MLB DFS First Look: Thursday, September 15th - Sortable Odds, Salaries, Stats

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
Oakland Athletics James Kaprielian RHP 259 Houston Astros Lance McCullers RHP -316 8.0 7:20 Main
Pittsburgh Pirates JT Brubaker RHP 229 New York Mets Carlos Carrasco RHP -272 7.5 7:20 Main
Kansas City Royals Daniel Lynch LHP 146 Minnesota Twins Dylan Bundy RHP -173 8.5 7:40 Main
Cincinnati Reds Chase Anderson RHP 237 St. Louis Cardinals Miles Mikolas RHP -283 8.0 7:45 Main
San Diego Padres Sean Manaea LHP -165 Arizona Diamondbacks Drey Jameson RHP 142 9.0 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
James Kaprielian OAK RHP 259 $6,300 $6,700 5.28 4.79 16% 11% 9% 37% 32% at HOU 7:20 Main
Lance McCullers HOU RHP -316 $9,700 $9,900 4.68 2.20 22% 13% 11% 44% 19% vs OAK 7:20 Main
JT Brubaker PIT RHP 229 $7,800 $8,100 3.95 4.36 23% 8% 12% 45% 33% at NYM 7:20 Main
Carlos Carrasco NYM RHP -272 $9,400 $9,000 3.61 3.80 23% 6% 14% 46% 32% vs PIT 7:20 Main
Daniel Lynch KCR LHP 146 $6,700 $7,700 4.39 5.14 21% 9% 12% 40% 39% at MIN 7:40 Main
Dylan Bundy MIN RHP -173 $7,100 $7,000 4.55 4.68 16% 5% 10% 36% 31% vs KCR 7:40 Main
Chase Anderson CIN RHP 237 $5,300 $6,200 5.63 9.00 28% 23% 11% 50% 30% at STL 7:45 Main
Miles Mikolas STL RHP -283 $9,000 $9,200 3.98 3.42 19% 5% 8% 46% 29% vs CIN 7:45 Main
Sean Manaea SDP LHP -165 $7,600 $8,700 3.88 5.23 24% 8% 12% 38% 32% at ARI 9:40 Main
Drey Jameson ARI RHP 142 $4,000 vs SDP 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
Houston Astros 5.28 0.345 0.326 vs OAK James Kaprielian RHP 0.312 0.367 7:20 Main
Oakland Athletics 2.72 0.286 0.287 at HOU Lance McCullers RHP 0.223 0.363 7:20 Main
New York Mets 4.78 0.309 0.338 vs PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.346 0.323 7:20 Main
Pittsburgh Pirates 2.72 0.305 0.298 at NYM Carlos Carrasco RHP 0.315 0.330 7:20 Main
Minnesota Twins 4.80 0.313 0.322 vs KCR Daniel Lynch LHP 0.354 0.347 7:40 Main
Kansas City Royals 3.70 0.310 0.294 at MIN Dylan Bundy RHP 0.302 0.341 7:40 Main
St. Louis Cardinals 5.14 0.374 0.331 vs CIN Chase Anderson RHP 0.425 0.353 7:45 Main
Cincinnati Reds 2.86 0.303 0.297 at STL Miles Mikolas RHP 0.268 0.291 7:45 Main
Arizona Diamondbacks 3.97 0.306 0.313 vs SDP Sean Manaea LHP 0.285 0.356 9:40 Main
San Diego Padres 5.03 0.326 0.328 at ARI Drey Jameson RHP 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
Tony Kemp OAK LH 1 2.72 0.288 0.100 20% 8% 10% $2,800 2B/OF $2,700 2B/OF at HOU Lance McCullers RHP 0.223 0.363 7:20 Main
Vimael Machin OAK LH 2 2.72 0.283 0.071 28% 10% 15% $2,000 3B $2,300 SS/3B at HOU Lance McCullers RHP 0.223 0.363 7:20 Main
Sean Murphy OAK RH 3 2.72 0.317 0.165 29% 7% 21% $4,400 C $2,700 C at HOU Lance McCullers RHP 0.223 0.363 7:20 Main
Seth Brown OAK LH 4 2.72 0.333 0.223 37% 8% 25% $2,900 1B/OF $2,800 1B/OF at HOU Lance McCullers RHP 0.223 0.363 7:20 Main
Ramon Laureano OAK RH 5 2.72 0.291 0.173 34% 5% 27% $3,700 OF $2,700 OF at HOU Lance McCullers RHP 0.223 0.363 7:20 Main
Stephen Vogt OAK LH 6 2.72 0.264 0.158 30% 9% 25% $2,600 1B $2,400 C at HOU Lance McCullers RHP 0.223 0.363 7:20 Main
Dermis Garcia OAK RH 7 2.72 0.460 0.324 41% 15% 42% $2,400 1B $2,600 1B at HOU Lance McCullers RHP 0.223 0.363 7:20 Main
Cody Thomas OAK LH 8 2.72 0.223 0.000 15% 8% 42% $2,000 OF $2,200 OF at HOU Lance McCullers RHP 0.223 0.363 7:20 Main
Nick Allen OAK RH 9 2.72 0.228 0.059 14% 6% 23% $2,000 SS $2,200 SS/3B/2B at HOU Lance McCullers RHP 0.223 0.363 7:20 Main
Jeremy Pena HOU RH 1 5.28 0.288 0.148 26% 4% 26% $4,600 SS $2,600 SS vs OAK James Kaprielian RHP 0.312 0.367 7:20 Main
Aledmys Diaz HOU RH 2 5.28 0.304 0.163 31% 4% 16% $3,800 OF $2,000 2B/SS/3B vs OAK James Kaprielian RHP 0.312 0.367 7:20 Main
Yordan Alvarez HOU LH 3 5.28 0.427 0.328 46% 14% 18% $6,200 OF $4,100 OF vs OAK James Kaprielian RHP 0.312 0.367 7:20 Main
Alex Bregman HOU RH 4 5.28 0.393 0.237 31% 13% 13% $5,700 3B $3,700 3B vs OAK James Kaprielian RHP 0.312 0.367 7:20 Main
Kyle Tucker HOU LH 5 5.28 0.375 0.237 37% 12% 16% $5,500 OF $3,700 OF vs OAK James Kaprielian RHP 0.312 0.367 7:20 Main
Yulieski Gurriel HOU RH 6 5.28 0.281 0.099 25% 6% 14% $3,600 1B $2,500 1B vs OAK James Kaprielian RHP 0.312 0.367 7:20 Main
Trey Mancini HOU RH 7 5.28 0.338 0.182 36% 10% 25% $3,900 OF $2,900 1B vs OAK James Kaprielian RHP 0.312 0.367 7:20 Main
Christian Vazquez HOU RH 8 5.28 0.304 0.109 26% 6% 16% $4,500 C $2,000 C vs OAK James Kaprielian RHP 0.312 0.367 7:20 Main
Chas McCormick HOU RH 9 5.28 0.281 0.147 26% 11% 29% $2,700 OF $2,500 OF vs OAK James Kaprielian RHP 0.312 0.367 7:20 Main
Oneil Cruz PIT LH 1 2.72 0.346 0.264 40% 7% 28% $4,700 SS $3,100 SS at NYM Carlos Carrasco RHP 0.315 0.330 7:20 Main
Bryan Reynolds PIT SH 2 2.72 0.343 0.205 29% 10% 23% $5,000 OF $3,200 OF at NYM Carlos Carrasco RHP 0.315 0.330 7:20 Main
Rodolfo Castro PIT SH 3 2.72 0.301 0.141 23% 9% 30% $2,600 2B/3B $2,600 3B/SS at NYM Carlos Carrasco RHP 0.315 0.330 7:20 Main
Ben Gamel PIT LH 4 2.72 0.330 0.159 39% 11% 22% $2,700 OF $2,400 OF at NYM Carlos Carrasco RHP 0.315 0.330 7:20 Main
Ke’Bryan Hayes PIT RH 5 2.72 0.278 0.086 29% 8% 26% $3,400 3B $2,600 3B at NYM Carlos Carrasco RHP 0.315 0.330 7:20 Main
Cal Mitchell PIT LH 6 2.72 0.291 0.125 30% 8% 21% $2,000 OF $2,300 OF at NYM Carlos Carrasco RHP 0.315 0.330 7:20 Main
Michael Chavis PIT RH 7 2.72 0.273 0.146 28% 4% 27% $2,200 1B $2,300 1B/2B/3B at NYM Carlos Carrasco RHP 0.315 0.330 7:20 Main
Jack Suwinski PIT LH 8 2.72 0.334 0.224 39% 9% 30% $2,300 OF $2,700 OF at NYM Carlos Carrasco RHP 0.315 0.330 7:20 Main
Jason Delay PIT RH 9 2.72 0.214 0.015 28% 4% 38% $2,100 C $2,200 C at NYM Carlos Carrasco RHP 0.315 0.330 7:20 Main
Brandon Nimmo NYM LH 1 4.78 0.340 0.144 31% 11% 15% $4,900 OF $3,400 OF vs PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.346 0.323 7:20 Main
Francisco Lindor NYM SH 2 4.78 0.348 0.175 30% 10% 19% $6,100 SS $3,900 SS vs PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.346 0.323 7:20 Main
Jeff McNeil NYM LH 3 4.78 0.367 0.143 27% 6% 11% $4,400 2B $3,100 2B/OF vs PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.346 0.323 7:20 Main
Pete Alonso NYM RH 4 4.78 0.363 0.246 36% 7% 19% $5,200 1B $3,700 1B vs PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.346 0.323 7:20 Main
Daniel Vogelbach NYM LH 5 4.78 0.369 0.235 35% 16% 24% $4,100 1B $2,700 1B vs PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.346 0.323 7:20 Main
Luis Guillorme NYM LH 6 4.78 0.335 0.079 26% 9% 13% $2,700 2B/3B $2,300 2B/3B/SS vs PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.346 0.323 7:20 Main
Eduardo Escobar NYM SH 7 4.78 0.298 0.163 27% 8% 23% $3,900 3B $3,300 3B vs PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.346 0.323 7:20 Main
Tyler Naquin NYM LH 8 4.78 0.350 0.229 36% 8% 29% $4,300 OF $2,700 OF vs PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.346 0.323 7:20 Main
James McCann NYM RH 9 4.78 0.305 0.079 27% 7% 23% $3,500 C $2,200 C vs PIT JT Brubaker RHP 0.346 0.323 7:20 Main
MJ Melendez KCR LH 1 3.70 0.290 0.152 38% 14% 28% $4,800 C/OF $2,700 C at MIN Dylan Bundy RHP 0.302 0.341 7:40 Main
Bobby Witt KCR RH 2 3.70 0.313 0.178 31% 6% 21% $5,600 3B/SS $3,800 SS/3B at MIN Dylan Bundy RHP 0.302 0.341 7:40 Main
Salvador Perez KCR RH 3 3.70 0.296 0.202 35% 3% 25% $5,100 C $3,300 C at MIN Dylan Bundy RHP 0.302 0.341 7:40 Main
Vinnie Pasquantino KCR LH 4 3.70 0.325 0.187 38% 10% 14% $2,200 1B $2,500 1B at MIN Dylan Bundy RHP 0.302 0.341 7:40 Main
Michael Massey KCR LH 5 3.70 0.322 0.098 35% 8% 23% $2,400 2B $2,400 2B at MIN Dylan Bundy RHP 0.302 0.341 7:40 Main
Michael A. Taylor KCR RH 6 3.70 0.320 0.104 32% 8% 24% $2,600 OF $2,700 OF at MIN Dylan Bundy RHP 0.302 0.341 7:40 Main
Nick Pratto KCR LH 7 3.70 0.292 0.227 31% 10% 34% $2,500 1B $2,300 1B at MIN Dylan Bundy RHP 0.302 0.341 7:40 Main
Kyle Isbel KCR LH 8 3.70 0.269 0.150 34% 5% 27% $2,000 OF $2,000 OF at MIN Dylan Bundy RHP 0.302 0.341 7:40 Main
Nicky Lopez KCR LH 9 3.70 0.270 0.059 23% 7% 14% $2,100 2B/SS $2,200 2B/SS at MIN Dylan Bundy RHP 0.302 0.341 7:40 Main
Kyle Garlick MIN RH 1 4.80 0.358 0.268 33% 5% 30% $2,400 OF $2,300 OF vs KCR Daniel Lynch LHP 0.354 0.347 7:40 Main
Carlos Correa MIN RH 2 4.80 0.384 0.226 36% 15% 18% $5,000 SS $4,000 SS vs KCR Daniel Lynch LHP 0.354 0.347 7:40 Main
Jose Miranda MIN RH 3 4.80 0.363 0.282 40% 4% 18% $3,300 1B $3,000 1B/3B vs KCR Daniel Lynch LHP 0.354 0.347 7:40 Main
Gio Urshela MIN RH 4 4.80 0.328 0.164 38% 7% 17% $2,800 3B $2,600 3B vs KCR Daniel Lynch LHP 0.354 0.347 7:40 Main
Gary Sanchez MIN RH 5 4.80 0.255 0.138 41% 10% 31% $3,100 C $2,500 C vs KCR Daniel Lynch LHP 0.354 0.347 7:40 Main
Gilberto Celestino MIN RH 6 4.80 0.252 0.067 19% 6% 23% $2,000 OF $2,500 OF vs KCR Daniel Lynch LHP 0.354 0.347 7:40 Main
Nick Gordon MIN LH 7 4.80 0.263 0.048 20% 7% 18% $2,900 2B $2,000 SS/OF vs KCR Daniel Lynch LHP 0.354 0.347 7:40 Main
Jermaine Palacios MIN RH 8 4.80 0.196 0.000 13% 0% 11% $2,300 SS $2,200 SS vs KCR Daniel Lynch LHP 0.354 0.347 7:40 Main
Jake Cave MIN LH 9 4.80 0.261 0.067 33% 0% 40% $2,000 OF $2,000 OF vs KCR Daniel Lynch LHP 0.354 0.347 7:40 Main
Terry Friedl CIN LH 1 2.86 0.313 0.180 30% 6% 16% $3,100 OF $3,000 OF at STL Miles Mikolas RHP 0.268 0.291 7:45 Main
Jonathan India CIN RH 2 2.86 0.316 0.162 29% 6% 23% $4,800 2B $3,100 2B at STL Miles Mikolas RHP 0.268 0.291 7:45 Main
Kyle Farmer CIN RH 3 2.86 0.284 0.080 29% 5% 17% $4,200 3B $3,100 SS/3B at STL Miles Mikolas RHP 0.268 0.291 7:45 Main
Jake Fraley CIN LH 4 2.86 0.377 0.255 29% 13% 19% $3,000 OF $2,700 OF at STL Miles Mikolas RHP 0.268 0.291 7:45 Main
Donovan Solano CIN RH 5 2.86 0.312 0.083 34% 6% 20% $2,900 1B $2,700 2B/SS at STL Miles Mikolas RHP 0.268 0.291 7:45 Main
Aristides Aquino CIN RH 6 2.86 0.310 0.223 25% 5% 35% $2,100 OF $2,300 OF at STL Miles Mikolas RHP 0.268 0.291 7:45 Main
Nick Senzel CIN RH 7 2.86 0.269 0.069 24% 8% 18% $2,800 OF $2,500 OF at STL Miles Mikolas RHP 0.268 0.291 7:45 Main
Spencer Steer CIN RH 8 2.86 0.291 0.086 22% 13% 20% $2,700 1B/3B $2,400 3B at STL Miles Mikolas RHP 0.268 0.291 7:45 Main
Austin Romine CIN RH 9 2.86 0.269 0.164 20% 3% 26% $2,000 C $2,200 C at STL Miles Mikolas RHP 0.268 0.291 7:45 Main
Brendan Donovan STL LH 1 5.14 0.348 0.106 24% 11% 16% $3,300 2B/3B $3,000 2B/SS vs CIN Chase Anderson RHP 0.425 0.353 7:45 Main
Tommy Edman STL SH 2 5.14 0.313 0.126 29% 8% 18% $5,400 SS $3,500 2B/SS vs CIN Chase Anderson RHP 0.425 0.353 7:45 Main
Paul Goldschmidt STL RH 3 5.14 0.396 0.241 34% 11% 21% $6,300 1B $4,600 1B vs CIN Chase Anderson RHP 0.425 0.353 7:45 Main
Nolan Arenado STL RH 4 5.14 0.385 0.223 32% 8% 13% $5,900 3B $4,100 3B vs CIN Chase Anderson RHP 0.425 0.353 7:45 Main
Albert Pujols STL RH 5 5.14 0.296 0.160 35% 8% 17% $2,600 1B $3,000 1B vs CIN Chase Anderson RHP 0.425 0.353 7:45 Main
Tyler O’Neill STL RH 6 5.14 0.298 0.163 30% 9% 28% $5,100 OF $3,300 OF vs CIN Chase Anderson RHP 0.425 0.353 7:45 Main
Alec Burleson STL LH 7 5.14 0.189 0.000 17% 8% 0% $2,000 OF $2,000 OF vs CIN Chase Anderson RHP 0.425 0.353 7:45 Main
Yadier Molina STL RH 8 5.14 0.240 0.107 25% 2% 14% $2,900 C $2,500 C vs CIN Chase Anderson RHP 0.425 0.353 7:45 Main
Lars Nootbaar STL LH 9 5.14 0.346 0.240 35% 14% 21% $3,600 OF $2,700 OF vs CIN Chase Anderson RHP 0.425 0.353 7:45 Main
Jurickson Profar SDP SH 1 5.03 0.321 0.165 32% 11% 17% $3,700 OF $2,600 OF at ARI Drey Jameson RHP 9:40 Main
Juan Soto SDP LH 2 5.03 0.403 0.241 28% 24% 12% $4,900 OF $3,800 OF at ARI Drey Jameson RHP 9:40 Main
Manny Machado SDP RH 3 5.03 0.395 0.227 38% 9% 22% $5,300 3B $4,500 3B at ARI Drey Jameson RHP 9:40 Main
Josh Bell SDP SH 4 5.03 0.351 0.158 31% 12% 16% $4,400 1B $2,800 1B at ARI Drey Jameson RHP 9:40 Main
Wil Myers SDP RH 5 5.03 0.291 0.082 35% 7% 30% $2,800 1B/OF $2,900 OF at ARI Drey Jameson RHP 9:40 Main
Brandon Drury SDP RH 6 5.03 0.334 0.202 33% 8% 20% $5,100 1B/2B $3,200 2B/3B at ARI Drey Jameson RHP 9:40 Main
Jake Cronenworth SDP LH 7 5.03 0.321 0.154 24% 11% 18% $3,800 2B $3,000 2B at ARI Drey Jameson RHP 9:40 Main
Trent Grisham SDP LH 8 5.03 0.294 0.167 31% 13% 27% $2,400 OF $2,500 OF at ARI Drey Jameson RHP 9:40 Main
Jorge Alfaro SDP RH 9 5.03 0.280 0.120 31% 3% 34% $3,400 C $2,000 C at ARI Drey Jameson RHP 9:40 Main
Stone Garrett ARI RH 1 3.97 0.460 0.227 24% 4% 19% $2,400 OF $3,400 OF vs SDP Sean Manaea LHP 0.285 0.356 9:40 Main
Ketel Marte ARI SH 2 3.97 0.365 0.195 39% 6% 16% $4,100 2B $2,600 2B vs SDP Sean Manaea LHP 0.285 0.356 9:40 Main
Jake McCarthy ARI LH 3 3.97 0.386 0.186 34% 8% 18% $3,800 OF $3,500 OF vs SDP Sean Manaea LHP 0.285 0.356 9:40 Main
Christian Walker ARI RH 4 3.97 0.365 0.234 33% 14% 19% $4,300 1B $3,400 1B vs SDP Sean Manaea LHP 0.285 0.356 9:40 Main
Emmanuel Rivera ARI RH 5 3.97 0.363 0.204 36% 6% 16% $2,900 3B $2,500 3B vs SDP Sean Manaea LHP 0.285 0.356 9:40 Main
Jordan Luplow ARI RH 6 3.97 0.304 0.271 35% 11% 26% $2,000 OF $2,600 OF vs SDP Sean Manaea LHP 0.285 0.356 9:40 Main
Carson Kelly ARI RH 7 3.97 0.281 0.153 40% 7% 20% $3,600 C $2,200 C vs SDP Sean Manaea LHP 0.285 0.356 9:40 Main
Josh Rojas ARI LH 8 3.97 0.307 0.092 31% 11% 28% $4,900 2B/3B $3,200 3B vs SDP Sean Manaea LHP 0.285 0.356 9:40 Main
Geraldo Perdomo ARI SH 9 3.97 0.278 0.028 19% 9% 14% $2,000 SS $2,200 SS vs SDP Sean Manaea LHP 0.285 0.356 9:40 Main
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