MLB First Look: Friday, September 25th

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The MLB First Look, written by Notorious, is 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 Pittsburgh CHC -115 7.0 2:20 PM EST
NY Yankees Chicago White Sox NYY -160 8.0 7:05 PM EST
Washington Philadelphia WAS -240 7.5 7:05 PM EST
Toronto Tampa Bay TOR -170 8.5 7:07 PM EST
Detroit Minnesota MIN -110 9.0 7:08 PM EST
Cincinnati NY Mets NYM -125 8.0 7:10 PM EST
Miami Atlanta MIA -200 6.5 7:10 PM EST
Boston Baltimore BOS -115 8.5 7:10 PM EST
Houston Texas HOU -125 8.0 8:10 PM EST
Colorado LA Dodgers LAD -135 11.5 8:10 PM EST
Kansas City Cleveland KC -110 7.5 8:10 PM EST
St. Louis Milwaukee STL -220 7.5 8:15 PM EST
Oakland San Francisco OAK -125 7.0 10:05 PM EST
LA Angels Seattle LAA -180 7.5 10:05 PM EST
San Diego Arizona ARI -120 7.5 10:10 PM EST

Pitcher Rankings

Pitcher Opponent Vegas Line SIERA K% Opp. wOBA Opp. K% Rating Time
Jose Fernandez ATL -200 2.42 33.1% 28 3 96.1 7:10 PM EST
Carlos Martinez MIL -220 3.44 23.5% 18 18 87.5 8:15 PM EST
Jordan Zimmermann PHI -240 3.46 21.4% 29 18 86.1 7:05 PM EST
Noah Syndergaard CIN -125 3.11 26.4% 19 10 85.1 7:10 PM EST
Jon Lester PIT -115 3.18 24.8% 20 23 84.2 2:20 PM EST
Gerrit Cole CHC 115 3.21 24.4% 11 30 80.4 2:20 PM EST
Carlos Carrasco KC 110 2.72 27.7% 3 1 79.8 8:10 PM EST
Garrett Richards SEA -180 3.61 21.8% 19 27 75.9 10:05 PM EST
Sonny Gray SF -125 3.69 20.2% 7 5 67.2 10:05 PM EST
Rich Hill BAL -115 3.75 20.0% 25 27 66.5 7:10 PM EST
CC Sabathia CWS -160 3.80 20.2% 29 10 66.0 7:05 PM EST
Scott Kazmir TEX -125 3.81 21.1% 17 22 63.8 8:10 PM EST
Anthony Desclafani NYM 125 4.04 18.9% 21 14 60.7 7:10 PM EST
Rubby De La Rosa SD -120 4.14 18.1% 27 25 58.7 10:10 PM EST
Mike Leake OAK 125 3.77 17.2% 22 4 57.8 10:05 PM EST
Carlos Rodon NYY 160 4.12 23.3% 3 7 57.4 7:05 PM EST
Jake Odorizzi TOR 170 3.75 22.9% 1 7 57.3 7:07 PM EST
Casey Kelly ARI 120 4.00 15.0% 11 22 56.2 10:10 PM EST
Wei-Yin Chen BOS 115 3.90 18.4% 4 8 55.4 7:10 PM EST
R.A. Dickey TB -170 4.42 16.8% 24 24 55.2 7:07 PM EST
Edinson Volquez CLE -110 4.32 17.5% 16 5 51.1 8:10 PM EST
Vidal Nuno LAA 180 3.88 19.9% 27 4 49.3 10:05 PM EST
Jerad Eickhoff WAS 240 4.30 19.3% 13 26 48.3 7:05 PM EST
Ryan Weber MIA 200 4.23 13.0% 30 9 48.2 7:10 PM EST
Yovani Gallardo HOU 125 4.19 16.5% 13 29 45.3 8:10 PM EST
Ariel Pena STL 220 4.94 20.5% 13 12 43.5 8:15 PM EST
Mike Bolsinger COL -135 3.84 20.6% 2 18 42.5 8:10 PM EST
Mike Pelfrey DET -110 4.91 11.0% 10 14 38.3 7:08 PM EST
Matt Boyd MIN 110 4.68 17.3% 13 13 37.8 7:08 PM EST
David Hale LAD 135 4.31 14.3% 3 18 31.8 8:10 PM EST

Team Offense Rankings

Team Opposing Pitcher Team Total Ballpark Team wOBA (LH/RH) Team ISO (LH/RH) Team Rating Time
LA Dodgers David Hale 5.96 Coors Field 0.323 0.170 98.9 8:10 PM EST
Colorado Mike Bolsinger 5.54 Coors Field 0.332 0.185 92.1 8:10 PM EST
Toronto Jake Odorizzi 4.66 Rogers Centre 0.337 0.185 84.5 7:07 PM EST
Minnesota Matt Boyd 4.56 Comerica Park 0.316 0.154 80.5 7:08 PM EST
Washington Jerad Eickhoff 4.56 Nationals Park 0.317 0.154 77.9 7:05 PM EST
NY Yankees Carlos Rodon 4.35 Yankee Stadium 0.333 0.169 75.6 7:05 PM EST
Boston Wei-Yin Chen 4.34 Fenway Park 0.331 0.155 75.5 7:10 PM EST
Detroit Mike Pelfrey 4.44 Comerica Park 0.319 0.146 73.9 7:08 PM EST
St. Louis Ariel Pena 4.44 Busch Stadium 0.317 0.145 70.1 8:15 PM EST
Houston Yovani Gallardo 4.15 Minute Maid Park 0.317 0.181 69.0 8:10 PM EST
NY Mets Anthony Desclafani 4.15 Great American Park 0.309 0.151 62.4 7:10 PM EST
LA Angels Vidal Nuno 4.21 Angel Stadium 0.291 0.131 58.0 10:05 PM EST
Texas Scott Kazmir 3.85 Minute Maid Park 0.311 0.153 54.1 8:10 PM EST
Kansas City Carlos Carrasco 3.81 Kauffman Stadium 0.323 0.153 53.8 8:10 PM EST
Tampa Bay R.A. Dickey 3.84 Rogers Centre 0.305 0.143 53.4 7:07 PM EST
Cincinnati Noah Syndergaard 3.85 Great American Park 0.311 0.149 52.1 7:10 PM EST
Cleveland Edinson Volquez 3.69 Kauffman Stadium 0.315 0.147 51.5 8:10 PM EST
Baltimore Rich Hill 4.16 Fenway Park 0.296 0.141 50.1 7:10 PM EST
San Diego Rubby De La Rosa 3.63 Petco Park 0.301 0.150 49.3 10:10 PM EST
Arizona Casey Kelly 3.87 Petco Park 0.318 0.145 48.5 10:10 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Gerrit Cole 3.59 Wrigley Field 0.318 0.164 48.3 2:20 PM EST
Oakland Mike Leake 3.65 O.co Coliseum 0.308 0.146 46.1 10:05 PM EST
Miami Ryan Weber 3.83 Marlins Park 0.293 0.118 44.8 7:10 PM EST
San Francisco Sonny Gray 3.35 O.co Coliseum 0.321 0.147 41.2 10:05 PM EST
Chicago White Sox CC Sabathia 3.65 Yankee Stadium 0.284 0.101 41.1 7:05 PM EST
Seattle Garrett Richards 3.29 Angel Stadium 0.311 0.166 38.8 10:05 PM EST
Pittsburgh Jon Lester 3.41 Wrigley Field 0.306 0.127 33.3 2:20 PM EST
Milwaukee Carlos Martinez 3.06 Busch Stadium 0.312 0.142 27.4 8:15 PM EST
Philadelphia Jordan Zimmermann 2.94 Nationals Park 0.294 0.135 21.6 7:05 PM EST
Atlanta Jose Fernandez 2.67 Marlins Park 0.297 0.107 10.9 7:10 PM EST

About the Author

Notorious
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