MLB First Look: Friday, August 14th

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

Included is a brief overview of the MLB odds, which are subject to change throughout the day. Below you’ll also find Notorious’ overall pitcher and offense ratings (along with some other key statistics) to be used as a starting point for your DFS MLB lineups. Note that ratings may change throughout the day based on line movement.

MLB Schedule & Odds

Home Away Vegas Line Run Total Time
Chicago White Sox Chicago Cubs CWS -105 8.0 4:10 PM EST
Baltimore Oakland BAL -150 8.0 7:05 PM EST
Toronto NY Yankees TOR -230 8.5 7:07 PM EST
Boston Seattle BOS -125 9.5 7:10 PM EST
NY Mets Pittsburgh NYM -115 7.5 7:10 PM EST
Atlanta Arizona ARI -115 7.5 7:35 PM EST
Texas Tampa Bay TEX -120 9.0 8:05 PM EST
Minnesota Cleveland CLE -155 7.0 8:10 PM EST
Milwaukee Philadelphia MIL -160 8.5 8:10 PM EST
Kansas City LA Angels KC -130 8.0 8:10 PM EST
Houston Detroit HOU -220 8.0 8:10 PM EST
St. Louis Miami STL -200 7.0 8:15 PM EST
Colorado San Diego COL -107 10.0 8:40 PM EST
LA Dodgers Cincinnati LAD -170 7.0 10:10 PM EST
San Francisco Washington WAS -142 6.5 10:15 PM EST

Pitcher Rankings

Pitcher Opponent Vegas Line SIERA K% Opp. wOBA Opp. K% Rating Time
Corey Kluber MIN -155 2.73 27.8% 23 23 96.1 8:10 PM EST
Max Scherzer SF -142 2.80 28.9% 4 4 93.8 10:15 PM EST
David Price NYY -230 2.95 25.8% 3 4 93.3 7:07 PM EST
Dallas Keuchel DET -220 2.95 19.9% 2 22 88.9 8:10 PM EST
Jaime Garcia MIA -200 3.05 20.1% 4 15 83.9 8:15 PM EST
Alex Wood CIN -170 3.55 21.7% 8 10 78.9 10:10 PM EST
Jeff Samardzija CHC -105 3.48 20.6% 24 30 68.6 4:10 PM EST
Ubaldo Jimenez OAK -150 4.14 21.3% 20 4 67.5 7:05 PM EST
Robbie Ray ATL -115 4.02 19.7% 28 15 65.2 7:35 PM EST
Kyle Hendricks CWS 105 3.69 18.4% 20 18 65.0 4:10 PM EST
Wily Peralta PHI -160 3.90 17.2% 28 11 64.1 8:10 PM EST
Nate Karns TEX 120 3.72 23.3% 7 12 63.6 8:05 PM EST
Julio Teheran ARI 115 3.86 20.5% 9 21 63.4 7:35 PM EST
Trevor May CLE 155 3.81 20.7% 13 6 61.5 8:10 PM EST
Bartolo Colon PIT -115 3.81 17.5% 14 19 59.2 7:10 PM EST
Joe Kelly SEA -125 4.21 17.5% 20 25 56.4 7:10 PM EST
Jered Weaver KC 130 4.30 17.2% 10 1 56.0 8:10 PM EST
Yohan Flande SD -107 3.67 14.1% 26 30 56.0 8:40 PM EST
Matt Cain WAS 142 4.28 17.7% 17 24 54.5 10:15 PM EST
J.A. Happ NYM 115 4.03 19.0% 25 29 52.6 7:10 PM EST
Tyson Ross COL 107 3.23 24.5% 1 16 52.3 8:40 PM EST
Martin Perez TB -120 4.02 15.9% 5 20 51.3 8:05 PM EST
Danny Duffy LAA -130 4.60 16.9% 24 6 50.7 8:10 PM EST
Tom Koehler STL 200 4.26 18.3% 12 8 48.2 8:15 PM EST
Brad Mills BAL 150 4.40 18.8% 13 21 46.6 7:05 PM EST
Michael Montgomery BOS 125 4.31 17.8% 9 7 45.7 7:10 PM EST
John Lamb LAD 170 6 12 42.1 10:10 PM EST
Adam Morgan MIL 160 5.20 13.2% 29 11 37.3 8:10 PM EST
Ivan Nova TOR 230 4.38 14.9% 2 6 36.9 7:07 PM EST
Alfredo Simon HOU 220 4.33 15.6% 7 29 35.1 8:10 PM EST

Team Offense Rankings

Team Opposing Pitcher Team Total Ballpark Team wOBA (LH/RH) Team ISO (LH/RH) Team Rating Time
Colorado Tyson Ross 5.27 Coors Field 0.340 0.188 95.6 8:40 PM EST
Toronto Ivan Nova 4.95 Rogers Centre 0.331 0.182 95.0 7:07 PM EST
Boston Michael Montgomery 5.06 Fenway Park 0.316 0.143 86.6 7:10 PM EST
Houston Alfredo Simon 4.68 Minute Maid Park 0.321 0.188 85.0 8:10 PM EST
Texas Nate Karns 4.80 Rangers Ballpark 0.321 0.154 83.1 8:05 PM EST
Milwaukee Adam Morgan 4.65 Miller Park 0.280 0.150 76.5 8:10 PM EST
Baltimore Brad Mills 4.38 Camden Yards 0.311 0.149 72.8 7:05 PM EST
Seattle Joe Kelly 4.44 Fenway Park 0.305 0.162 71.0 7:10 PM EST
Kansas City Jered Weaver 4.33 Kauffman Stadium 0.318 0.146 70.5 8:10 PM EST
LA Dodgers John Lamb 3.93 Dodger Stadium 0.325 0.146 68.8 10:10 PM EST
Tampa Bay Martin Perez 4.20 Rangers Ballpark 0.327 0.172 67.5 8:05 PM EST
San Diego Yohan Flande 4.73 Coors Field 0.282 0.116 67.0 8:40 PM EST
Arizona Julio Teheran 4.04 Turner Field 0.320 0.147 60.6 7:35 PM EST
St. Louis Tom Koehler 4.13 Busch Stadium 0.314 0.139 60.2 8:15 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Kyle Hendricks 4.26 U.S. Cellular Field 0.305 0.138 57.0 4:10 PM EST
NY Mets J.A. Happ 4.04 Citi Field 0.286 0.134 53.5 7:10 PM EST
Cleveland Trevor May 3.89 Target Field 0.311 0.142 52.2 8:10 PM EST
NY Yankees David Price 3.55 Rogers Centre 0.334 0.181 50.2 7:07 PM EST
Washington Matt Cain 3.61 AT&T Park 0.308 0.144 49.1 10:15 PM EST
Philadelphia Wily Peralta 3.85 Miller Park 0.295 0.129 47.7 8:10 PM EST
Oakland Ubaldo Jimenez 3.63 Camden Yards 0.305 0.135 44.2 7:05 PM EST
LA Angels Danny Duffy 3.68 Kauffman Stadium 0.294 0.133 44.1 8:10 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Jeff Samardzija 3.74 U.S. Cellular Field 0.301 0.138 42.9 4:10 PM EST
Detroit Dallas Keuchel 3.33 Minute Maid Park 0.339 0.157 42.2 8:10 PM EST
Pittsburgh Bartolo Colon 3.46 Citi Field 0.310 0.135 40.0 7:10 PM EST
Atlanta Robbie Ray 3.46 Turner Field 0.281 0.103 34.5 7:35 PM EST
Cincinnati Alex Wood 3.08 Dodger Stadium 0.317 0.169 34.5 10:10 PM EST
Miami Jaime Garcia 2.88 Busch Stadium 0.333 0.152 30.2 8:15 PM EST
Minnesota Corey Kluber 3.11 Target Field 0.302 0.153 28.7 8:10 PM EST
San Francisco Max Scherzer 2.90 AT&T Park 0.325 0.149 27.4 10:15 PM EST

About the Author

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Derek Farnsworth (Notorious)

Derek Farnsworth (aka Notorious) is a lead RotoGrinders Expert and one of the most recognizable names and faces in all of DFS. Before joining the RotoGrinders team, Derek received a Master’s Degree from the University of Utah. When he’s not busy providing content, he’s dominating the DFS industry as evidenced by his consistent top rankings in several sports and multiple Live Final appearances. Noto provides expert NBA, NFL, MLB, and PGA analysis for RotoGrinders Premium members on a daily basis and has also been nominated for five different Fantasy Sports Writer’s Association (FSWA) awards. Follow Noto on X – @RG_Notorious