MLB First Look: Tuesday, August 4th

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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 Boston NYY -200 8.5 7:05 PM EST
Pittsburgh Chicago Cubs CHC -125 7.0 7:05 PM EST
Washington Arizona WAS -195 6.5 7:05 PM EST
Philadelphia LA Dodgers LAD -180 8.0 7:05 PM EST
Toronto Minnesota TOR -180 9.0 7:07 PM EST
Detroit Kansas City DET -110 8.5 7:08 PM EST
Atlanta San Francisco SF -130 7.5 7:10 PM EST
Miami NY Mets NYM -120 7.5 7:10 PM EST
Cincinnati St. Louis STL -130 7.5 7:10 PM EST
Texas Houston HOU -115 9.0 8:05 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Tampa Bay CWS -130 6.5 8:10 PM EST
Milwaukee San Diego MIL -105 8.0 8:10 PM EST
Colorado Seattle SEA -107 11.0 8:40 PM EST
LA Angels Cleveland LAA -110 7.0 10:05 PM EST
Oakland Baltimore BAL -110 7.5 10:05 PM EST

Pitcher Rankings

Pitcher Opponent Vegas Line SIERA K% Opp. wOBA Opp. K% Rating Time
Max Scherzer ARI -195 2.81 28.6% 12 23 98.6 7:05 PM EST
Chris Sale TB -130 2.48 31.1% 6 17 97.6 8:10 PM EST
Jake Arrieta PIT -125 2.85 27.0% 17 21 90.9 7:05 PM EST
Chris Archer CWS 130 3.27 25.1% 20 19 85.4 8:10 PM EST
Masahiro Tanaka BOS -200 2.89 25.1% 12 2 83.5 7:05 PM EST
Carlos Carrasco LAA 110 2.67 26.9% 15 13 82.3 10:05 PM EST
Alex Wood PHI -180 3.55 21.6% 11 13 73.1 7:05 PM EST
Matt Shoemaker CLE -110 3.44 22.0% 17 6 73.1 10:05 PM EST
Patrick Corbin WAS 195 2.87 25.9% 19 21 72.8 7:05 PM EST
Jimmy Nelson SD -105 3.86 19.6% 26 26 69.9 8:10 PM EST
John Lackey CIN -130 3.79 18.9% 14 6 69.9 7:10 PM EST
Jon Niese MIA -120 3.91 16.6% 4 18 62.5 7:10 PM EST
Marco Estrada MIN -180 4.07 19.7% 23 22 61.5 7:07 PM EST
Andrew Cashner MIL 105 3.77 19.3% 17 20 59.1 8:10 PM EST
Vidal Nuno COL -107 3.76 20.4% 28 29 58.4 8:40 PM EST
Jake Peavy ATL -130 4.17 18.1% 24 3 58.2 7:10 PM EST
Dan Straily TEX -115 4.17 20.9% 8 12 57.5 8:05 PM EST
Justin Verlander KC -110 4.20 17.6% 10 1 56.6 7:08 PM EST
Shelby Miller SF 130 4.29 18.2% 5 5 51.9 7:10 PM EST
Miguel Gonzalez OAK -110 4.33 17.0% 20 4 51.8 10:05 PM EST
J.A. Happ CHC 125 4.04 18.8% 11 23 51.7 7:05 PM EST
Henry Owens NYY 200 3 4 46.5 7:05 PM EST
Brad Hand NYM 120 4.24 14.5% 28 28 45.9 7:10 PM EST
Chris Bassitt BAL 110 4.54 15.9% 9 28 45.6 10:05 PM EST
Anthony Desclafani STL 130 4.33 17.0% 11 6 45.2 7:10 PM EST
Yovani Gallardo HOU 115 4.06 16.9% 7 30 44.6 8:05 PM EST
Phil Hughes TOR 180 3.61 18.7% 3 9 43.5 7:07 PM EST
Danny Duffy DET 110 4.52 17.2% 2 25 40.1 7:08 PM EST
Jon Gray SEA 107 22 25 38.8 8:40 PM EST
Jerome Williams LAD 180 4.27 14.7% 4 17 33.9 7:05 PM EST

Team Offense Rankings

Team Opposing Pitcher Team Total Ballpark Team wOBA (LH/RH) Team ISO (LH/RH) Team Rating Time
Toronto Phil Hughes 4.95 Rogers Centre 0.329 0.177 89.9 7:07 PM EST
Seattle Jon Gray 5.77 Coors Field 0.302 0.157 87.1 8:40 PM EST
Houston Yovani Gallardo 4.79 Rangers Ballpark 0.324 0.190 86.2 8:05 PM EST
Detroit Danny Duffy 4.53 Comerica Park 0.340 0.158 81.6 7:08 PM EST
LA Dodgers Jerome Williams 4.45 Citizens Bank Park 0.328 0.180 80.6 7:05 PM EST
Colorado Vidal Nuno 5.23 Coors Field 0.282 0.091 80.5 8:40 PM EST
NY Yankees Henry Owens 4.88 Yankee Stadium 0.337 0.185 78.8 7:05 PM EST
Texas Dan Straily 4.21 Rangers Ballpark 0.323 0.157 70.9 8:05 PM EST
San Francisco Shelby Miller 4.08 Turner Field 0.327 0.147 65.0 7:10 PM EST
Baltimore Chris Bassitt 4.03 O.co Coliseum 0.321 0.176 64.7 10:05 PM EST
St. Louis Anthony Desclafani 4.08 Great American Park 0.316 0.139 61.4 7:10 PM EST
Kansas City Justin Verlander 3.98 Comerica Park 0.317 0.146 60.6 7:08 PM EST
Minnesota Marco Estrada 4.05 Rogers Centre 0.300 0.150 59.1 7:07 PM EST
Milwaukee Andrew Cashner 4.26 Miller Park 0.306 0.135 58.8 8:10 PM EST
NY Mets Brad Hand 4.05 Marlins Park 0.282 0.141 53.1 7:10 PM EST
Chicago Cubs J.A. Happ 3.81 PNCPark 0.311 0.121 49.1 7:05 PM EST
Miami Jon Niese 3.45 Marlins Park 0.328 0.151 48.3 7:10 PM EST
LA Angels Carlos Carrasco 3.78 Angel Stadium 0.311 0.152 48.0 10:05 PM EST
Boston Masahiro Tanaka 3.63 Yankee Stadium 0.315 0.136 45.6 7:05 PM EST
San Diego Jimmy Nelson 3.74 Miller Park 0.294 0.138 44.5 8:10 PM EST
Washington Patrick Corbin 3.74 Nationals Park 0.301 0.127 43.9 7:05 PM EST
Oakland Miguel Gonzalez 3.48 O.co Coliseum 0.305 0.134 43.4 10:05 PM EST
Cincinnati John Lackey 3.43 Great American Park 0.314 0.147 43.1 7:10 PM EST
Philadelphia Alex Wood 3.55 Citizens Bank Park 0.311 0.121 38.2 7:05 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Chris Archer 3.58 U.S. Cellular Field 0.305 0.133 37.5 8:10 PM EST
Atlanta Jake Peavy 3.43 Turner Field 0.299 0.111 36.0 7:10 PM EST
Cleveland Matt Shoemaker 3.23 Angel Stadium 0.306 0.141 34.0 10:05 PM EST
Tampa Bay Chris Sale 2.93 U.S. Cellular Field 0.321 0.168 29.8 8:10 PM EST
Pittsburgh Jake Arrieta 3.19 PNCPark 0.306 0.130 26.7 7:05 PM EST
Arizona Max Scherzer 2.76 Nationals Park 0.315 0.142 21.7 7:05 PM EST

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