MLB First Look: Monday, August 31st

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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
Baltimore Tampa Bay TB -120 7.0 7:05 PM EST
Toronto Cleveland TOR -210 7.5 7:07 PM EST
Atlanta Miami ATL -120 8.5 7:10 PM EST
Boston NY Yankees BOS -115 9.0 7:10 PM EST
NY Mets Philadelphia NYM -210 7.5 7:10 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Cincinnati CHC -160 8.0 8:05 PM EST
Houston Seattle HOU -220 7.5 8:10 PM EST
St. Louis Washington STL -140 7.0 8:15 PM EST
Colorado Arizona ARI -115 10.5 8:40 PM EST
Oakland LA Angels LAA -110 7.5 10:05 PM EST
LA Dodgers San Francisco LAD -135 7.5 10:10 PM EST
San Diego Texas SD -130 6.5 10:10 PM EST

Pitcher Rankings

Pitcher Opponent Vegas Line SIERA K% Opp. wOBA Opp. K% Rating Time
David Price CLE -210 2.97 25.8% 12 5 96.4 7:07 PM EST
Dallas Keuchel SEA -220 2.94 20.3% 16 22 95.2 8:10 PM EST
Chris Archer BAL -120 3.25 25.7% 7 28 93.7 7:05 PM EST
Tyson Ross TEX -130 3.28 24.6% 8 8 83.4 10:10 PM EST
Kyle Hendricks CIN -160 3.70 18.7% 23 10 74.8 8:05 PM EST
John Lackey WAS -140 3.84 18.9% 13 24 73.4 8:15 PM EST
Brett Anderson SF -135 3.46 16.2% 13 6 70.8 10:10 PM EST
Danny Salazar TOR 210 3.23 26.6% 2 6 69.5 7:07 PM EST
Gio Gonzalez STL 140 3.63 22.9% 24 25 69.5 8:15 PM EST
Bartolo Colon PHI -210 3.83 17.7% 27 15 69.1 7:10 PM EST
Wei-Yin Chen TB 120 3.90 18.5% 5 18 62.4 7:05 PM EST
Hector Santiago OAK -110 4.26 20.9% 23 2 57.4 10:05 PM EST
Chad Bettis ARI 115 4.25 17.2% 10 22 56.4 8:40 PM EST
Chris Narveson ATL 120 3.93 22.4% 25 11 54.3 7:10 PM EST
Mike Foltynewicz MIA -120 4.27 18.8% 30 9 53.9 7:10 PM EST
Eduardo Rodriguez NYY -115 4.17 17.7% 3 7 53.7 7:10 PM EST
Jerad Eickhoff NYM 210 3.65 22.5% 24 19 52.9 7:10 PM EST
Robbie Ray COL -115 4.29 18.8% 28 27 51.0 8:40 PM EST
Jake Peavy LAD 135 4.19 18.2% 3 17 50.2 10:10 PM EST
Vidal Nuno HOU 220 3.81 20.0% 10 26 49.1 8:10 PM EST
Colby Lewis SD 130 4.27 17.3% 26 26 48.5 10:10 PM EST
Felix Doubront LAA 110 4.57 14.9% 27 4 48.2 10:05 PM EST
Ivan Nova BOS 115 4.63 14.1% 10 2 35.3 7:10 PM EST
Michael Lorenzen CHC 160 5.28 15.8% 16 29 33.7 8:05 PM EST

Team Offense Rankings

Team Opposing Pitcher Team Total Ballpark Team wOBA (LH/RH) Team ISO (LH/RH) Team Rating Time
Arizona Chad Bettis 5.54 Coors Field 0.318 0.146 97.3 8:40 PM EST
Boston Ivan Nova 4.79 Fenway Park 0.318 0.143 84.9 7:10 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Michael Lorenzen 4.40 Wrigley Field 0.312 0.158 77.2 8:05 PM EST
Toronto Danny Salazar 4.40 Rogers Centre 0.331 0.182 75.5 7:07 PM EST
Colorado Robbie Ray 4.96 Coors Field 0.289 0.107 75.3 8:40 PM EST
Houston Vidal Nuno 4.43 Minute Maid Park 0.314 0.169 74.9 8:10 PM EST
NY Yankees Eduardo Rodriguez 4.21 Fenway Park 0.333 0.177 74.0 7:10 PM EST
LA Dodgers Jake Peavy 4.09 Dodger Stadium 0.325 0.173 68.9 10:10 PM EST
Atlanta Chris Narveson 4.55 Turner Field 0.295 0.117 67.7 7:10 PM EST
NY Mets Jerad Eickhoff 4.40 Citi Field 0.302 0.144 62.5 7:10 PM EST
Tampa Bay Wei-Yin Chen 3.80 Camden Yards 0.329 0.170 62.0 7:05 PM EST
LA Angels Felix Doubront 4.03 O.co Coliseum 0.292 0.137 55.4 10:05 PM EST
Miami Mike Foltynewicz 3.95 Turner Field 0.290 0.114 52.5 7:10 PM EST
San Diego Colby Lewis 3.58 Petco Park 0.299 0.144 47.2 10:10 PM EST
St. Louis Gio Gonzalez 3.85 Busch Stadium 0.299 0.128 44.8 8:15 PM EST
Cincinnati Kyle Hendricks 3.60 Wrigley Field 0.305 0.142 42.9 8:05 PM EST
Oakland Hector Santiago 3.48 O.co Coliseum 0.301 0.122 41.2 10:05 PM EST
Baltimore Chris Archer 3.20 Camden Yards 0.320 0.177 40.2 7:05 PM EST
Washington John Lackey 3.15 Busch Stadium 0.313 0.152 37.8 8:15 PM EST
San Francisco Brett Anderson 3.41 Dodger Stadium 0.310 0.112 34.9 10:10 PM EST
Texas Tyson Ross 2.93 Petco Park 0.319 0.152 29.7 10:10 PM EST
Philadelphia Bartolo Colon 3.10 Citi Field 0.298 0.136 28.7 7:10 PM EST
Seattle Dallas Keuchel 3.08 Minute Maid Park 0.309 0.145 28.6 8:10 PM EST
Cleveland David Price 3.10 Rogers Centre 0.312 0.122 27.5 7:07 PM EST

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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