MLB First Look: Saturday, August 1st

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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
Toronto Kansas City TOR -122 8.5 1:07 PM EST
Boston Tampa Bay BOS -120 9.0 1:35 PM EST
LA Dodgers LA Angels LAD -170 6.5 4:05 PM EST
Philadelphia Atlanta PHI -110 7.5 7:05 PM EST
Baltimore Detroit BAL -140 8.5 7:05 PM EST
Cincinnati Pittsburgh PIT -155 8.0 7:10 PM EST
Milwaukee Chicago Cubs CHC -125 8.0 7:10 PM EST
Chicago White Sox NY Yankees NYY -130 8.5 7:10 PM EST
NY Mets Washington NYM -145 6.5 7:10 PM EST
Houston Arizona HOU -200 7.5 7:10 PM EST
Miami San Diego MIA -110 7.5 7:10 PM EST
Minnesota Seattle MIN -114 8.5 7:10 PM EST
St. Louis Colorado STL -170 7.5 7:15 PM EST
Texas San Francisco TEX -125 8.5 8:05 PM EST
Oakland Cleveland CLE -120 7.5 9:05 PM EST

Pitcher Rankings

Pitcher Opponent Vegas Line SIERA K% Opp. wOBA Opp. K% Rating Time
Clayton Kershaw LAA -170 2.07 32.7% 14 5 97.5 4:05 PM EST
Dallas Keuchel ARI -200 2.90 19.9% 7 13 95.2 7:10 PM EST
Jacob deGrom WAS -145 3.08 25.8% 12 23 94.3 7:10 PM EST
Gerrit Cole CIN -155 3.09 24.4% 16 7 87.5 7:10 PM EST
Lance Lynn COL -170 3.67 22.6% 1 13 82.7 7:15 PM EST
Cole Hamels SF -125 3.25 24.5% 16 10 81.9 8:05 PM EST
Joe Ross NYM 145 2.50 26.4% 26 17 77.5 7:10 PM EST
Aaron Nola ATL -110 3.24 23.1% 24 3 76.4 7:05 PM EST
Kyle Hendricks MIL -125 3.67 18.1% 18 20 72.5 7:10 PM EST
Raisel Iglesias PIT 155 3.63 22.7% 20 22 63.7 7:10 PM EST
Andrew Heaney LAD 170 3.74 18.2% 5 11 62.0 4:05 PM EST
Kevin Gausman DET -140 4.04 18.8% 5 15 61.4 7:05 PM EST
Chris Heston TEX 125 3.51 19.4% 8 13 58.5 8:05 PM EST
Kyle Gibson SEA -114 4.08 15.3% 22 25 58.1 7:10 PM EST
Bryan Mitchell CWS -130 3.15 19.3% 22 19 57.4 7:10 PM EST
Anibal Sanchez BAL 140 3.76 20.6% 10 28 55.4 7:05 PM EST
Joe Kelly TB -120 4.26 17.0% 27 27 55.0 1:35 PM EST
Jorge De La Rosa STL 170 4.05 19.5% 25 27 54.3 7:15 PM EST
Yordano Ventura TOR 122 3.82 20.2% 2 10 53.8 1:07 PM EST
Matt Garza CHC 125 4.18 17.3% 25 29 51.8 7:10 PM EST
Mark Buehrle KC -122 4.31 13.2% 10 1 51.7 1:07 PM EST
Jeremy Hellickson HOU 200 3.92 19.6% 7 30 51.6 7:10 PM EST
Michael Montgomery MIN 114 4.30 17.0% 15 8 49.2 7:10 PM EST
Matthew Wisler PHI 110 4.69 14.6% 30 11 48.0 7:05 PM EST
Odrisamer Despaigne MIA 110 4.21 14.3% 29 16 47.0 7:10 PM EST
Jose Urena SD -110 5.02 10.7% 28 26 43.2 7:10 PM EST
Cody Anderson OAK -120 4.64 9.2% 16 4 42.9 9:05 PM EST
Aaron Brooks CLE 120 4.72 11.9% 18 6 41.1 9:05 PM EST
John Danks NYY 130 4.57 15.3% 3 4 35.0 7:10 PM EST
Matt Moore BOS 120 5.23 13.4% 20 7 29.2 1:35 PM EST

Team Offense Rankings

Team Opposing Pitcher Team Total Ballpark Team wOBA (LH/RH) Team ISO (LH/RH) Team Rating Time
NY Yankees John Danks 4.58 U.S. Cellular Field 0.333 0.185 86.0 7:10 PM EST
Boston Matt Moore 4.80 Fenway Park 0.299 0.137 80.0 1:35 PM EST
Toronto Yordano Ventura 4.56 Rogers Centre 0.329 0.178 79.7 1:07 PM EST
Baltimore Anibal Sanchez 4.60 Camden Yards 0.320 0.174 79.4 7:05 PM EST
Houston Jeremy Hellickson 4.38 Minute Maid Park 0.324 0.189 77.1 7:10 PM EST
Texas Chris Heston 4.56 Rangers Ballpark 0.323 0.158 74.9 8:05 PM EST
Minnesota Michael Montgomery 4.54 Target Field 0.308 0.134 72.5 7:10 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Matt Garza 4.31 Miller Park 0.299 0.140 65.6 7:10 PM EST
Cleveland Aaron Brooks 4.05 O.co Coliseum 0.309 0.144 65.3 9:05 PM EST
Pittsburgh Raisel Iglesias 4.39 Great American Park 0.308 0.129 63.6 7:10 PM EST
Detroit Kevin Gausman 3.90 Camden Yards 0.326 0.153 60.8 7:05 PM EST
Tampa Bay Joe Kelly 4.20 Fenway Park 0.292 0.133 60.2 1:35 PM EST
Seattle Kyle Gibson 3.97 Target Field 0.303 0.157 58.3 7:10 PM EST
St. Louis Jorge De La Rosa 4.18 Busch Stadium 0.290 0.117 56.6 7:15 PM EST
Kansas City Mark Buehrle 3.95 Rogers Centre 0.314 0.117 56.1 1:07 PM EST
LA Dodgers Andrew Heaney 3.68 Dodger Stadium 0.326 0.150 55.8 4:05 PM EST
Philadelphia Matthew Wisler 4.03 Citizens Bank Park 0.287 0.121 53.6 7:05 PM EST
Miami Odrisamer Despaigne 4.03 Marlins Park 0.289 0.114 51.6 7:10 PM EST
Oakland Cody Anderson 3.45 O.co Coliseum 0.311 0.138 48.5 9:05 PM EST
San Francisco Cole Hamels 3.94 Rangers Ballpark 0.307 0.100 47.5 8:05 PM EST
Colorado Lance Lynn 3.33 Busch Stadium 0.343 0.190 47.5 7:15 PM EST
Milwaukee Kyle Hendricks 3.69 Miller Park 0.309 0.138 47.3 7:10 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Bryan Mitchell 3.93 U.S. Cellular Field 0.303 0.132 47.2 7:10 PM EST
Cincinnati Gerrit Cole 3.61 Great American Park 0.311 0.145 46.0 7:10 PM EST
San Diego Jose Urena 3.48 Marlins Park 0.291 0.136 42.6 7:10 PM EST
Atlanta Aaron Nola 3.48 Citizens Bank Park 0.300 0.113 37.9 7:05 PM EST
NY Mets Joe Ross 3.61 Citi Field 0.295 0.125 36.3 7:10 PM EST
Arizona Dallas Keuchel 3.13 Minute Maid Park 0.318 0.137 31.5 7:10 PM EST
Washington Jacob deGrom 2.89 Citi Field 0.315 0.151 28.6 7:10 PM EST
LA Angels Clayton Kershaw 2.83 Dodger Stadium 0.309 0.148 23.4 4:05 PM EST

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