MLB First Look: Friday, August 28th

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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
Washington Miami WAS -260 7.0 7:05 PM EST
Philadelphia San Diego SD -110 8.0 7:05 PM EST
Pittsburgh Colorado PIT -250 7.0 7:05 PM EST
Toronto Detroit TOR -200 9.5 7:07 PM EST
Cleveland LA Angels CLE -123 8.0 7:10 PM EST
Tampa Bay Kansas City KC -110 7.0 7:10 PM EST
NY Mets Boston NYM -200 7.0 7:10 PM EST
Atlanta NY Yankees NYY -220 7.5 7:35 PM EST
Texas Baltimore TEX -125 8.5 8:05 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Seattle SEA -130 8.5 8:10 PM EST
Milwaukee Cincinnati MIL -125 7.5 8:10 PM EST
Minnesota Houston HOU -130 8.0 8:10 PM EST
Arizona Oakland OAK -115 7.5 9:40 PM EST
LA Dodgers Chicago Cubs LAD -220 6.5 10:10 PM EST
San Francisco St. Louis STL -110 6.5 10:15 PM EST

Pitcher Rankings

Pitcher Opponent Vegas Line SIERA K% Opp. wOBA Opp. K% Rating Time
Clayton Kershaw CHC -220 2.17 32.2% 19 30 98.1 10:10 PM EST
Max Scherzer MIA -260 2.85 28.7% 30 9 95.3 7:05 PM EST
Masahiro Tanaka ATL -220 3.01 24.4% 27 3 81.2 7:35 PM EST
Francisco Liriano COL -250 3.46 25.8% 28 27 80.9 7:05 PM EST
Matt Harvey BOS -200 3.43 23.2% 10 2 78.0 7:10 PM EST
Taylor Jungmann CIN -125 3.76 22.5% 23 10 73.5 8:10 PM EST
Sonny Gray ARI -115 3.55 20.8% 10 22 73.5 9:40 PM EST
Raisel Iglesias MIL 125 3.34 25.3% 18 21 72.2 8:10 PM EST
Ian Kennedy PHI -110 3.57 23.8% 27 15 70.1 7:05 PM EST
Cole Hamels BAL -125 3.35 24.2% 16 19 69.8 8:05 PM EST
Scott Kazmir MIN -130 3.71 21.5% 13 10 66.0 8:10 PM EST
Taijuan Walker CWS -130 3.69 22.3% 20 16 65.5 8:10 PM EST
Michael Wacha SF -110 3.75 20.8% 6 5 65.5 10:15 PM EST
Jason Hammel LAD 220 3.41 23.3% 3 17 60.6 10:10 PM EST
Trevor Bauer LAA -123 4.02 22.3% 20 12 60.2 7:10 PM EST
Mike Leake STL 110 3.68 17.6% 16 10 58.4 10:15 PM EST
Edinson Volquez TB -110 4.27 17.6% 27 26 52.2 7:10 PM EST
Kevin Gausman TEX 125 3.92 19.7% 8 8 51.1 8:05 PM EST
Aaron Nola SD 110 3.98 19.4% 26 26 50.5 7:05 PM EST
Chase Anderson OAK 115 4.08 18.7% 20 4 48.4 9:40 PM EST
R.A. Dickey DET -200 4.42 16.9% 4 14 45.7 7:07 PM EST
Erasmo Ramirez KC 110 4.25 17.9% 5 1 44.2 7:10 PM EST
Henry Owens NYM 200 4.08 21.2% 21 28 43.0 7:10 PM EST
Kyle Gibson HOU 130 4.19 15.3% 12 30 39.6 8:10 PM EST
Andrew Heaney CLE 123 4.10 16.9% 12 5 39.1 7:10 PM EST
Jonathan Gray PIT 250 4.10 18.9% 13 19 38.8 7:05 PM EST
Adam Conley WAS 260 4.31 17.8% 22 21 38.8 7:05 PM EST
John Danks SEA 130 4.62 15.5% 16 22 34.1 8:10 PM EST
Williams Perez NYY 220 5.07 14.3% 8 13 24.9 7:35 PM EST
Matt Boyd TOR 200 4.60 15.9% 1 3 23.7 7:07 PM EST

Team Offense Rankings

Team Opposing Pitcher Team Total Ballpark Team wOBA (LH/RH) Team ISO (LH/RH) Team Rating Time
Toronto Matt Boyd 5.38 Rogers Centre 0.358 0.187 95.8 7:07 PM EST
NY Yankees Williams Perez 4.43 Turner Field 0.319 0.168 78.9 7:35 PM EST
Seattle John Danks 4.58 U.S. Cellular Field 0.309 0.145 78.4 8:10 PM EST
Texas Kevin Gausman 4.56 Rangers Ballpark 0.319 0.152 77.5 8:05 PM EST
Houston Kyle Gibson 4.33 Target Field 0.316 0.184 73.4 8:10 PM EST
Detroit R.A. Dickey 4.13 Rogers Centre 0.324 0.154 71.8 7:07 PM EST
Pittsburgh Jonathan Gray 4.25 PNCPark 0.313 0.138 65.6 7:05 PM EST
NY Mets Henry Owens 4.13 Citi Field 0.305 0.161 65.3 7:10 PM EST
Cleveland Andrew Heaney 4.31 Progressive Field 0.312 0.122 65.2 7:10 PM EST
LA Dodgers Jason Hammel 3.93 Dodger Stadium 0.325 0.173 64.2 10:10 PM EST
San Diego Aaron Nola 4.28 Citizens Bank Park 0.299 0.144 62.7 7:05 PM EST
Washington Adam Conley 4.28 Nationals Park 0.302 0.132 61.7 7:05 PM EST
Kansas City Erasmo Ramirez 3.78 Tropicana Field 0.322 0.146 60.2 7:10 PM EST
Oakland Chase Anderson 4.04 Chase Field 0.306 0.142 57.6 9:40 PM EST
Baltimore Cole Hamels 3.94 Rangers Ballpark 0.309 0.148 54.6 8:05 PM EST
Milwaukee Raisel Iglesias 4.06 Miller Park 0.308 0.142 54.5 8:10 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Taijuan Walker 3.93 U.S. Cellular Field 0.306 0.139 53.2 8:10 PM EST
LA Angels Trevor Bauer 3.69 Progressive Field 0.306 0.149 52.7 7:10 PM EST
Minnesota Scott Kazmir 3.68 Target Field 0.310 0.144 48.0 8:10 PM EST
Arizona Sonny Gray 3.46 Chase Field 0.318 0.146 43.8 9:40 PM EST
Philadelphia Ian Kennedy 3.73 Citizens Bank Park 0.298 0.136 43.7 7:05 PM EST
St. Louis Mike Leake 3.53 AT&T Park 0.312 0.141 43.6 10:15 PM EST
Cincinnati Taylor Jungmann 3.44 Miller Park 0.305 0.142 37.1 8:10 PM EST
San Francisco Michael Wacha 2.98 AT&T Park 0.321 0.147 34.2 10:15 PM EST
Tampa Bay Edinson Volquez 3.23 Tropicana Field 0.298 0.137 31.9 7:10 PM EST
Boston Matt Harvey 2.88 Citi Field 0.318 0.143 28.7 7:10 PM EST
Atlanta Masahiro Tanaka 3.08 Turner Field 0.298 0.111 24.2 7:35 PM EST
Colorado Francisco Liriano 2.75 PNCPark 0.289 0.107 12.2 7:05 PM EST
Miami Max Scherzer 2.73 Nationals Park 0.290 0.114 12.0 7:05 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Clayton Kershaw 2.58 Dodger Stadium 0.307 0.131 10.7 10:10 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