MLB First Look: Friday, July 24th

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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 Cubs Philadelphia CHC -260 7.5 4:05 PM EST
Pittsburgh Washington WAS -120 6.5 7:05 PM EST
Boston Detroit BOS -138 9.0 7:10 PM EST
Cleveland Chicago White Sox CLE -180 7.0 7:10 PM EST
Tampa Bay Baltimore TB -160 7.0 7:10 PM EST
NY Mets LA Dodgers LAD -180 6.5 7:10 PM EST
Kansas City Houston KC -135 8.5 8:10 PM EST
Minnesota NY Yankees NYY -140 8.0 8:10 PM EST
St. Louis Atlanta STL -180 8.0 8:15 PM EST
Colorado Cincinnati COL -119 11.0 8:40 PM EST
Arizona Milwaukee ARI -124 8.0 9:40 PM EST
LA Angels Texas LAA -150 8.0 10:05 PM EST
San Diego Miami SD -145 6.5 10:10 PM EST
Seattle Toronto SEA -160 7.5 10:10 PM EST
San Francisco Oakland SF -125 7.0 10:15 PM EST

Pitcher Rankings

Pitcher Opponent Vegas Line SIERA K% Opp. wOBA Opp. K% Rating Time
Corey Kluber CWS -180 2.65 28.3% 25 16 99.3 7:10 PM EST
Max Scherzer PIT -120 2.79 28.6% 22 21 93.7 7:05 PM EST
Jon Lester PHI -260 3.15 24.4% 14 15 88.8 4:05 PM EST
Chris Archer BAL -160 3.33 24.5% 9 28 83.5 7:10 PM EST
Michael Pineda MIN -140 3.04 22.8% 20 22 80.3 8:10 PM EST
Felix Hernandez TOR -160 2.73 26.0% 4 9 79.3 10:10 PM EST
Tim Cooney ATL -180 3.91 22.9% 29 17 67.1 8:15 PM EST
Andrew Cashner MIA -145 3.72 19.5% 26 18 66.9 10:10 PM EST
Patrick Corbin MIL -124 3.24 21.0% 23 11 66.4 9:40 PM EST
Jimmy Nelson ARI 124 3.85 19.3% 14 23 61.0 9:40 PM EST
Scott Kazmir KC 135 3.60 21.8% 10 1 59.3 8:10 PM EST
Jose Quintana CLE 180 3.50 21.2% 7 4 58.4 7:10 PM EST
Ian Thomas NYM -180 4.29 21.9% 28 20 58.0 7:10 PM EST
Jesse Chavez SF 125 3.63 21.6% 6 5 56.4 10:15 PM EST
Jeff Locke WAS 120 4.06 16.8% 16 16 55.2 7:05 PM EST
Drew Hutchison SEA 160 3.67 22.4% 23 25 53.6 10:10 PM EST
Rick Porcello DET -138 3.90 16.4% 3 12 53.0 7:10 PM EST
Jake Peavy OAK -125 4.16 18.3% 14 3 50.1 10:15 PM EST
Dan Haren SD 145 3.93 18.1% 28 26 49.8 10:10 PM EST
Chris Tillman TB 160 4.33 17.3% 27 27 49.2 7:10 PM EST
Phil Hughes NYY 140 N/A N/A 5 8 47.1 8:10 PM EST
Jon Niese LAD 180 N/A N/A 10 14 44.5 7:10 PM EST
Nick Tropeano TEX -150 N/A N/A 7 14 42.1 10:05 PM EST
Jeremy Guthrie HOU -135 N/A N/A 10 30 40.9 8:10 PM EST
Colby Lewis LAA 150 N/A N/A 14 13 40.1 10:05 PM EST
Manuel Banuelos STL 180 N/A N/A 26 29 39.9 8:15 PM EST
Anthony DeSclafani COL 119 N/A N/A 1 15 39.4 8:40 PM EST
Justin Verlander BOS 138 N/A N/A 12 2 38.0 7:10 PM EST
Jerome Williams CHC 260 N/A N/A 24 29 29.9 4:05 PM EST
Eddie Butler CIN -119 N/A N/A 14 7 26.4 8:40 PM EST

Team Offense Rankings

Team Opposing Pitcher Team Total Ballpark Team wOBA (LH/RH) Team ISO (LH/RH) Team Rating Time
Colorado Anthony DeSclafani 5.80 Coors Field 0.339 0.184 99.4 8:40 PM EST
Cincinnati Eddie Butler 5.20 Coors Field 0.313 0.146 85.4 8:40 PM EST
Boston Justin Verlander 4.85 Fenway Park 0.315 0.136 74.6 7:10 PM EST
NY Yankees Phil Hughes 4.35 Target Field 0.328 0.175 66.5 8:10 PM EST
LA Angels Colby Lewis 4.38 Angel Stadium 0.313 0.152 65.3 10:05 PM EST
Detroit Rick Porcello 4.16 Fenway Park 0.333 0.157 62.5 7:10 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Jerome Williams 4.40 Wrigley Field 0.297 0.135 62.5 4:05 PM EST
Kansas City Scott Kazmir 4.59 Kauffman Stadium 0.315 0.120 61.1 8:10 PM EST
Houston Jeremy Guthrie 3.91 Kauffman Stadium 0.321 0.186 60.7 8:10 PM EST
Arizona Jimmy Nelson 4.31 Chase Field 0.313 0.140 59.0 9:40 PM EST
St. Louis Manuel Banuelos 4.45 Busch Stadium 0.292 0.117 56.2 8:15 PM EST
Seattle Drew Hutchison 4.15 Safeco Field 0.301 0.153 56.0 10:10 PM EST
Texas Nick Tropeano 3.63 Angel Stadium 0.326 0.163 53.4 10:05 PM EST
San Francisco Jesse Chavez 3.81 AT&T Park 0.327 0.148 50.9 10:15 PM EST
Cleveland Jose Quintana 3.95 Progressive Field 0.319 0.127 47.3 7:10 PM EST
Tampa Bay Chris Tillman 3.90 Tropicana Field 0.291 0.130 47.2 7:10 PM EST
LA Dodgers Jon Niese 3.70 Citi Field 0.315 0.141 45.9 7:10 PM EST
Milwaukee Patrick Corbin 3.69 Chase Field 0.293 0.164 45.1 9:40 PM EST
Minnesota Michael Pineda 3.65 Target Field 0.306 0.151 40.9 8:10 PM EST
San Diego Dan Haren 3.61 Petco Park 0.290 0.134 40.4 10:10 PM EST
Washington Jeff Locke 3.55 PNCPark 0.307 0.131 40.1 7:05 PM EST
Toronto Felix Hernandez 3.35 Safeco Field 0.329 0.178 39.7 10:10 PM EST
Oakland Jake Peavy 3.19 AT&T Park 0.313 0.140 34.7 10:15 PM EST
Atlanta Tim Cooney 3.55 Busch Stadium 0.284 0.097 34.5 8:15 PM EST
Baltimore Chris Archer 3.10 Tropicana Field 0.323 0.172 33.3 7:10 PM EST
Philadelphia Jon Lester 3.10 Wrigley Field 0.309 0.122 24.0 4:05 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Corey Kluber 3.05 Progressive Field 0.296 0.124 20.3 7:10 PM EST
Pittsburgh Max Scherzer 2.95 PNCPark 0.304 0.123 19.8 7:05 PM EST
NY Mets Ian Thomas 2.80 Citi Field 0.290 0.118 18.3 7:10 PM EST
Miami Andrew Cashner 2.89 Petco Park 0.292 0.115 17.4 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