MLB First Look: Thursday, July 9th

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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 Oakland NYY -140 7.5 1:05 PM EST
Kansas City Tampa Bay KC -135 7.0 2:10 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Toronto CWS -105 8.5 2:10 PM EST
Pittsburgh St. Louis STL -110 7.0 7:05 PM EST
Miami Cincinnati MIA -160 7.0 7:10 PM EST
Cleveland Houston CLE -126 7.5 7:10 PM EST
Minnesota Detroit DET -140 8.0 8:10 PM EST
Colorado Atlanta ATL -110 10.5 8:40 PM EST
Seattle LA Angels SEA -122 6.5 10:10 PM EST
LA Dodgers Philadelphia LAD -400 7.0 10:10 PM EST

Pitcher Rankings

Pitcher Opponent Vegas Line SIERA K% Opp. wOBA Opp. K% Rating Time
Zack Greinke PHI -400 3.01 24.2% 29 9 93.3 10:10 PM EST
Jose Fernandez CIN -160 2.21 33.0% 16 6 92.5 7:10 PM EST
David Price MIN -140 2.93 25.5% 15 9 85.0 8:10 PM EST
Masahiro Tanaka OAK -140 2.78 25.8% 11 4 83.5 1:05 PM EST
Felix Hernandez LAA -122 2.69 26.2% 18 12 83.1 10:10 PM EST
Carlos Martinez PIT -110 3.41 23.6% 20 17 77.0 7:05 PM EST
Garrett Richards SEA 122 3.48 22.2% 26 27 67.8 10:10 PM EST
Jeff Samardzija TOR -105 3.29 21.8% 2 13 67.2 2:10 PM EST
Yordano Ventura TB -135 3.84 20.1% 25 26 66.7 2:10 PM EST
Nate Karns KC 135 3.74 23.3% 12 1 64.3 2:10 PM EST
Jeff Locke STL 110 4.04 16.9% 26 30 58.6 7:05 PM EST
Cody Anderson HOU -126 3.97 11.9% 6 30 58.2 7:10 PM EST
Jesse Chavez NYY 140 3.64 21.4% 5 7 56.7 1:05 PM EST
Severino Gonzalez LAD 400 3.50 21.2% 1 16 54.0 10:10 PM EST
Alex Wood COL -110 3.48 21.8% 26 29 53.8 8:40 PM EST
R.A. Dickey CWS 105 4.35 17.2% 24 13 46.6 2:10 PM EST
Brett Oberholtzer CLE 126 4.33 15.3% 7 3 42.3 7:10 PM EST
Michael Lorenzen MIA 160 5.20 14.9% 27 23 41.0 7:10 PM EST
Kyle Kendrick ATL 110 4.61 13.3% 19 3 36.6 8:40 PM EST
Mike Pelfrey DET 140 5.03 10.7% 2 11 29.2 8:10 PM EST

Team Offense Rankings

Team Opposing Pitcher Team Total Ballpark Team wOBA (LH/RH) Team ISO (LH/RH) Team Rating Time
Atlanta Kyle Kendrick 5.53 Coors Field 0.309 0.118 98.2 8:40 PM EST
LA Dodgers Severino Gonzalez 4.50 Dodger Stadium 0.340 0.190 82.8 10:10 PM EST
Detroit Mike Pelfrey 4.35 Target Field 0.331 0.152 77.4 8:10 PM EST
Colorado Alex Wood 4.98 Coors Field 0.289 0.100 72.5 8:40 PM EST
Chicago White Sox R.A. Dickey 4.51 U.S. Cellular Field 0.297 0.125 70.9 2:10 PM EST
NY Yankees Jesse Chavez 4.10 Yankee Stadium 0.327 0.170 69.2 1:05 PM EST
Toronto Jeff Samardzija 3.99 U.S. Cellular Field 0.331 0.179 65.2 2:10 PM EST
Cleveland Brett Oberholtzer 4.07 Progressive Field 0.318 0.127 60.6 7:10 PM EST
Kansas City Nate Karns 3.84 Kauffman Stadium 0.319 0.139 56.6 2:10 PM EST
Miami Michael Lorenzen 3.90 Marlins Park 0.290 0.115 53.8 7:10 PM EST
Houston Cody Anderson 3.44 Progressive Field 0.323 0.187 50.4 7:10 PM EST
St. Louis Jeff Locke 3.78 PNCPark 0.289 0.122 47.9 7:05 PM EST
Minnesota David Price 3.65 Target Field 0.308 0.138 44.7 8:10 PM EST
Oakland Masahiro Tanaka 3.40 Yankee Stadium 0.320 0.144 44.1 1:05 PM EST
Seattle Garrett Richards 3.56 Safeco Field 0.292 0.146 42.5 10:10 PM EST
Cincinnati Jose Fernandez 3.10 Marlins Park 0.311 0.149 33.1 7:10 PM EST
Tampa Bay Yordano Ventura 3.16 Kauffman Stadium 0.294 0.132 32.4 2:10 PM EST
Pittsburgh Carlos Martinez 3.23 PNCPark 0.307 0.125 30.8 7:05 PM EST
LA Angels Felix Hernandez 2.95 Safeco Field 0.310 0.147 27.6 10:10 PM EST
Philadelphia Zack Greinke 2.50 Dodger Stadium 0.285 0.116 7.3 10:10 PM EST

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