MLB First Look: Saturday, August 22nd

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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 Cleveland NYY -125 8.0 1:05 PM EST
Pittsburgh San Francisco PIT -165 7.0 4:05 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Atlanta CHC -220 7.5 4:05 PM EST
Washington Milwaukee WAS -150 7.0 7:05 PM EST
Baltimore Minnesota BAL -155 8.5 7:05 PM EST
Detroit Texas TEX -115 9.0 7:08 PM EST
Houston LA Dodgers LAD -120 7.0 7:10 PM EST
Cincinnati Arizona CIN -125 8.0 7:10 PM EST
Miami Philadelphia MIA -137 8.0 7:10 PM EST
Boston Kansas City KC -134 9.0 7:10 PM EST
Colorado NY Mets NYM -120 10.5 8:10 PM EST
San Diego St. Louis STL -135 6.5 8:40 PM EST
LA Angels Toronto LAA -105 8.0 9:05 PM EST
Oakland Tampa Bay OAK -115 7.0 9:05 PM EST
Seattle Chicago White Sox SEA -115 7.5 9:10 PM EST

Pitcher Rankings

Pitcher Opponent Vegas Line SIERA K% Opp. wOBA Opp. K% Rating Time
Zack Greinke HOU -120 3.00 24.6% 11 30 92.5 7:10 PM EST
Gerrit Cole SF -165 3.16 24.4% 4 5 91.7 4:05 PM EST
Carlos Martinez SD -135 3.43 23.2% 26 25 86.6 8:40 PM EST
Joe Ross MIL -150 3.05 24.7% 17 18 85.4 7:05 PM EST
Sonny Gray TB -115 3.53 20.9% 27 27 78.3 9:05 PM EST
Luis Severino CLE -125 3.10 26.5% 15 6 77.5 1:05 PM EST
Danny Salazar NYY 125 3.22 26.6% 6 10 75.5 1:05 PM EST
Taylor Jungmann WAS 150 3.65 22.4% 15 24 74.2 7:05 PM EST
Dan Haren ATL -220 3.99 18.0% 25 3 73.9 4:05 PM EST
Ian Kennedy STL 135 3.60 23.6% 14 7 72.6 8:40 PM EST
Carlos Rodon SEA 115 4.08 23.9% 20 16 63.6 9:10 PM EST
Vidal Nuno CWS -115 3.80 20.1% 30 18 62.6 9:10 PM EST
Scott Kazmir LAD 120 3.72 21.3% 6 11 61.1 7:10 PM EST
Anthony Desclafani ARI -125 4.24 17.7% 10 22 61.1 7:10 PM EST
Yordano Ventura BOS -134 3.90 20.1% 12 2 58.8 7:10 PM EST
Matt Barnes KC 134 3.64 21.5% 9 1 57.7 7:10 PM EST
Andrew Heaney TOR -105 4.01 16.9% 1 2 55.6 9:05 PM EST
Jeremy Hellickson CIN 125 4.04 19.1% 22 12 55.4 7:10 PM EST
Mike Leake PIT 165 3.69 17.4% 13 20 54.9 4:05 PM EST
Chris Tillman MIN -155 4.39 16.9% 24 22 53.9 7:05 PM EST
Marco Estrada LAA 105 4.15 19.7% 19 13 49.6 9:05 PM EST
Erasmo Ramirez OAK 115 4.22 18.1% 22 4 49.6 9:05 PM EST
Jon Niese COL -120 3.89 16.8% 28 28 48.0 8:10 PM EST
Yovani Gallardo DET -115 4.11 16.7% 4 15 47.2 7:08 PM EST
Randy Wolf TEX 115 3.98 16.8% 15 23 44.1 7:08 PM EST
Kyle Gibson BAL 155 4.14 15.4% 7 28 43.2 7:05 PM EST
Chris Rusin NYM 120 4.00 15.3% 26 29 42.9 8:10 PM EST
Justin Nicolino PHI -137 5.21 7.3% 12 12 40.6 7:10 PM EST
Aaron Harang MIA 137 4.34 17.2% 30 11 39.7 7:10 PM EST
Williams Perez CHC 220 5.09 14.1% 17 29 29.5 4:05 PM EST

Team Offense Rankings

Team Opposing Pitcher Team Total Ballpark Team wOBA (LH/RH) Team ISO (LH/RH) Team Rating Time
NY Mets Chris Rusin 5.55 Coors Field 0.286 0.137 92.5 8:10 PM EST
Kansas City Matt Barnes 4.84 Fenway Park 0.319 0.144 83.8 7:10 PM EST
Texas Randy Wolf 4.79 Comerica Park 0.309 0.152 83.1 7:08 PM EST
Baltimore Kyle Gibson 4.64 Camden Yards 0.321 0.177 82.5 7:05 PM EST
Colorado Jon Niese 4.95 Coors Field 0.281 0.098 72.9 8:10 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Williams Perez 4.43 Wrigley Field 0.308 0.150 72.6 4:05 PM EST
NY Yankees Danny Salazar 4.31 Yankee Stadium 0.323 0.173 72.0 1:05 PM EST
Detroit Yovani Gallardo 4.21 Comerica Park 0.324 0.153 71.7 7:08 PM EST
LA Angels Marco Estrada 4.26 Angel Stadium 0.307 0.149 69.0 9:05 PM EST
Cincinnati Jeremy Hellickson 4.31 Great American Park 0.305 0.141 65.8 7:10 PM EST
Toronto Andrew Heaney 3.74 Angel Stadium 0.353 0.180 62.3 9:05 PM EST
Boston Yordano Ventura 4.17 Fenway Park 0.315 0.141 62.0 7:10 PM EST
Miami Aaron Harang 4.34 Marlins Park 0.292 0.113 61.3 7:10 PM EST
Minnesota Chris Tillman 3.86 Camden Yards 0.302 0.154 58.6 7:05 PM EST
LA Dodgers Scott Kazmir 3.80 Minute Maid Park 0.326 0.150 56.8 7:10 PM EST
Seattle Carlos Rodon 4.04 Safeco Field 0.306 0.140 56.4 9:10 PM EST
Arizona Anthony Desclafani 3.69 Great American Park 0.317 0.144 55.2 7:10 PM EST
Pittsburgh Mike Leake 3.91 PNCPark 0.313 0.138 53.8 4:05 PM EST
Washington Taylor Jungmann 3.88 Nationals Park 0.310 0.148 52.3 7:05 PM EST
Oakland Erasmo Ramirez 3.79 O.co Coliseum 0.305 0.139 51.9 9:05 PM EST
Philadelphia Justin Nicolino 3.66 Marlins Park 0.310 0.120 47.1 7:10 PM EST
Cleveland Luis Severino 3.69 Yankee Stadium 0.310 0.141 46.8 1:05 PM EST
St. Louis Ian Kennedy 3.59 Petco Park 0.312 0.140 46.4 8:40 PM EST
Houston Zack Greinke 3.20 Minute Maid Park 0.316 0.182 39.0 7:10 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Vidal Nuno 3.46 Safeco Field 0.274 0.104 36.1 9:10 PM EST
San Francisco Gerrit Cole 3.09 PNCPark 0.324 0.150 35.1 4:05 PM EST
Atlanta Dan Haren 3.08 Wrigley Field 0.299 0.111 29.5 4:05 PM EST
Milwaukee Joe Ross 3.13 Nationals Park 0.308 0.138 28.9 7:05 PM EST
Tampa Bay Sonny Gray 3.21 O.co Coliseum 0.297 0.135 26.6 9:05 PM EST
San Diego Carlos Martinez 2.91 Petco Park 0.298 0.141 21.6 8:40 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