MLB First Look: Saturday, September 26th

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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 Pittsburgh CHC -105 6.5 1:05 PM EST
Toronto Tampa Bay TOR -180 7.5 1:07 PM EST
Boston Baltimore BAL -110 9.0 4:05 PM EST
NY Yankees Chicago White Sox NYY -165 8.5 4:05 PM EST
Oakland San Francisco SF -125 8.5 4:05 PM EST
Washington Philadelphia WAS -260 7.0 4:05 PM EST
Miami Atlanta MIA -105 7.5 4:10 PM EST
Cincinnati NY Mets NYM -160 7.5 4:10 PM EST
Detroit Minnesota MIN -120 9.0 7:08 PM EST
Houston Texas HOU -135 8.0 7:10 PM EST
Kansas City Cleveland KC -133 8.0 7:10 PM EST
St. Louis Milwaukee STL -250 7.5 7:15 PM EST
Colorado LA Dodgers LAD -165 11.5 8:10 PM EST
San Diego Arizona SD -110 7.5 8:40 PM EST
LA Angels Seattle LAA -105 7.5 9:05 PM EST

Pitcher Rankings

Pitcher Opponent Vegas Line SIERA K% Opp. wOBA Opp. K% Rating Time
Stephen Strasburg PHI -260 2.73 28.1% 29 18 97.5 4:05 PM EST
David Price TB -180 2.98 26.1% 6 24 96.6 1:07 PM EST
Jaime Garcia MIL -250 3.25 19.3% 23 19 84.3 7:15 PM EST
Felix Hernandez LAA 105 2.90 25.3% 24 11 82.2 9:05 PM EST
Matt Harvey CIN -160 3.34 24.3% 19 10 82.1 4:10 PM EST
Francisco Liriano CHC 105 3.51 25.9% 22 30 81.6 1:05 PM EST
Jason Hammel PIT -105 3.48 23.3% 17 16 79.4 1:05 PM EST
Josh Tomlin KC 133 3.24 22.3% 3 1 73.2 7:10 PM EST
Chris Archer TOR 180 3.33 25.7% 1 7 72.1 1:07 PM EST
Collin McHugh TEX -135 3.59 22.2% 6 8 71.8 7:10 PM EST
John Lamb NYM 160 3.55 25.9% 18 28 70.8 4:10 PM EST
Tyler Duffey DET -120 3.91 22.9% 10 14 67.5 7:08 PM EST
Julio Teheran MIA 105 3.92 20.8% 30 9 64.5 4:10 PM EST
Adam Warren CWS -165 3.62 20.8% 22 17 61.9 4:05 PM EST
Wei-Yin Chen BOS -110 3.90 18.4% 4 8 58.6 4:05 PM EST
Andrew Heaney SEA -105 4.13 17.7% 10 21 57.5 9:05 PM EST
Jeremy Hellickson SD 110 4.12 19.2% 27 25 55.7 8:40 PM EST
Tim Hudson OAK -125 3.89 14.2% 22 4 54.4 4:05 PM EST
Aaron Nola WAS 260 3.77 21.1% 13 26 54.1 4:05 PM EST
Brett Anderson COL -165 3.49 16.3% 30 25 52.1 8:10 PM EST
Craig Breslow BAL 110 4.58 15.6% 25 27 50.0 4:05 PM EST
Kris Medlen CLE -133 4.17 16.2% 16 5 48.9 7:10 PM EST
Robbie Erlin ARI -110 3.95 17.0% 10 16 48.2 8:40 PM EST
Derek Holland HOU 135 4.06 17.3% 9 17 47.6 7:10 PM EST
Alfredo Simon MIN 120 4.52 15.2% 26 23 42.4 7:08 PM EST
Justin Nicolino ATL -105 5.49 8.4% 28 10 41.5 4:10 PM EST
John Danks NYY 165 4.61 15.7% 3 7 41.4 4:05 PM EST
Tyler Wagner STL 250 4.70 9.5% 13 12 38.9 7:15 PM EST
Kyle Kendrick LAD 165 4.72 13.3% 3 18 26.2 8:10 PM EST
Barry Zito SF 125 8.34 0.0% 16 4 15.5 4:05 PM EST

Team Offense Rankings

Team Opposing Pitcher Team Total Ballpark Team wOBA (LH/RH) Team ISO (LH/RH) Team Rating Time
LA Dodgers Kyle Kendrick 6.13 Coors Field 0.323 0.170 99.8 8:10 PM EST
NY Yankees John Danks 4.63 Yankee Stadium 0.333 0.169 85.8 4:05 PM EST
Colorado Brett Anderson 5.37 Coors Field 0.283 0.106 80.9 8:10 PM EST
St. Louis Tyler Wagner 4.61 Busch Stadium 0.317 0.145 78.0 7:15 PM EST
Boston Wei-Yin Chen 4.44 Fenway Park 0.331 0.155 77.0 4:05 PM EST
Minnesota Alfredo Simon 4.62 Comerica Park 0.302 0.153 75.5 7:08 PM EST
Washington Aaron Nola 4.42 Nationals Park 0.317 0.154 72.8 4:05 PM EST
Baltimore Craig Breslow 4.56 Fenway Park 0.296 0.141 70.7 4:05 PM EST
San Francisco Barry Zito 4.40 O.co Coliseum 0.312 0.117 70.0 4:05 PM EST
Houston Derek Holland 4.21 Minute Maid Park 0.322 0.176 70.0 7:10 PM EST
Toronto Chris Archer 4.21 Rogers Centre 0.337 0.185 68.9 1:07 PM EST
Kansas City Josh Tomlin 4.19 Kauffman Stadium 0.323 0.153 66.2 7:10 PM EST
Detroit Tyler Duffey 4.38 Comerica Park 0.319 0.146 66.1 7:08 PM EST
NY Mets John Lamb 4.10 Great American Park 0.310 0.165 62.6 4:10 PM EST
Oakland Tim Hudson 4.10 O.co Coliseum 0.308 0.146 56.7 4:05 PM EST
Seattle Andrew Heaney 3.72 Angel Stadium 0.319 0.158 56.4 9:05 PM EST
Cleveland Kris Medlen 3.81 Kauffman Stadium 0.315 0.147 54.4 7:10 PM EST
Texas Collin McHugh 3.79 Minute Maid Park 0.322 0.153 54.0 7:10 PM EST
San Diego Jeremy Hellickson 3.81 Petco Park 0.301 0.150 53.2 8:40 PM EST
Arizona Robbie Erlin 3.69 Petco Park 0.319 0.145 49.8 8:40 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Adam Warren 3.87 Yankee Stadium 0.308 0.142 48.1 4:05 PM EST
LA Angels Felix Hernandez 3.78 Angel Stadium 0.305 0.150 46.1 9:05 PM EST
Miami Julio Teheran 3.78 Marlins Park 0.293 0.118 45.2 4:10 PM EST
Atlanta Justin Nicolino 3.72 Marlins Park 0.287 0.105 44.9 4:10 PM EST
Tampa Bay David Price 3.29 Rogers Centre 0.325 0.169 42.5 1:07 PM EST
Cincinnati Matt Harvey 3.40 Great American Park 0.311 0.149 39.2 4:10 PM EST
Pittsburgh Jason Hammel 3.22 Wrigley Field 0.313 0.139 33.8 1:05 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Francisco Liriano 3.28 Wrigley Field 0.301 0.131 30.1 1:05 PM EST
Milwaukee Jaime Garcia 2.89 Busch Stadium 0.298 0.155 23.1 7:15 PM EST
Philadelphia Stephen Strasburg 2.58 Nationals Park 0.294 0.135 10.3 4:05 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