MLB First Look: Saturday, August 29th

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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 Detroit TOR -230 9.5 1:07 PM EST
NY Mets Boston NYM -200 7.0 4:05 PM EST
San Francisco St. Louis STL -110 7.0 4:05 PM EST
Tampa Bay Kansas City TB -115 7.0 6:10 PM EST
Philadelphia San Diego SD -115 8.5 7:05 PM EST
Pittsburgh Colorado PIT -220 8.0 7:05 PM EST
Washington Miami WAS -220 7.5 7:05 PM EST
Milwaukee Cincinnati MIL -135 8.5 7:10 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Seattle CWS 0 0.0 7:10 PM EST
Minnesota Houston HOU -140 8.0 7:10 PM EST
Atlanta NY Yankees NYY -200 7.5 7:10 PM EST
Cleveland LA Angels CLE -160 7.0 7:10 PM EST
Texas Baltimore TEX -105 9.0 8:05 PM EST
Arizona Oakland ARI -140 8.5 8:10 PM EST
LA Dodgers Chicago Cubs CHC -110 7.0 9:10 PM EST

Pitcher Rankings

Editor’s Note: Aaron Brooks will start in place of Felix Doubront, who was scratched.

Pitcher Opponent Vegas Line SIERA K% Opp. wOBA Opp. K% Rating Time
Corey Kluber LAA -160 2.73 28.1% 20 12 95.7 7:10 PM EST
Jacob deGrom BOS -200 3.14 25.9% 10 2 93.0 4:05 PM EST
Jordan Zimmermann MIA -220 3.45 21.1% 30 9 90.7 7:05 PM EST
Luis Severino ATL -200 3.55 25.8% 27 3 87.2 7:10 PM EST
Hisashi Iwakuma CWS 0 3.08 21.3% 20 16 86.3 7:10 PM EST
Mike Fiers MIN -140 3.50 25.1% 24 23 85.8 7:10 PM EST
Jon Lester LAD -110 3.16 24.7% 4 12 84.0 9:10 PM EST
Kris Medlen TB 115 3.01 26.3% 27 26 78.4 6:10 PM EST
J.A. Happ COL -220 4.02 19.3% 28 27 76.5 7:05 PM EST
Jake Odorizzi KC -115 3.68 23.0% 5 1 74.3 6:10 PM EST
Jeff Samardzija SEA 0 3.52 20.7% 18 24 73.7 7:10 PM EST
Drew Hutchison DET -230 3.77 22.0% 4 14 68.7 1:07 PM EST
Lance Lynn SF -110 3.78 22.3% 6 5 68.3 4:05 PM EST
Colin Rea PHI -115 3.65 18.8% 27 15 66.6 7:05 PM EST
Garrett Richards CLE 160 3.56 21.6% 13 7 65.3 7:10 PM EST
Jhoulys Chacin OAK -140 4.65 15.7% 20 4 59.8 8:10 PM EST
Mat Latos CHC 110 3.98 18.8% 16 29 59.5 9:10 PM EST
Ryan Vogelsong STL 110 4.21 18.9% 16 10 58.3 4:05 PM EST
Matt Garza CIN -135 4.28 17.4% 23 10 57.8 7:10 PM EST
Ubaldo Jimenez TEX 105 4.15 21.2% 8 8 56.2 8:05 PM EST
Martin Perez BAL -105 4.09 15.1% 16 19 55.0 8:05 PM EST
Keyvius Sampson MIL 135 4.41 19.5% 18 21 51.1 7:10 PM EST
Joe Kelly NYM 200 4.25 17.5% 24 19 47.7 4:05 PM EST
Felix Doubront ARI 140 4.57 14.9% 9 15 47.7 8:10 PM EST
Tom Koehler WAS 220 4.34 18.1% 13 24 43.8 7:05 PM EST
Chris Rusin PIT 220 4.08 15.2% 10 22 40.8 7:05 PM EST
Mike Pelfrey HOU 140 4.89 11.0% 12 30 39.9 7:10 PM EST
Adam Morgan SD 115 5.27 12.7% 26 29 33.9 7:05 PM EST
Matthew Wisler NYY 200 4.94 14.1% 8 13 33.1 7:10 PM EST
Buck Farmer TOR 230 4.71 15.6% 2 6 24.3 1:07 PM EST

Team Offense Rankings

Editor’s Note: Aaron Brooks will start in place of Felix Doubront, who was scratched.

Team Opposing Pitcher Team Total Ballpark Team wOBA (LH/RH) Team ISO (LH/RH) Team Rating Time
Toronto Buck Farmer 5.45 Rogers Centre 0.331 0.182 97.5 1:07 PM EST
Texas Ubaldo Jimenez 4.76 Rangers Ballpark 0.319 0.152 84.5 8:05 PM EST
NY Yankees Matthew Wisler 4.38 Turner Field 0.319 0.168 81.1 7:10 PM EST
Arizona Felix Doubront 4.60 Chase Field 0.317 0.135 76.2 8:10 PM EST
Houston Mike Pelfrey 4.35 Target Field 0.316 0.184 75.9 7:10 PM EST
Milwaukee Keyvius Sampson 4.59 Miller Park 0.308 0.142 75.8 7:10 PM EST
Pittsburgh Chris Rusin 4.68 PNCPark 0.314 0.132 75.6 7:05 PM EST
Washington Tom Koehler 4.43 Nationals Park 0.313 0.152 73.4 7:05 PM EST
San Diego Adam Morgan 4.54 Citizens Bank Park 0.293 0.126 70.7 7:05 PM EST
Detroit Drew Hutchison 4.05 Rogers Centre 0.324 0.154 66.8 1:07 PM EST
Baltimore Martin Perez 4.24 Rangers Ballpark 0.309 0.148 63.7 8:05 PM EST
NY Mets Joe Kelly 4.13 Citi Field 0.302 0.144 59.9 4:05 PM EST
Oakland Jhoulys Chacin 3.90 Chase Field 0.306 0.142 56.9 8:10 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Mat Latos 3.78 Dodger Stadium 0.312 0.158 54.8 9:10 PM EST
Cincinnati Matt Garza 3.91 Miller Park 0.305 0.142 54.7 7:10 PM EST
Cleveland Garrett Richards 3.90 Progressive Field 0.313 0.144 52.7 7:10 PM EST
St. Louis Ryan Vogelsong 3.78 AT&T Park 0.312 0.141 52.4 4:05 PM EST
Philadelphia Colin Rea 3.96 Citizens Bank Park 0.298 0.136 47.4 7:05 PM EST
Minnesota Mike Fiers 3.65 Target Field 0.302 0.155 47.2 7:10 PM EST
Tampa Bay Kris Medlen 3.79 Tropicana Field 0.298 0.137 42.4 6:10 PM EST
LA Dodgers Jon Lester 3.23 Dodger Stadium 0.332 0.158 42.2 9:10 PM EST
Kansas City Jake Odorizzi 3.21 Tropicana Field 0.322 0.146 41.0 6:10 PM EST
San Francisco Lance Lynn 3.23 AT&T Park 0.321 0.147 40.2 4:05 PM EST
Colorado J.A. Happ 3.33 PNCPark 0.289 0.107 32.7 7:05 PM EST
LA Angels Corey Kluber 3.10 Progressive Field 0.306 0.149 29.0 7:10 PM EST
Atlanta Luis Severino 3.13 Turner Field 0.298 0.111 27.5 7:10 PM EST
Boston Jacob deGrom 2.88 Citi Field 0.318 0.143 26.6 4:05 PM EST
Miami Jordan Zimmermann 3.08 Nationals Park 0.290 0.114 22.1 7:05 PM EST
Seattle Jeff Samardzija 0.00 U.S. Cellular Field 0.308 0.167 -44.8 7:10 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Hisashi Iwakuma 0.00 U.S. Cellular Field 0.306 0.139 -51.4 7:10 PM EST

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