MLB First Look: Saturday, September 19th

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The MLB First Look, written by Notorious, is 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
Chicago Cubs St. Louis STL -135 8.5 1:05 PM EST
NY Mets NY Yankees NYM -115 7.0 1:05 PM EST
Washington Miami WAS -200 8.0 4:05 PM EST
San Francisco Arizona SF -135 7.0 4:05 PM EST
Toronto Boston TOR -190 9.0 4:07 PM EST
Tampa Bay Baltimore TB -112 7.5 6:10 PM EST
Detroit Kansas City KC -135 8.5 7:08 PM EST
Houston Oakland HOU -135 7.5 7:10 PM EST
Cleveland Chicago White Sox CLE -160 7.5 7:10 PM EST
Milwaukee Cincinnati MIL -145 8.5 7:10 PM EST
Atlanta Philadelphia ATL -115 8.5 7:10 PM EST
Minnesota LA Angels MIN -110 8.0 7:10 PM EST
Texas Seattle TEX -200 9.0 8:05 PM EST
Colorado San Diego COL -110 11.0 8:10 PM EST
LA Dodgers Pittsburgh LAD -200 6.0 9:10 PM EST

Pitcher Rankings

Pitcher Opponent Vegas Line SIERA K% Opp. wOBA Opp. K% Rating Time
Clayton Kershaw PIT -200 2.19 32.5% 17 22 99.8 9:10 PM EST
Carlos Carrasco CWS -160 2.73 27.4% 22 16 94.6 7:10 PM EST
Noah Syndergaard NYY -115 3.16 26.2% 7 11 84.3 1:05 PM EST
Jordan Zimmermann MIA -200 3.47 21.3% 30 8 80.4 4:05 PM EST
Cole Hamels SEA -200 3.39 24.0% 10 20 77.5 8:05 PM EST
Scott Kazmir OAK -135 3.77 21.2% 20 2 72.8 7:10 PM EST
Patrick Corbin SF 135 3.29 22.9% 17 4 71.8 4:05 PM EST
Francisco Liriano LAD 200 3.54 25.8% 5 14 71.1 9:10 PM EST
Taylor Jungmann CIN -145 3.99 21.9% 21 9 68.7 7:10 PM EST
Michael Pineda NYM 115 3.19 22.5% 19 14 68.3 1:05 PM EST
Mike Leake ARI -135 3.74 17.4% 12 22 68.2 4:05 PM EST
Sonny Gray HOU 135 3.65 20.4% 12 30 64.6 7:10 PM EST
Travis Wood STL 135 4.05 21.6% 26 26 61.6 1:05 PM EST
Michael Wacha CHC -135 3.86 20.6% 12 29 61.5 1:05 PM EST
Wei-Yin Chen TB 112 3.93 18.3% 6 24 61.0 6:10 PM EST
Erasmo Ramirez BAL -112 4.18 18.7% 4 28 60.3 6:10 PM EST
Carlos Rodon CLE 160 4.10 23.9% 13 6 57.8 7:10 PM EST
Edinson Volquez DET -135 4.30 17.4% 9 15 55.0 7:08 PM EST
Wade Miley TOR 190 3.89 19.6% 1 3 54.6 4:07 PM EST
Andrew Heaney MIN 110 4.16 17.3% 12 11 53.9 7:10 PM EST
Kyle Gibson LAA -110 4.19 15.4% 23 12 53.6 7:10 PM EST
Vidal Nuno TEX 200 3.84 20.0% 19 22 53.5 8:05 PM EST
Jerad Eickhoff ATL 115 4.34 19.5% 28 3 53.2 7:10 PM EST
R.A. Dickey BOS -190 4.41 16.8% 8 2 47.8 4:07 PM EST
Josh Smith MIL 145 6.24 15.1% 18 20 47.2 7:10 PM EST
Yohan Flande SD -110 3.98 14.7% 25 29 47.0 8:10 PM EST
Ryan Weber PHI -115 4.60 8.7% 28 17 40.1 7:10 PM EST
Matt Boyd KC 135 4.84 16.1% 16 1 36.7 7:08 PM EST
Justin Nicolino WAS 200 5.48 8.0% 7 18 27.6 4:05 PM EST
Robbie Erlin COL 110 3.91 17.4% 27 28 24.4 8:10 PM EST

Team Offense Rankings

Team Opposing Pitcher Team Total Ballpark Team wOBA (LH/RH) Team ISO (LH/RH) Team Rating Time
Toronto Wade Miley 5.02 Rogers Centre 0.357 0.186 93.5 4:07 PM EST
San Diego Yohan Flande 5.44 Coors Field 0.295 0.126 90.6 8:10 PM EST
Colorado Robbie Erlin 5.56 Coors Field 0.287 0.112 88.9 8:10 PM EST
Texas Vidal Nuno 5.08 Rangers Ballpark 0.308 0.153 87.2 8:05 PM EST
Washington Justin Nicolino 4.58 Nationals Park 0.324 0.154 82.6 4:05 PM EST
Milwaukee Josh Smith 4.51 Miller Park 0.312 0.143 75.5 7:10 PM EST
Kansas City Matt Boyd 4.46 Comerica Park 0.313 0.127 72.7 7:08 PM EST
Boston R.A. Dickey 3.98 Rogers Centre 0.320 0.148 64.1 4:07 PM EST
St. Louis Travis Wood 4.46 Wrigley Field 0.290 0.120 63.4 1:05 PM EST
Minnesota Andrew Heaney 4.06 Target Field 0.316 0.150 63.4 7:10 PM EST
Tampa Bay Wei-Yin Chen 3.82 Tropicana Field 0.325 0.170 62.9 6:10 PM EST
Detroit Edinson Volquez 4.04 Comerica Park 0.319 0.148 62.7 7:08 PM EST
Atlanta Jerad Eickhoff 4.34 Turner Field 0.298 0.109 62.5 7:10 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Michael Wacha 4.04 Wrigley Field 0.317 0.165 60.9 1:05 PM EST
Baltimore Erasmo Ramirez 3.68 Tropicana Field 0.324 0.183 60.4 6:10 PM EST
Cleveland Carlos Rodon 4.10 Progressive Field 0.315 0.130 59.1 7:10 PM EST
Philadelphia Ryan Weber 4.16 Turner Field 0.298 0.138 58.5 7:10 PM EST
Houston Sonny Gray 3.96 Minute Maid Park 0.317 0.182 58.4 7:10 PM EST
Seattle Cole Hamels 3.92 Rangers Ballpark 0.319 0.158 57.3 8:05 PM EST
LA Angels Kyle Gibson 3.94 Target Field 0.306 0.150 54.4 7:10 PM EST
Cincinnati Taylor Jungmann 3.99 Miller Park 0.308 0.144 53.5 7:10 PM EST
LA Dodgers Francisco Liriano 3.58 Dodger Stadium 0.329 0.153 50.2 9:10 PM EST
NY Yankees Noah Syndergaard 3.41 Citi Field 0.321 0.174 47.0 1:05 PM EST
NY Mets Michael Pineda 3.59 Citi Field 0.310 0.151 44.9 1:05 PM EST
San Francisco Patrick Corbin 3.71 AT&T Park 0.312 0.116 44.4 4:05 PM EST
Arizona Mike Leake 3.29 AT&T Park 0.317 0.146 39.7 4:05 PM EST
Oakland Scott Kazmir 3.54 Minute Maid Park 0.306 0.133 39.2 7:10 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Carlos Carrasco 3.40 Progressive Field 0.307 0.140 34.1 7:10 PM EST
Miami Jordan Zimmermann 3.42 Nationals Park 0.291 0.115 32.1 4:05 PM EST
Pittsburgh Clayton Kershaw 2.42 Dodger Stadium 0.312 0.133 7.9 9:10 PM EST

About the Author

Notorious
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