MLB First Look: Thursday, September 24th

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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
LA Dodgers Arizona LAD -210 6.0 3:10 PM EST
Colorado Pittsburgh PIT -130 11.0 3:10 PM EST
Oakland Texas TEX -145 8.0 3:35 PM EST
Washington Baltimore WAS -140 8.5 4:05 PM EST
NY Yankees Chicago White Sox NYY -118 7.0 7:05 PM EST
Cincinnati NY Mets NYM -160 8.0 7:10 PM EST
Miami Philadelphia MIA -165 8.5 7:10 PM EST
Boston Tampa Bay BOS -125 8.5 7:10 PM EST
St. Louis Milwaukee STL -190 7.5 7:15 PM EST
Kansas City Seattle KC -160 8.0 8:10 PM EST
Minnesota Cleveland MIN -118 8.0 8:10 PM EST
San Diego San Francisco SF -160 6.5 9:10 PM EST

Pitcher Rankings

Pitcher Opponent Vegas Line SIERA K% Opp. wOBA Opp. K% Rating Time
Clayton Kershaw ARI -210 2.20 32.4% 10 16 99.8 3:10 PM EST
Madison Bumgarner SD -160 2.99 25.9% 23 25 93.4 9:10 PM EST
Chris Sale NYY 118 2.53 31.5% 3 7 91.2 7:05 PM EST
Cole Hamels OAK -145 3.35 24.3% 19 2 80.8 3:35 PM EST
Michael Wacha MIL -190 3.86 20.7% 18 18 78.0 7:15 PM EST
Michael Pineda CWS -118 3.21 22.5% 22 17 77.0 7:05 PM EST
Johnny Cueto SEA -160 3.39 23.3% 19 27 75.6 8:10 PM EST
Steven Matz CIN -160 3.99 21.3% 14 10 74.5 7:10 PM EST
Patrick Corbin LAD 210 3.29 22.7% 6 14 73.3 3:10 PM EST
Ian Kennedy SF 160 3.59 24.1% 7 5 72.6 9:10 PM EST
Wade Miley TB -125 3.91 19.7% 6 24 68.5 7:10 PM EST
Jeff Locke COL -130 4.14 17.0% 30 25 62.9 3:10 PM EST
Jarred Cosart PHI -165 4.43 15.2% 29 18 62.8 7:10 PM EST
Taylor Jungmann STL 190 4.01 21.7% 13 12 59.1 7:15 PM EST
Erasmo Ramirez BOS 125 4.17 18.6% 9 2 54.1 7:10 PM EST
James Paxton KC 160 4.14 19.3% 15 1 53.9 8:10 PM EST
Chad Bettis PIT 130 4.22 17.2% 17 16 53.1 3:10 PM EST
Kyle Gibson CLE -118 4.19 15.5% 16 5 52.7 8:10 PM EST
Tanner Roark BAL -140 4.01 16.5% 3 28 51.3 4:05 PM EST
Cody Anderson MIN 118 4.79 12.3% 26 23 45.3 8:10 PM EST
Josh Smith NYM 160 5.95 15.2% 21 14 41.2 7:10 PM EST
Chris Bassitt TEX 145 4.43 17.2% 6 8 40.2 3:35 PM EST
Alec Asher MIA 165 5.47 11.8% 30 9 30.6 7:10 PM EST
Tyler Wilson WAS 140 5.22 6.7% 13 26 28.7 4:05 PM EST

Team Offense Rankings

Team Opposing Pitcher Team Total Ballpark Team wOBA (LH/RH) Team ISO (LH/RH) Team Rating Time
Pittsburgh Chad Bettis 5.68 Coors Field 0.313 0.139 99.3 3:10 PM EST
Colorado Jeff Locke 5.32 Coors Field 0.283 0.106 84.4 3:10 PM EST
Washington Tyler Wilson 4.48 Nationals Park 0.317 0.154 74.0 4:05 PM EST
Boston Erasmo Ramirez 4.40 Fenway Park 0.320 0.148 73.9 7:10 PM EST
NY Mets Josh Smith 4.35 Great American Park 0.309 0.151 72.1 7:10 PM EST
Miami Alec Asher 4.63 Marlins Park 0.293 0.118 71.5 7:10 PM EST
Texas Chris Bassitt 4.26 O.co Coliseum 0.322 0.153 69.6 3:35 PM EST
Tampa Bay Wade Miley 4.10 Fenway Park 0.325 0.169 67.5 7:10 PM EST
Baltimore Tanner Roark 4.02 Nationals Park 0.323 0.181 66.5 4:05 PM EST
Minnesota Cody Anderson 4.11 Target Field 0.302 0.153 62.6 8:10 PM EST
St. Louis Taylor Jungmann 4.27 Busch Stadium 0.317 0.145 62.5 7:15 PM EST
Kansas City James Paxton 4.35 Kauffman Stadium 0.313 0.129 61.6 8:10 PM EST
Cleveland Kyle Gibson 3.89 Target Field 0.315 0.147 55.3 8:10 PM EST
Cincinnati Steven Matz 3.65 Great American Park 0.314 0.160 53.0 7:10 PM EST
LA Dodgers Patrick Corbin 3.63 Dodger Stadium 0.325 0.152 52.7 3:10 PM EST
NY Yankees Chris Sale 3.61 Yankee Stadium 0.333 0.169 52.4 7:05 PM EST
San Francisco Ian Kennedy 3.60 Petco Park 0.321 0.147 50.5 9:10 PM EST
Seattle Johnny Cueto 3.65 Kauffman Stadium 0.311 0.166 49.0 8:10 PM EST
Philadelphia Jarred Cosart 3.87 Marlins Park 0.294 0.135 48.3 7:10 PM EST
Oakland Cole Hamels 3.74 O.co Coliseum 0.307 0.135 43.0 3:35 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Michael Pineda 3.39 Yankee Stadium 0.308 0.142 36.1 7:05 PM EST
Milwaukee Michael Wacha 3.23 Busch Stadium 0.312 0.142 32.8 7:15 PM EST
San Diego Madison Bumgarner 2.90 Petco Park 0.298 0.127 18.8 9:10 PM EST
Arizona Clayton Kershaw 2.37 Dodger Stadium 0.319 0.145 10.5 3:10 PM EST

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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