MLB First Look: Thursday, June 1st

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The MLB First Look, complete with sortable odds, a pitcher breakdown, and team offense rankings, will help you get an early start on the upcoming slate.

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MLB Schedule & Vegas Lines

Away Pitcher Home Pitcher Vegas Line Run Total Time (ET)
Oakland Athletics Jharel Cotton – R at Cleveland Indians Corey Kluber – R CLE-220 8.5 12:10 PM
Milwaukee Brewers Chase Anderson – R at New York Mets Zack Wheeler – R NYM-150 8.5 1:10 PM
Los Angeles Dodgers Brandon McCarthy – R at St. Louis Cardinals Adam Wainwright – R LAD-102 8.0 1:45 PM
Colorado Rockies Kyle Freeland – L at Seattle Mariners Yovani Gallardo – R SEA-130 8.5 3:40 PM
Boston Red Sox Eduardo Rodriguez – L at Baltimore Orioles Wade Miley – L BOS-110 9.0 7:05 PM
New York Yankees CC Sabathia – L at Toronto Blue Jays Marco Estrada – R TOR-135 9.0 7:07 PM
Arizona Diamondbacks Zack Greinke – R at Miami Marlins Jeff Locke – L ARI-108 8.0 7:10 PM
Minnesota Twins Adalberto Mejia – L at LA Angels of Anaheim Alex Meyer – R LAA-117 8.5 10:07 PM

Starting Pitchers

Pitcher Team FD Salary DK Salary FDRFT Salary SIERA (16-17) K% (16-17) BB% (16-17) Matchup Line O-wOBA O-K% Time (ET)
Zack Greinke ARI $10,400 $12,700 $24,600 3.76 22.9% 5.8% at MIA -108 0.309 20.2% 7:10 PM
Corey Kluber CLE $10,000 $11,100 N/A 3.53 26.3% 6.9% OAK -220 0.321 23.5% 12:10 PM
Marco Estrada TOR $9,200 $9,600 $18,600 4.05 24.2% 8.2% NYY -135 0.347 22.7% 7:07 PM
Eduardo Rodriguez BOS $9,000 $8,900 $17,200 4.23 23.4% 9.0% at BAL -110 0.317 24.4% 7:05 PM
Brandon McCarthy LAD $8,600 $9,000 N/A 4.24 23.8% 10.6% at STL -102 0.327 20.2% 1:45 PM
Adam Wainwright STL $8,500 $8,400 N/A 4.30 19.1% 7.3% LAD 102 0.339 22.6% 1:45 PM
Chase Anderson MIL $8,400 $7,600 N/A 4.59 19.4% 8.5% at NYM 150 0.322 19.3% 1:10 PM
CC Sabathia NYY $7,900 $7,200 $14,400 4.40 19.5% 8.7% at TOR 135 0.309 22.5% 7:07 PM
Zack Wheeler NYM $7,900 $8,300 N/A 4.31 21.5% 10.5% MIL -150 0.329 24.0% 1:10 PM
Kyle Freeland COL $7,700 $7,300 N/A 4.77 14.6% 10.5% at SEA 130 0.269 19.4% 3:40 PM
Alex Meyer LAA $7,200 $6,900 $13,800 4.79 25.5% 15.6% MIN -117 0.335 21.7% 10:07 PM
Wade Miley BAL $7,200 $6,500 $12,800 4.28 19.9% 8.5% BOS 110 0.322 14.2% 7:05 PM
Jharel Cotton OAK $7,200 $6,300 N/A 4.38 20.7% 7.5% at CLE 220 0.325 21.4% 12:10 PM
Yovani Gallardo SEA $6,600 $5,900 N/A 5.18 16.3% 11.1% COL -130 0.324 22.0% 3:40 PM
Jeff Locke MIA $6,500 $4,700 $9,200 5.06 12.9% 7.8% ARI 108 0.296 22.7% 7:10 PM
Adalberto Mejia MIN $6,100 $6,600 $13,200 5.18 17.6% 12.0% at LAA 117 0.307 19.2% 10:07 PM

Team Run Totals

Team Opposing Pitcher L/R Run Total RPG Runs +/- P vs. LHB P vs. RHB T-wOBA T-ISO Time (ET)
Cleveland Indians Jharel Cotton RIGHT 4.94 4.43 0.51 0.273 0.323 0.325 0.183 12:10 PM
Toronto Blue Jays CC Sabathia LEFT 4.71 4.43 0.27 0.298 0.318 0.309 0.139 7:07 PM
Boston Red Sox Wade Miley LEFT 4.56 4.70 -0.14 0.284 0.354 0.322 0.108 7:05 PM
New York Mets Chase Anderson RIGHT 4.54 5.10 -0.56 0.302 0.375 0.322 0.181 1:10 PM
Baltimore Orioles Eduardo Rodriguez LEFT 4.44 4.41 0.03 0.322 0.299 0.317 0.149 7:05 PM
Seattle Mariners Kyle Freeland LEFT 4.43 4.29 0.14 0.356 0.304 0.269 0.078 3:40 PM
LA Angels of Anaheim Adalberto Mejia LEFT 4.35 4.02 0.33 0.512 0.376 0.307 0.122 10:07 PM
New York Yankees Marco Estrada RIGHT 4.29 5.33 -1.04 0.268 0.299 0.347 0.186 7:07 PM
Minnesota Twins Alex Meyer RIGHT 4.15 4.64 -0.49 0.398 0.312 0.335 0.175 10:07 PM
Colorado Rockies Yovani Gallardo RIGHT 4.07 5.13 -1.06 0.329 0.362 0.324 0.168 3:40 PM
Arizona Diamondbacks Jeff Locke LEFT 4.05 4.92 -0.87 0.322 0.372 0.296 0.160 7:10 PM
Los Angeles Dodgers Adam Wainwright RIGHT 4.02 5.02 -1.00 0.357 0.319 0.339 0.172 1:45 PM
St. Louis Cardinals Brandon McCarthy RIGHT 3.98 4.25 -0.27 0.290 0.267 0.327 0.168 1:45 PM
Milwaukee Brewers Zack Wheeler RIGHT 3.96 5.08 -1.12 0.306 0.301 0.329 0.192 1:10 PM
Miami Marlins Zack Greinke RIGHT 3.95 4.35 -0.40 0.304 0.305 0.309 0.144 7:10 PM
Oakland Athletics Corey Kluber RIGHT 3.56 4.06 -0.50 0.293 0.277 0.321 0.204 12:10 PM

First Look Legend

Term Description
SIERA Skill-Interactive Earned Run Average – A good predictor of future ERA
K% Percentage of batters a pitcher strikes out
BB% Percentage of batters that a pitcher walks
O-wOBA The opposing team’s wOBA (2017) vs. the handedness of the pitcher
O-K% The opposing team’s strikeout rate (2017) vs. the handedness of the pitcher
T-Total The number of runs a team is projected to score
T-wOBA A team’s wOBA (2017) vs. the handedness of the pitcher they are facing
T-ISO A team’s ISO (2017) vs. the handedness of the pitcher they are facing
RPG Average runs scored per game.
Runs +/- The difference between a team’s implied run total and their average runs scored per game.

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