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MLB Games Today: Baseball First Look

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2020-07-23 03:27:30

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 Home Pitcher Vegas Line Run Total Time (ET)
New York Yankees Gerrit Cole – R at Washington Nationals Max Scherzer – R NYY-110 7.0 7:08 PM
San Francisco Giants Johnny Cueto – R at Los Angeles Dodgers Clayton Kershaw – L LAD-300 7.5 10:08 PM

Pitcher Breakdown

Pitcher Team Matchup Opp. K% Line FD DK SIERA ERA K% BB% SS% GB% HC% Time (ET)
Gerrit Cole NYY at WAS 21.2% -110 $11,400 $10,000 2.62 2.50 39.9% 5.9% 16.8% 40.3% 33.9% 7:08 PM
Max Scherzer WAS NYY 23.2% 110 $10,700 $8,600 2.93 2.92 35.1% 4.8% 16.4% 40.8% 35.7% 7:08 PM
Clayton Kershaw LAD SF 23.6% -300 $10,300 $7,700 3.77 3.03 26.8% 5.8% 12.9% 48.0% 42.0% 10:08 PM
Johnny Cueto SF at LAD 21.2% 300 $6,600 $5,000 5.49 5.06 19.4% 13.4% 7.2% 53.5% 40.0% 10:08 PM

Offense Breakdown

Offense Run Total Opp Pitcher P vs. LHB P vs. RHB L/R Team wOBA Team ISO Team K% Time (ET)
LA Dodgers 5.39 Johnny Cueto 0.416 0.268 RIGHT 0.343 0.216 21.2% 10:08 PM
NY Yankees 3.62 Max Scherzer 0.284 0.221 RIGHT 0.346 0.224 23.2% 7:08 PM
Washington 3.38 Gerrit Cole 0.232 0.244 RIGHT 0.329 0.188 21.2% 7:08 PM
San Francisco 2.11 Clayton Kershaw 0.277 0.300 LEFT 0.299 0.145 22.9% 10:08 PM

Hitter Breakdown by Handedness

Player Team Order Bats Opp Pitcher Handed xwOBA ISO HC% K% FanDuel Pos DraftKings Pos
Trea Turner WAS 1 RIGHT Gerrit Cole RIGHT 0.339 0.220 39.7% 20.4% $3,600 SS $5,100 SS
Cody Bellinger LAD 4 LEFT Johnny Cueto RIGHT 0.434 0.328 49.8% 16.2% $4,500 OF $5,100 OF
Mookie Betts LAD 1 RIGHT Johnny Cueto RIGHT 0.411 0.246 43.3% 15.5% $4,200 OF $4,900 OF
Juan Soto WAS 3 LEFT Gerrit Cole RIGHT 0.422 0.303 43.5% 20.3% $4,000 OF $4,800 OF
Hunter Pence SF 3 RIGHT Clayton Kershaw LEFT 0.398 0.309 44.8% 19.3% $2,400 OF $4,700 OF
Max Muncy LAD 2 LEFT Johnny Cueto RIGHT 0.389 0.267 43.9% 23.8% $3,900 1B $4,600 1B/2B
Giancarlo Stanton NYY 4 RIGHT Max Scherzer RIGHT 0.362 0.156 36.7% 29.1% $3,500 OF $4,600 OF
DJ LeMahieu NYY 1 RIGHT Max Scherzer RIGHT 0.364 0.167 38.4% 14.0% $3,500 2B $4,500 2B/3B
Eric Thames WAS 5 SWITCH Gerrit Cole RIGHT 0.320 0.275 47.8% 30.5% $2,400 1B $4,500 1B
Joc Pederson LAD 7 LEFT Johnny Cueto RIGHT 0.361 0.319 45.9% 20.7% $2,800 OF $4,500 OF
Aaron Judge NYY 2 RIGHT Max Scherzer RIGHT 0.380 0.251 50.9% 34.8% $4,100 OF $4,400 OF
Howie Kendrick WAS 4 SWITCH Gerrit Cole RIGHT 0.413 0.221 45.6% 12.7% $2,500 2B $4,400 1B
Corey Seager LAD 5 LEFT Johnny Cueto RIGHT 0.331 0.239 42.1% 15.2% $3,200 SS $4,400 SS
Gary Sanchez NYY 6 RIGHT Max Scherzer RIGHT 0.381 0.302 43.3% 25.4% $3,300 C $4,400 C
Gleyber Torres NYY 3 RIGHT Max Scherzer RIGHT 0.327 0.256 39.2% 20.6% $3,400 SS $4,300 2B/SS
Gio Urshela NYY 9 RIGHT Max Scherzer RIGHT 0.365 0.210 46.3% 18.1% $2,800 3B $4,300 3B
Aaron Hicks NYY 5 SWITCH Max Scherzer RIGHT 0.319 0.261 34.7% 28.7% $2,600 OF $4,200 OF
Luke Voit NYY 7 SWITCH Max Scherzer RIGHT 0.357 0.206 40.1% 28.5% $2,900 1B $4,200 1B
Will Smith LAD 8 RIGHT Johnny Cueto RIGHT 0.804 0.000 100.0% 0.0% $3,000 C $4,200 C
Justin Turner LAD 3 RIGHT Johnny Cueto RIGHT 0.365 0.182 47.6% 14.3% $3,100 3B $4,100 3B
Kurt Suzuki WAS 8 RIGHT Gerrit Cole RIGHT 0.323 0.216 34.0% 11.4% $2,200 C $4,100 C
Brett Gardner NYY 8 LEFT Max Scherzer RIGHT 0.312 0.281 34.7% 18.7% $2,700 OF $4,100 OF
Mike Yastrzemski SF 1 LEFT Clayton Kershaw LEFT 0.360 0.232 38.7% 22.5% $2,500 OF $4,000 OF
A.J. Pollock LAD 6 RIGHT Johnny Cueto RIGHT 0.319 0.196 42.5% 22.2% $2,900 OF $3,900 OF
Adam Eaton WAS 2 LEFT Gerrit Cole RIGHT 0.348 0.152 35.5% 15.6% $2,600 OF $3,800 OF
Wilmer Flores SF 4 RIGHT Clayton Kershaw LEFT 0.349 0.279 45.7% 11.0% $2,100 2B $3,800 2B
Starlin Castro WAS 6 RIGHT Gerrit Cole RIGHT 0.288 0.150 39.1% 16.5% $2,500 2B $3,700 3B
Carter Kieboom WAS 7 RIGHT Gerrit Cole RIGHT 0.252 0.188 44.4% 40.0% $2,200 3B $3,700 SS
Victor Robles WAS 9 RIGHT Gerrit Cole RIGHT 0.284 0.171 24.8% 23.6% $2,600 OF $3,700 OF
Kike Hernandez LAD 9 RIGHT Johnny Cueto RIGHT 0.276 0.182 39.8% 24.3% $2,600 2B $3,600 OF
Pablo Sandoval SF 5 SWITCH Clayton Kershaw LEFT 0.370 0.271 40.5% 23.1% $2,100 3B $3,500 3B
Tyler Heineman SF 8 SWITCH Clayton Kershaw LEFT 0.422 0.000 0.0% 0.0% $2,000 C $3,400 C
Austin Slater SF 2 RIGHT Clayton Kershaw LEFT 0.375 0.200 49.2% 20.9% $2,000 1B $3,100 1B/OF
Mauricio Dubon SF 6 RIGHT Clayton Kershaw LEFT 0.250 0.267 43.5% 22.6% $2,300 2B $3,100 2B/SS
Brandon Crawford SF 7 LEFT Clayton Kershaw LEFT 0.276 0.086 35.7% 18.9% $2,300 SS $2,700 SS
Yolmer Sanchez SF 9 SWITCH Clayton Kershaw LEFT 0.293 0.100 26.8% 18.3% $2,000 2B $2,500 2B

Note: All statistics in the tables above are from the 2019 season.

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