MLB First Look: Thursday, September 27th

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 Ballpark Time (ET)
New York Yankees CC Sabathia – L at Tampa Bay Rays Jaime Schultz – R NYY-136 8.5 Tropicana Field 1:10 PM
Philadelphia Phillies Jake Arrieta – R at Colorado Rockies Antonio Senzatela – R COL-170 11.0 Coors Field 3:10 PM
Houston Astros Gerrit Cole – R at Baltimore Orioles David Hess – R HOU-210 8.5 Camden Yards 7:05 PM
Atlanta Braves Julio Teheran – R at New York Mets Jason Vargas – L ATL-105 8.0 Citi Field 7:10 PM
Pittsburgh Pirates Trevor Williams – R at Chicago Cubs Jon Lester – L CHC-155 9.5 Wrigley Field 8:05 PM
Detroit Tigers Francisco Liriano – L at Minnesota Twins Gabriel Moya – L MIN-130 9.5 Target Field 8:10 PM
Cleveland Indians Josh Tomlin – R at Kansas City Royals Glenn Sparkman – R CLE-145 9.5 Kauffman Stadium 8:15 PM
Texas Rangers Ariel Jurado – R at Seattle Mariners Marco Gonzales – L SEA-171 9.0 Safeco Field 10:10 PM

Ballpark Ratings

Implied Run Totals

Starting Pitchers

Pitcher Team Matchup Opp. K% Line FD DK FDRFT SIERA ERA K% BB% SS% GB% HC% FBv Time (ET)
Gerrit Cole HOU at BAL 23.4% -210 $11,400 $12,800 $24,700 2.87 2.92 35.1% 8.1% 14.1% 36.1% 31.8% 96.5 7:05 PM
Jon Lester CHC PIT 21.5% -155 $9,300 $9,800 $18,500 4.51 3.43 19.8% 8.2% 8.6% 37.1% 32.3% 91.0 8:05 PM
Trevor Williams PIT at CHC 21.5% 155 $9,600 $9,300 $17,900 4.66 3.04 18.0% 7.7% 7.7% 40.2% 29.3% 90.4 8:05 PM
Marco Gonzales SEA TEX 22.9% -171 $6,300 $8,800 $17,000 3.83 4.12 20.8% 4.6% 9.2% 45.1% 34.6% 90.1 10:10 PM
Julio Teheran ATL at NYM 21.8% -105 $8,000 $8,500 $16,100 4.67 4.03 22.4% 11.7% 11.4% 38.6% 36.8% 89.8 7:10 PM
CC Sabathia NYY at TB 23.7% -136 $7,700 $7,600 N/A 4.28 3.77 20.9% 7.9% 10.8% 44.4% 29.2% 90.4 1:10 PM
Jake Arrieta PHI at COL 23.6% 170 $7,000 $7,100 N/A 4.25 3.94 19.3% 8.0% 7.8% 51.8% 27.5% 93.0 3:10 PM
Francisco Liriano DET at MIN 22.3% 130 $7,200 $6,300 $12,900 5.07 4.40 18.3% 12.4% 10.0% 48.8% 33.7% 92.0 8:10 PM
Antonio Senzatela COL PHI 24.8% -170 $6,600 $6,000 N/A 4.43 4.52 17.7% 7.3% 8.4% 47.4% 36.3% 93.7 3:10 PM
David Hess BAL HOU 19.2% 210 $6,300 $5,800 $11,400 5.07 5.14 16.4% 8.2% 8.4% 34.0% 32.0% 92.0 7:05 PM
Josh Tomlin CLE at KC 20.8% -145 $5,600 $5,600 $10,900 4.91 6.44 13.6% 4.0% 8.4% 31.3% 39.4% 87.8 8:15 PM
Jason Vargas NYM ATL 19.9% 105 $7,400 $5,400 $11,100 4.39 6.25 20.5% 7.9% 11.0% 39.9% 34.5% 86.5 7:10 PM
Glenn Sparkman KC CLE 18.9% 145 $5,500 $4,900 $9,100 4.67 4.86 16.0% 9.6% 10.3% 48.2% 35.7% 94.0 8:15 PM
Ariel Jurado TEX at SEA 20.0% 171 $5,800 $4,800 $9,100 5.45 6.66 8.6% 8.1% 3.6% 50.3% 44.6% 91.8 10:10 PM
Gabriel Moya MIN DET 20.4% -130 $5,500 $4,000 $8,000 4.28 4.72 20.0% 8.7% 9.9% 37.7% 34.0% 89.7 8:10 PM

Note: All statistics in the pitching table are from the 2017 and 2018 seasons.

Offenses

Offense Run Total RPG +/- Opp. Pitcher P vs. LHB P vs. RHB L/R Team wOBA Team ISO Team K% Time (ET)
Colorado Rockies 6.07 4.75 1.32 Jake Arrieta 0.352 0.304 RIGHT 0.310 0.163 23.6% 3:10 PM
Chicago Cubs 5.20 4.73 0.46 Trevor Williams 0.326 0.319 RIGHT 0.323 0.159 21.5% 8:05 PM
Houston Astros 5.14 4.94 0.20 David Hess 0.361 0.347 RIGHT 0.320 0.164 19.2% 7:05 PM
Cleveland Indians 5.12 4.99 0.13 Glenn Sparkman 0.340 0.304 RIGHT 0.331 0.186 18.9% 8:15 PM
Seattle Mariners 5.08 4.10 0.98 Ariel Jurado 0.417 0.393 RIGHT 0.314 0.161 20.0% 10:10 PM
Minnesota Twins 5.00 4.39 0.61 Francisco Liriano 0.309 0.377 LEFT 0.297 0.123 22.3% 8:10 PM
Philadelphia Phillies 4.93 4.30 0.63 Antonio Senzatela 0.319 0.340 RIGHT 0.312 0.170 24.8% 3:10 PM
New York Yankees 4.55 5.13 -0.58 Jaime Schultz 0.191 0.398 RIGHT 0.331 0.193 22.4% 1:10 PM
Detroit Tigers 4.50 3.92 0.58 Gabriel Moya 0.256 0.334 LEFT 0.313 0.144 20.4% 8:10 PM
Kansas City Royals 4.38 3.86 0.52 Josh Tomlin 0.443 0.364 RIGHT 0.308 0.156 20.8% 8:15 PM
Pittsburgh Pirates 4.30 4.33 -0.03 Jon Lester 0.380 0.351 LEFT 0.310 0.156 21.5% 8:05 PM
Atlanta Braves 4.05 4.76 -0.71 Jason Vargas 0.359 0.336 LEFT 0.337 0.178 19.9% 7:10 PM
Tampa Bay Rays 3.95 4.32 -0.37 CC Sabathia 0.272 0.311 LEFT 0.324 0.150 23.7% 1:10 PM
New York Mets 3.95 4.28 -0.33 Julio Teheran 0.366 0.308 RIGHT 0.313 0.167 21.8% 7:10 PM
Texas Rangers 3.92 4.73 -0.80 Marco Gonzales 0.354 0.319 LEFT 0.311 0.157 22.9% 10:10 PM
Baltimore Orioles 3.36 3.86 -0.50 Gerrit Cole 0.245 0.321 RIGHT 0.305 0.163 23.4% 7:05 PM

Note: All statistics in the pitching table are from the 2018 season.

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