MLB First Look: Monday, September 7th

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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
NY Yankees Baltimore NYY -150 8.0 1:05 PM EST
Washington NY Mets WAS -180 7.5 1:05 PM EST
Detroit Tampa Bay TB -125 8.5 1:08 PM EST
Cincinnati Pittsburgh PIT -125 8.0 1:10 PM EST
Miami Milwaukee MIA -130 8.5 1:10 PM EST
Boston Toronto TOR -127 9.5 1:35 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Cleveland CWS -180 7.5 2:10 PM EST
St. Louis Chicago Cubs STL -165 7.0 2:15 PM EST
Oakland Houston HOU -135 7.5 4:05 PM EST
Arizona San Francisco ARI -113 8.0 4:10 PM EST
San Diego Colorado SD -155 7.5 4:10 PM EST
Seattle Texas TEX -111 7.5 6:40 PM EST
Philadelphia Atlanta PHI -140 8.5 7:05 PM EST
Kansas City Minnesota KC -170 8.0 8:10 PM EST
LA Angels LA Dodgers LAD -170 7.0 9:05 PM EST

Pitcher Rankings

Pitcher Opponent Vegas Line SIERA K% Opp. wOBA Opp. K% Rating Time
Chris Sale CLE -180 2.48 31.9% 16 5 97.9 2:10 PM EST
Max Scherzer NYM -180 2.83 28.8% 22 14 91.2 1:05 PM EST
Zack Greinke LAA -170 3.05 24.6% 22 11 88.3 9:05 PM EST
Michael Pineda BAL -150 3.11 22.7% 6 28 82.6 1:05 PM EST
Yordano Ventura MIN -170 3.81 21.1% 27 25 79.6 8:10 PM EST
Ian Kennedy COL -155 3.56 24.2% 1 14 77.3 4:10 PM EST
Lance Lynn CHC -165 3.82 22.0% 15 29 72.0 2:15 PM EST
Patrick Corbin SF -113 3.25 23.9% 19 7 71.3 4:10 PM EST
Mike Fiers OAK -135 3.54 25.0% 20 4 70.4 4:05 PM EST
Drew Smyly DET -125 3.58 22.6% 2 17 66.0 1:08 PM EST
Mike Leake ARI 113 3.69 17.5% 11 20 60.8 4:10 PM EST
Anthony Desclafani PIT 125 4.19 18.3% 17 21 54.2 1:10 PM EST
Jeff Locke CIN -125 4.16 16.6% 7 8 53.4 1:10 PM EST
Roenis Elias TEX 111 4.07 19.9% 18 22 52.3 6:40 PM EST
Rick Porcello TOR 127 3.87 17.1% 2 7 51.0 1:35 PM EST
Dan Haren STL 165 4.04 17.9% 12 10 51.0 2:15 PM EST
Yovani Gallardo SEA -111 4.16 16.5% 19 27 50.6 6:40 PM EST
Trevor Bauer CWS 180 4.03 22.3% 20 17 50.3 2:10 PM EST
Wei-Yin Chen NYY 150 3.90 18.5% 3 6 50.0 1:05 PM EST
Aaron Harang ATL -140 4.44 16.8% 28 3 47.8 7:05 PM EST
Jon Niese WAS 180 3.98 16.6% 9 21 43.1 1:05 PM EST
Randy Wolf TB 125 4.15 16.4% 5 20 42.8 1:08 PM EST
Felix Doubront HOU 135 4.59 15.1% 9 25 41.6 4:05 PM EST
Nicholas Tropeano LAD 170 4.58 15.5% 5 19 41.2 9:05 PM EST
Tommy Milone KC 170 4.45 15.7% 12 1 40.1 8:10 PM EST
Mark Buehrle BOS -127 4.44 12.8% 6 9 37.3 1:35 PM EST
Justin Nicolino MIL -130 5.38 8.5% 28 16 35.3 1:10 PM EST
Kyle Kendrick SD 155 4.71 13.1% 25 23 33.4 4:10 PM EST
Williams Perez PHI 140 5.18 13.4% 28 18 31.5 7:05 PM EST
Zachary Davies MIA 130 5.73 15.0% 30 9 31.1 1:10 PM EST

Team Offense Rankings

Team Opposing Pitcher Team Total Ballpark Team wOBA (LH/RH) Team ISO (LH/RH) Team Rating Time
Toronto Rick Porcello 4.91 Fenway Park 0.333 0.181 89.7 1:35 PM EST
Tampa Bay Randy Wolf 4.40 Comerica Park 0.331 0.174 77.4 1:08 PM EST
Boston Mark Buehrle 4.59 Fenway Park 0.324 0.150 76.5 1:35 PM EST
NY Yankees Wei-Yin Chen 4.29 Yankee Stadium 0.339 0.178 74.8 1:05 PM EST
Kansas City Tommy Milone 4.41 Kauffman Stadium 0.314 0.126 69.0 8:10 PM EST
Detroit Drew Smyly 4.10 Comerica Park 0.347 0.172 67.6 1:08 PM EST
Philadelphia Williams Perez 4.48 Citizens Bank Park 0.298 0.135 66.9 7:05 PM EST
Miami Zachary Davies 4.43 Marlins Park 0.292 0.117 66.4 1:10 PM EST
Houston Felix Doubront 3.96 O.co Coliseum 0.317 0.173 63.7 4:05 PM EST
Washington Jon Niese 4.21 Nationals Park 0.317 0.150 63.5 1:05 PM EST
San Diego Kyle Kendrick 4.07 Petco Park 0.301 0.148 60.7 4:10 PM EST
LA Dodgers Nicholas Tropeano 3.91 Angel Stadium 0.322 0.171 60.5 9:05 PM EST
Cincinnati Jeff Locke 3.85 Great American Park 0.322 0.168 59.7 1:10 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Trevor Bauer 4.21 U.S. Cellular Field 0.307 0.139 59.6 2:10 PM EST
Pittsburgh Anthony Desclafani 4.15 Great American Park 0.312 0.138 59.1 1:10 PM EST
Arizona Mike Leake 4.08 Chase Field 0.318 0.146 58.7 4:10 PM EST
Milwaukee Justin Nicolino 4.07 Marlins Park 0.289 0.152 56.6 1:10 PM EST
St. Louis Dan Haren 3.88 Busch Stadium 0.317 0.143 55.6 2:15 PM EST
Texas Roenis Elias 3.82 Safeco Field 0.309 0.154 53.5 6:40 PM EST
Baltimore Michael Pineda 3.71 Yankee Stadium 0.321 0.180 52.6 1:05 PM EST
Colorado Ian Kennedy 3.43 Petco Park 0.337 0.188 50.9 4:10 PM EST
Seattle Yovani Gallardo 3.68 Safeco Field 0.310 0.167 50.3 6:40 PM EST
Atlanta Aaron Harang 4.02 Citizens Bank Park 0.298 0.109 50.2 7:05 PM EST
San Francisco Patrick Corbin 3.92 Chase Field 0.307 0.110 48.5 4:10 PM EST
Minnesota Yordano Ventura 3.59 Kauffman Stadium 0.300 0.154 41.8 8:10 PM EST
Oakland Mike Fiers 3.54 O.co Coliseum 0.307 0.143 39.0 4:05 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Lance Lynn 3.12 Busch Stadium 0.315 0.162 33.8 2:15 PM EST
NY Mets Max Scherzer 3.29 Nationals Park 0.306 0.146 30.8 1:05 PM EST
Cleveland Chris Sale 3.29 U.S. Cellular Field 0.312 0.124 29.7 2:10 PM EST
LA Angels Zack Greinke 3.09 Angel Stadium 0.306 0.149 26.0 9:05 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