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MLB DFS First Look: Thursday, August 18th - Sortable Odds, Salaries, Stats

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2022-08-18 22:17:13

The MLB First Look, complete with sortable odds, a pitcher breakdown, and team offense rankings, will help you get an early start on the upcoming slate.

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MLB Schedule & Vegas Lines

Away Pitcher Handed Line Home Pitcher Handed Line Run Total Time (ET) Slate
Boston Red Sox Josh Winckowski RHP -153 Pittsburgh Pirates JT Brubaker RHP 130 8.5 7:05 Main
Toronto Blue Jays Jose Berrios RHP 137 New York Yankees Frankie Montas RHP -160 8.5 7:05 Main
Kansas City Royals Max Castillo RHP 165 Tampa Bay Rays Luis Patino RHP -195 7.5 7:10 Main
New York Mets Jacob deGrom RHP -135 Atlanta Braves Max Fried LHP 115 7.0 7:20 Main
Washington Nationals Anibal Sanchez RHP 306 San Diego Padres Yu Darvish RHP -382 8.0 9:40 Main

Pitcher Breakdown

All pitching stats are from the 2022 season.

Pitcher Team Handed Line DraftKings FanDuel SIERA ERA K% BB% SS% GB% HC% Opponent Time (ET) Slate
Josh Winckowski BOS RHP -153 $7,100 $7,000 4.81 4.69 14% 8% 7% 51% 28% at PIT 7:05 Main
JT Brubaker PIT RHP 130 $6,300 $8,400 4.05 4.45 23% 9% 12% 43% 34% vs BOS 7:05 Main
Jose Berrios TOR RHP 137 $6,700 $8,200 4.06 5.61 20% 6% 9% 38% 31% at NYY 7:05 Main
Frankie Montas NYY RHP -160 $7,300 $9,400 3.57 3.59 25% 7% 13% 46% 29% vs TOR 7:05 Main
Max Castillo KCR RHP 165 $7,100 $5,500 3.19 3.05 25% 6% 10% 52% 29% at TBR 7:10 Main
Luis Patino TBR RHP -195 $6,700 $5,600 6.67 6.75 8% 10% 4% 32% 39% vs KCR 7:10 Main
Jacob deGrom NYM RHP -135 $10,300 $12,000 0.92 1.62 50% 2% 25% 41% 33% at ATL 7:20 Main
Max Fried ATL LHP 115 $8,500 $10,500 3.35 2.60 23% 5% 12% 51% 25% vs NYM 7:20 Main
Anibal Sanchez WAS RHP 306 $5,500 $6,300 5.18 7.20 16% 10% 8% 37% 41% at SDP 9:40 Main
Yu Darvish SDP RHP -382 $9,000 $10,600 3.40 3.40 25% 5% 12% 39% 28% vs WAS 9:40 Main

Offense Breakdown (Team Stats by Handedness)

All team stats are from the 2022 season.

Offense Total TvsLHP TvsRHP Opponent Opp Pitcher Handed PvsLHB PvsRHB Time (ET) Slate
Pittsburgh Pirates 3.85 0.286 0.295 vs BOS Josh Winckowski RHP 0.377 0.330 7:05 Main
Boston Red Sox 4.65 0.344 0.312 at PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.343 0.336 7:05 Main
New York Yankees 4.71 0.346 0.329 vs TOR Jose Berrios RHP 0.378 0.334 7:05 Main
Toronto Blue Jays 3.79 0.319 0.326 at NYY Frankie Montas RHP 0.319 0.270 7:05 Main
Tampa Bay Rays 4.38 0.306 0.312 vs KCR Max Castillo RHP 0.320 0.226 7:10 Main
Kansas City Royals 3.13 0.305 0.298 at TBR Luis Patino RHP 0.312 0.675 7:10 Main
Atlanta Braves 3.29 0.361 0.328 vs NYM Jacob deGrom RHP 0.128 0.142 7:20 Main
New York Mets 3.71 0.321 0.347 at ATL Max Fried LHP 0.246 0.262 7:20 Main
San Diego Padres 5.52 0.332 0.337 vs WAS Anibal Sanchez RHP 0.309 0.486 9:40 Main
Washington Nationals 2.48 0.290 0.293 at SDP Yu Darvish RHP 0.241 0.301 9:40 Main

Hitter Breakdown (Stats by Handedness)

All batting stats are from the 2022 season.

Batter Team Handed Order Total wOBA ISO HC% BB% K% DK Pos FD Pos Opponent Opp Pitcher Handed PvsLHB PvsRHB Time (ET) Slate
Tommy Pham BOS RH 1 4.65 0.293 0.134 40% 10% 28% $4,800 OF $3,300 OF at PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.343 0.336 7:05 Main
Rafael Devers BOS LH 2 4.65 0.413 0.302 39% 9% 15% $5,500 3B $4,200 3B at PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.343 0.336 7:05 Main
Xander Bogaerts BOS RH 3 4.65 0.331 0.127 33% 8% 22% $4,300 SS $3,200 SS at PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.343 0.336 7:05 Main
Alex Verdugo BOS LH 4 4.65 0.316 0.122 32% 6% 11% $3,000 OF $3,000 OF at PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.343 0.336 7:05 Main
J.D. Martinez BOS RH 5 4.65 0.318 0.137 37% 8% 25% $4,000 OF $3,100 OF at PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.343 0.336 7:05 Main
Christian Arroyo BOS RH 6 4.65 0.339 0.149 33% 5% 12% $2,000 2B $2,300 OF/3B/2B at PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.343 0.336 7:05 Main
Reese McGuire BOS LH 7 4.65 0.278 0.056 14% 4% 17% $2,000 C $2,000 C at PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.343 0.336 7:05 Main
Bobby Dalbec BOS RH 8 4.65 0.261 0.153 28% 7% 32% $2,800 1B/3B $2,400 1B at PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.343 0.336 7:05 Main
Jarren Duran BOS LH 9 4.65 0.306 0.177 33% 6% 28% $2,200 OF $2,800 OF at PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.343 0.336 7:05 Main
Tucupita Marcano PIT LH 1 3.85 0.266 0.122 24% 6% 30% $2,000 2B/OF $2,300 OF/3B vs BOS Josh Winckowski RHP 0.377 0.330 7:05 Main
Kevin Newman PIT RH 2 3.85 0.251 0.096 17% 5% 21% $3,100 2B/SS $2,500 2B/SS vs BOS Josh Winckowski RHP 0.377 0.330 7:05 Main
Bryan Reynolds PIT SH 3 3.85 0.356 0.226 29% 11% 23% $4,100 OF $3,100 OF vs BOS Josh Winckowski RHP 0.377 0.330 7:05 Main
Ben Gamel PIT LH 4 3.85 0.336 0.148 40% 12% 23% $2,600 OF $2,500 OF vs BOS Josh Winckowski RHP 0.377 0.330 7:05 Main
Rodolfo Castro PIT SH 5 3.85 0.267 0.063 18% 9% 26% $2,500 2B/3B $2,200 3B/SS vs BOS Josh Winckowski RHP 0.377 0.330 7:05 Main
Oneil Cruz PIT LH 6 3.85 0.289 0.225 36% 7% 29% $3,900 SS $3,100 SS vs BOS Josh Winckowski RHP 0.377 0.330 7:05 Main
Greg Allen PIT SH 7 3.85 0.235 0.031 33% 8% 31% $2,000 OF $2,300 OF vs BOS Josh Winckowski RHP 0.377 0.330 7:05 Main
Bligh Madris PIT LH 8 3.85 0.222 0.082 36% 9% 25% $2,000 1B/OF $2,200 OF vs BOS Josh Winckowski RHP 0.377 0.330 7:05 Main
Tyler Heineman PIT SH 9 3.85 0.269 0.069 16% 6% 14% $2,000 C $2,000 C vs BOS Josh Winckowski RHP 0.377 0.330 7:05 Main
George Springer TOR RH 1 3.79 0.358 0.223 30% 9% 19% $5,200 OF $3,800 OF at NYY Frankie Montas RHP 0.319 0.270 7:05 Main
Vladimir Guerrero TOR RH 2 3.79 0.368 0.227 41% 8% 19% $5,900 1B $4,000 1B at NYY Frankie Montas RHP 0.319 0.270 7:05 Main
Lourdes Gurriel TOR RH 3 3.79 0.346 0.115 35% 7% 16% $4,500 OF $3,000 OF at NYY Frankie Montas RHP 0.319 0.270 7:05 Main
Alejandro Kirk TOR RH 4 3.79 0.370 0.158 39% 12% 10% $4,300 C $2,700 C at NYY Frankie Montas RHP 0.319 0.270 7:05 Main
Teoscar Hernandez TOR RH 5 3.79 0.333 0.194 41% 7% 28% $5,100 OF $3,500 OF at NYY Frankie Montas RHP 0.319 0.270 7:05 Main
Bo Bichette TOR RH 6 3.79 0.327 0.174 35% 5% 24% $5,100 SS $3,300 SS at NYY Frankie Montas RHP 0.319 0.270 7:05 Main
Matt Chapman TOR RH 7 3.79 0.332 0.222 44% 10% 30% $4,900 3B $3,200 3B at NYY Frankie Montas RHP 0.319 0.270 7:05 Main
Santiago Espinal TOR RH 8 3.79 0.287 0.090 24% 6% 17% $2,800 2B/SS $2,700 2B at NYY Frankie Montas RHP 0.319 0.270 7:05 Main
Whit Merrifield TOR RH 9 3.79 0.277 0.093 23% 7% 17% $4,000 2B/OF $3,000 2B/OF at NYY Frankie Montas RHP 0.319 0.270 7:05 Main
DJ LeMahieu NYY RH 1 4.71 0.347 0.131 26% 14% 13% $4,800 1B/2B $3,200 2B/1B/3B vs TOR Jose Berrios RHP 0.378 0.334 7:05 Main
Aaron Judge NYY RH 2 4.71 0.451 0.370 46% 14% 24% $6,000 OF $5,000 OF vs TOR Jose Berrios RHP 0.378 0.334 7:05 Main
Anthony Rizzo NYY LH 3 4.71 0.353 0.261 36% 12% 19% $5,000 1B $3,700 1B vs TOR Jose Berrios RHP 0.378 0.334 7:05 Main
Josh Donaldson NYY RH 4 4.71 0.309 0.161 34% 9% 29% $4,300 3B $2,500 3B vs TOR Jose Berrios RHP 0.378 0.334 7:05 Main
Andrew Benintendi NYY LH 5 4.71 0.354 0.096 33% 11% 16% $3,900 OF $2,900 OF vs TOR Jose Berrios RHP 0.378 0.334 7:05 Main
Gleyber Torres NYY RH 6 4.71 0.296 0.146 35% 6% 21% $4,200 2B $3,000 2B vs TOR Jose Berrios RHP 0.378 0.334 7:05 Main
Oswaldo Cabrera NYY SH 7 4.71 0.000 0.000 0% 0% 67% $2,000 2B/SS 2B vs TOR Jose Berrios RHP 0.378 0.334 7:05 Main
Jose Trevino NYY RH 8 4.71 0.292 0.137 26% 3% 19% $2,900 C $2,600 C vs TOR Jose Berrios RHP 0.378 0.334 7:05 Main
Estevan Florial NYY LH 9 4.71 0.057 0.000 29% 8% 33% $2,000 OF $2,000 OF vs TOR Jose Berrios RHP 0.378 0.334 7:05 Main
Michael Massey KCR LH 1 3.13 0.332 0.089 43% 6% 16% $2,100 2B $2,300 2B at TBR Luis Patino RHP 0.312 0.675 7:10 Main
Bobby Witt KCR RH 2 3.13 0.322 0.172 31% 5% 21% $4,900 3B/SS $3,100 SS/3B at TBR Luis Patino RHP 0.312 0.675 7:10 Main
Salvador Perez KCR RH 3 3.13 0.282 0.211 32% 3% 27% $4,800 C $2,900 C at TBR Luis Patino RHP 0.312 0.675 7:10 Main
Vinnie Pasquantino KCR LH 4 3.13 0.355 0.211 40% 9% 14% $2,300 1B $2,900 1B at TBR Luis Patino RHP 0.312 0.675 7:10 Main
Hunter Dozier KCR RH 5 3.13 0.305 0.171 32% 6% 23% $2,700 3B/OF $2,500 1B/OF at TBR Luis Patino RHP 0.312 0.675 7:10 Main
Nick Pratto KCR LH 6 3.13 0.262 0.186 27% 10% 34% $2,000 1B/OF $2,400 1B at TBR Luis Patino RHP 0.312 0.675 7:10 Main
Michael A. Taylor KCR RH 7 3.13 0.314 0.083 30% 8% 25% $2,000 OF $2,300 OF at TBR Luis Patino RHP 0.312 0.675 7:10 Main
Kyle Isbel KCR LH 8 3.13 0.272 0.155 36% 4% 26% $2,000 OF $2,300 OF at TBR Luis Patino RHP 0.312 0.675 7:10 Main
Nicky Lopez KCR LH 9 3.13 0.272 0.049 24% 7% 15% $2,000 2B/SS $2,200 2B/SS at TBR Luis Patino RHP 0.312 0.675 7:10 Main
Yandy Diaz TBR RH 1 4.38 0.337 0.092 30% 15% 13% $4,000 3B $2,600 1B/3B vs KCR Max Castillo RHP 0.320 0.226 7:10 Main
Brandon Lowe TBR LH 2 4.38 0.309 0.160 32% 11% 23% $4,900 2B $2,800 2B vs KCR Max Castillo RHP 0.320 0.226 7:10 Main
Randy Arozarena TBR RH 3 4.38 0.328 0.185 31% 7% 26% $4,700 OF $3,400 OF vs KCR Max Castillo RHP 0.320 0.226 7:10 Main
David Peralta TBR LH 4 4.38 0.342 0.213 39% 7% 23% $3,100 OF $2,500 OF vs KCR Max Castillo RHP 0.320 0.226 7:10 Main
Taylor Walls TBR SH 5 4.38 0.265 0.145 27% 10% 27% $2,600 SS $2,200 SS/3B/2B vs KCR Max Castillo RHP 0.320 0.226 7:10 Main
Ji-Man Choi TBR LH 6 4.38 0.321 0.151 31% 15% 28% $3,200 1B $2,800 1B vs KCR Max Castillo RHP 0.320 0.226 7:10 Main
Christian Bethancourt TBR RH 7 4.38 0.246 0.109 34% 2% 23% $2,400 C $2,300 C vs KCR Max Castillo RHP 0.320 0.226 7:10 Main
Roman Quinn TBR SH 8 4.38 0.336 0.139 38% 10% 38% $2,000 OF $2,000 OF vs KCR Max Castillo RHP 0.320 0.226 7:10 Main
Jose Siri TBR RH 9 4.38 0.275 0.119 24% 6% 32% $2,400 OF $2,100 OF vs KCR Max Castillo RHP 0.320 0.226 7:10 Main
Brandon Nimmo NYM LH 1 3.71 0.339 0.164 27% 9% 18% $4,900 OF $3,100 OF at ATL Max Fried LHP 0.246 0.262 7:20 Main
Starling Marte NYM RH 2 3.71 0.379 0.195 26% 8% 23% $4,900 OF $3,500 OF at ATL Max Fried LHP 0.246 0.262 7:20 Main
Francisco Lindor NYM SH 3 3.71 0.319 0.177 29% 8% 18% $5,700 SS $3,600 SS at ATL Max Fried LHP 0.246 0.262 7:20 Main
Pete Alonso NYM RH 4 3.71 0.380 0.253 32% 16% 19% $5,300 1B $3,900 1B at ATL Max Fried LHP 0.246 0.262 7:20 Main
Darin Ruf NYM RH 5 3.71 0.380 0.266 38% 11% 25% $3,400 1B/OF $2,600 1B/OF at ATL Max Fried LHP 0.246 0.262 7:20 Main
Jeff McNeil NYM LH 6 3.71 0.362 0.105 19% 7% 14% $4,600 2B $2,800 2B/OF at ATL Max Fried LHP 0.246 0.262 7:20 Main
Mark Canha NYM RH 7 3.71 0.283 0.103 24% 12% 19% $3,400 OF $2,600 OF at ATL Max Fried LHP 0.246 0.262 7:20 Main
Brett Baty NYM LH 8 3.71 0.000 0.000 50% 0% 0% $2,000 3B $2,000 3B at ATL Max Fried LHP 0.246 0.262 7:20 Main
James McCann NYM RH 9 3.71 0.143 0.068 36% 2% 19% $3,600 C $2,100 C at ATL Max Fried LHP 0.246 0.262 7:20 Main
Ronald Acuna ATL RH 1 3.29 0.343 0.135 32% 9% 23% $5,400 OF $4,100 OF vs NYM Jacob deGrom RHP 0.128 0.142 7:20 Main
Dansby Swanson ATL RH 2 3.29 0.340 0.159 33% 6% 28% $5,000 SS $3,600 SS vs NYM Jacob deGrom RHP 0.128 0.142 7:20 Main
Austin Riley ATL RH 3 3.29 0.353 0.236 41% 6% 24% $4,900 3B $3,900 3B vs NYM Jacob deGrom RHP 0.128 0.142 7:20 Main
Matt Olson ATL LH 4 3.29 0.367 0.276 44% 10% 26% $4,700 1B $3,900 1B vs NYM Jacob deGrom RHP 0.128 0.142 7:20 Main
Travis d’Arnaud ATL RH 5 3.29 0.319 0.190 28% 5% 21% $2,900 C $2,900 C vs NYM Jacob deGrom RHP 0.128 0.142 7:20 Main
Eddie Rosario ATL LH 6 3.29 0.246 0.144 27% 6% 28% $2,600 OF $2,400 OF vs NYM Jacob deGrom RHP 0.128 0.142 7:20 Main
Vaughn Grissom ATL RH 7 3.29 0.452 0.238 20% 9% 26% $2,100 2B $3,000 2B/SS vs NYM Jacob deGrom RHP 0.128 0.142 7:20 Main
Michael Harris ATL LH 8 3.29 0.382 0.254 41% 4% 21% $4,200 OF $3,300 OF vs NYM Jacob deGrom RHP 0.128 0.142 7:20 Main
Robbie Grossman ATL SH 9 3.29 0.229 0.081 30% 10% 30% $2,200 OF $2,200 OF vs NYM Jacob deGrom RHP 0.128 0.142 7:20 Main
Cesar Hernandez WAS SH 1 2.48 0.270 0.069 22% 7% 17% $3,000 2B $2,600 2B at SDP Yu Darvish RHP 0.241 0.301 9:40 Main
Joey Meneses WAS RH 2 2.48 0.397 0.281 28% 3% 21% $3,500 1B/OF $2,500 1B at SDP Yu Darvish RHP 0.241 0.301 9:40 Main
Yadiel Hernandez WAS LH 3 2.48 0.328 0.161 37% 6% 23% $2,000 OF $2,400 OF at SDP Yu Darvish RHP 0.241 0.301 9:40 Main
Luke Voit WAS RH 4 2.48 0.356 0.240 42% 10% 31% $3,700 1B $2,900 1B at SDP Yu Darvish RHP 0.241 0.301 9:40 Main
Nelson Cruz WAS RH 5 2.48 0.284 0.100 34% 10% 26% $3,200 OF $2,700 OF at SDP Yu Darvish RHP 0.241 0.301 9:40 Main
Keibert Ruiz WAS SH 6 2.48 0.298 0.125 30% 6% 12% $2,900 C $2,300 C at SDP Yu Darvish RHP 0.241 0.301 9:40 Main
C.J. Abrams WAS LH 7 2.48 0.299 0.100 21% 4% 18% $2,400 SS $2,100 SS at SDP Yu Darvish RHP 0.241 0.301 9:40 Main
Lane Thomas WAS RH 8 2.48 0.291 0.153 27% 6% 28% $2,200 OF $2,100 OF at SDP Yu Darvish RHP 0.241 0.301 9:40 Main
Ildemaro Vargas WAS SH 9 2.48 0.287 0.045 15% 8% 8% $2,000 3B/SS $2,100 2B/SS/3B at SDP Yu Darvish RHP 0.241 0.301 9:40 Main
Trent Grisham SDP LH 1 5.52 0.300 0.171 30% 14% 25% $3,300 OF $2,900 OF vs WAS Anibal Sanchez RHP 0.309 0.486 9:40 Main
Juan Soto SDP LH 2 5.52 0.423 0.267 28% 23% 11% $6,100 OF $4,100 OF vs WAS Anibal Sanchez RHP 0.309 0.486 9:40 Main
Manny Machado SDP RH 3 5.52 0.399 0.218 36% 9% 22% $5,800 3B $4,500 3B vs WAS Anibal Sanchez RHP 0.309 0.486 9:40 Main
Brandon Drury SDP RH 4 5.52 0.346 0.213 34% 8% 20% $5,600 1B $3,700 2B/3B vs WAS Anibal Sanchez RHP 0.309 0.486 9:40 Main
Josh Bell SDP SH 5 5.52 0.363 0.163 31% 12% 16% $4,700 1B $3,000 1B vs WAS Anibal Sanchez RHP 0.309 0.486 9:40 Main
Jake Cronenworth SDP LH 6 5.52 0.331 0.169 25% 12% 17% $4,600 2B $2,900 2B vs WAS Anibal Sanchez RHP 0.309 0.486 9:40 Main
Wil Myers SDP RH 7 5.52 0.291 0.078 32% 7% 27% $2,600 1B/OF $2,300 OF vs WAS Anibal Sanchez RHP 0.309 0.486 9:40 Main
Ha-seong Kim SDP RH 8 5.52 0.291 0.120 26% 7% 23% $4,100 SS $2,400 SS/3B vs WAS Anibal Sanchez RHP 0.309 0.486 9:40 Main
Austin Nola SDP RH 9 5.52 0.274 0.057 30% 9% 19% $3,800 C $2,200 C vs WAS Anibal Sanchez RHP 0.309 0.486 9:40 Main
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