333 0.210 0.317 0.176 91 40% 12% 30% at TOR Shane Bieber RHP 0.162 1.69 38% 0.365 3.99 17% 4:08 PM
George Springer TOR RH 1 3.97 0.417 0.290 0.359 0.205 134 37% 10% 18% vs. NYY Luis Gil RHP 0.312 5.03 22% 0.279 5.19 21% 4:08 PM
Nathan Lukes TOR LH 2 3.97 0.319 0.133 0.319 0.144 105 30% 9% 12% vs. NYY Luis Gil RHP 0.312 5.03 22% 0.279 5.19 21% 4:08 PM
Vladimir Guerrero TOR RH 3 3.97 0.396 0.206 0.381 0.199 150 41% 10% 14% vs. NYY Luis Gil RHP 0.312 5.03 22% 0.279 5.19 21% 4:08 PM
Addison Barger TOR LH 4 3.97 0.342 0.209 0.315 0.209 103 41% 7% 23% vs. NYY Luis Gil RHP 0.312 5.03 22% 0.279 5.19 21% 4:08 PM
Davis Schneider TOR RH 5 3.97 0.331 0.226 0.317 0.189 107 37% 12% 29% vs. NYY Luis Gil RHP 0.312 5.03 22% 0.279 5.19 21% 4:08 PM
Daulton Varsho TOR LH 6 3.97 0.341 0.280 0.318 0.261 107 40% 8% 29% vs. NYY Luis Gil RHP 0.312 5.03 22% 0.279 5.19 21% 4:08 PM
Alejandro Kirk TOR RH 7 3.97 0.368 0.201 0.320 0.111 107 39% 9% 11% vs. NYY Luis Gil RHP 0.312 5.03 22% 0.279 5.19 21% 4:08 PM
Ernie Clement TOR RH 8 3.97 0.292 0.100 0.291 0.105 87 22% 4% 10% vs. NYY Luis Gil RHP 0.312 5.03 22% 0.279 5.19 21% 4:08 PM
Andres Gimenez TOR LH 9 3.97 0.313 0.110 0.288 0.102 86 23% 6% 16% vs. NYY Luis Gil RHP 0.312 5.03 22% 0.279 5.19 21% 4:08 PM
Shohei Ohtani LAD LH 1 3.53 0.439 0.384 0.380 0.267 146 41% 9% 27% at PHI Cristopher Sanchez LHP 0.235 2.64 23% 0.288 2.89 26% 6:38 PM
Mookie Betts LAD RH 2 3.53 0.338 0.159 0.322 0.170 106 36% 9% 10% at PHI Cristopher Sanchez LHP 0.235 2.64 23% 0.288 2.89 26% 6:38 PM
Freddie Freeman LAD LH 3 3.53 0.357 0.203 0.361 0.208 133 35% 8% 23% at PHI Cristopher Sanchez LHP 0.235 2.64 23% 0.288 2.89 26% 6:38 PM
Teoscar Hernandez LAD RH 4 3.53 0.331 0.202 0.325 0.217 108 41% 4% 18% at PHI Cristopher Sanchez LHP 0.235 2.64 23% 0.288 2.89 26% 6:38 PM
Max Muncy LAD LH 5 3.53 0.388 0.271 0.256 0.159 61 38% 9% 28% at PHI Cristopher Sanchez LHP 0.235 2.64 23% 0.288 2.89 26% 6:38 PM
Andy Pages LAD RH 6 3.53 0.325 0.177 0.342 0.117 120 27% 4% 22% at PHI Cristopher Sanchez LHP 0.235 2.64 23% 0.288 2.89 26% 6:38 PM
Enrique Hernandez LAD RH 7 3.53 0.291 0.175 0.299 0.220 90 40% 10% 22% at PHI Cristopher Sanchez LHP 0.235 2.64 23% 0.288 2.89 26% 6:38 PM
Miguel Rojas LAD RH 8 3.53 0.298 0.111 0.379 0.223 145 32% 10% 13% at PHI Cristopher Sanchez LHP 0.235 2.64 23% 0.288 2.89 26% 6:38 PM
Ben Rortvedt LAD LH 9 3.53 0.246 0.063 0.255 0.000 60 11% 5% 14% at PHI Cristopher Sanchez LHP 0.235 2.64 23% 0.288 2.89 26% 6:38 PM
Harrison Bader PHI RH 1 3.97 0.303 0.153 0.309 0.167 96 36% 8% 36% vs. LAD Shohei Ohtani LHP 0.168 1.55 41% 0.320 3.47 27% 6:38 PM
Kyle Schwarber PHI LH 2 3.97 0.414 0.338 0.400 0.336 157 43% 13% 28% vs. LAD Shohei Ohtani LHP 0.168 1.55 41% 0.320 3.47 27% 6:38 PM
Bryce Harper PHI LH 3 3.97 0.379 0.232 0.356 0.211 127 36% 9% 21% vs. LAD Shohei Ohtani LHP 0.168 1.55 41% 0.320 3.47 27% 6:38 PM
Alec Bohm PHI RH 4 3.97 0.332 0.143 0.347 0.172 121 46% 8% 16% vs. LAD Shohei Ohtani LHP 0.168 1.55 41% 0.320 3.47 27% 6:38 PM
Brandon Marsh PHI LH 5 3.97 0.342 0.175 0.258 0.092 60 35% 10% 37% vs. LAD Shohei Ohtani LHP 0.168 1.55 41% 0.320 3.47 27% 6:38 PM
J.T. Realmuto PHI RH 6 3.97 0.323 0.161 0.260 0.124 62 34% 6% 26% vs. LAD Shohei Ohtani LHP 0.168 1.55 41% 0.320 3.47 27% 6:38 PM
Max Kepler PHI LH 7 3.97 0.338 0.197 0.257 0.091 60 28% 8% 23% vs. LAD Shohei Ohtani LHP 0.168 1.55 41% 0.320 3.47 27% 6:38 PM
Bryson Stott PHI LH 8 3.97 0.318 0.148 0.251 0.037 55 26% 8% 17% vs. LAD Shohei Ohtani LHP 0.168 1.55 41% 0.320 3.47 27% 6:38 PM
Edmundo Sosa PHI RH 9 3.97 0.300 0.149 0.372 0.190 138 33% 5% 24% vs. LAD Shohei Ohtani LHP 0.168 1.55 41% 0.320 3.47 27% 6:38 PM
Gleyber Torres DET RH 1 2.75 0.371 0.195 0.307 0.099 99 30% 11% 19% at SEA Luis Castillo RHP 0.357 4.89 18% 0.258 3.36 25% 8:38 PM
Kerry Carpenter DET LH 2 2.75 0.347 0.249 0.378 0.289 147 36% 5% 23% at SEA Luis Castillo RHP 0.357 4.89 18% 0.258 3.36 25% 8:38 PM
Wenceel Perez DET SH 3 2.75 0.320 0.159 0.304 0.158 96 36% 7% 22% at SEA Luis Castillo RHP 0.357 4.89 18% 0.258 3.36 25% 8:38 PM
Spencer Torkelson DET RH 4 2.75 0.346 0.239 0.311 0.173 100 35% 9% 29% at SEA Luis Castillo RHP 0.357 4.89 18% 0.258 3.36 25% 8:38 PM
Riley Greene DET LH 5 2.75 0.347 0.266 0.373 0.253 143 38% 10% 29% at SEA Luis Castillo RHP 0.357 4.89 18% 0.258 3.36 25% 8:38 PM
Dillon Dingler DET RH 6 2.75 0.360 0.186 0.293 0.120 86 33% 4% 25% at SEA Luis Castillo RHP 0.357 4.89 18% 0.258 3.36 25% 8:38 PM
Zach McKinstry DET LH 7 2.75 0.308 0.108 0.306 0.153 97 27% 9% 22% at SEA Luis Castillo RHP 0.357 4.89 18% 0.258 3.36 25% 8:38 PM
Javier Baez DET RH 8 2.75 0.276 0.133 0.257 0.135 62 25% 3% 25% at SEA Luis Castillo RHP 0.357 4.89 18% 0.258 3.36 25% 8:38 PM
Parker Meadows DET LH 9 2.75 0.300 0.127 0.311 0.179 101 26% 9% 25% at SEA Luis Castillo RHP 0.357 4.89 18% 0.258 3.36 25% 8:38 PM
Randy Arozarena SEA RH 1 4.25 0.336 0.192 0.329 0.223 117 40% 6% 24% vs. DET Tarik Skubal LHP 0.219 2.58 28% 0.251 2.71 33% 8:38 PM
Cal Raleigh SEA SH 2 4.25 0.384 0.324 0.428 0.406 185 43% 9% 30% vs. DET Tarik Skubal LHP 0.219 2.58 28% 0.251 2.71 33% 8:38 PM
Julio Rodriguez SEA RH 3 4.25 0.357 0.211 0.336 0.241 122 43% 7% 24% vs. DET Tarik Skubal LHP 0.219 2.58 28% 0.251 2.71 33% 8:38 PM
Josh Naylor SEA LH 4 4.25 0.339 0.162 0.326 0.150 110 27% 5% 18% vs. DET Tarik Skubal LHP 0.219 2.58 28% 0.251 2.71 33% 8:38 PM
Jorge Polanco SEA SH 5 4.25 0.349 0.197 0.362 0.212 140 26% 6% 18% vs. DET Tarik Skubal LHP 0.219 2.58 28% 0.251 2.71 33% 8:38 PM
Eugenio Suarez SEA RH 6 4.25 0.324 0.251 0.319 0.309 105 42% 12% 30% vs. DET Tarik Skubal LHP 0.219 2.58 28% 0.251 2.71 33% 8:38 PM
Dominic Canzone SEA LH 7 4.25 0.383 0.235 0.328 0.075 117 24% 11% 21% vs. DET Tarik Skubal LHP 0.219 2.58 28% 0.251 2.71 33% 8:38 PM
Victor Robles SEA RH 8 4.25 0.240 0.087 0.276 0.022 81 18% 4% 17% vs. DET Tarik Skubal LHP 0.219 2.58 28% 0.251 2.71 33% 8:38 PM
J.P. Crawford SEA LH 9 4.25 0.335 0.123 0.302 0.111 99 23% 12% 19% vs. DET Tarik Skubal LHP 0.219 2.58 28% 0.251 2.71 33% 8:38 PM

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