MLB First Look: Tuesday, May 15th

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)
Colorado Rockies German Marquez – R at San Diego Padres Jordan Lyles – R SD -100 7.5 Petco Park 3:40 PM
Chicago White Sox Reynaldo Lopez – R at Pittsburgh Pirates Trevor Williams – R PIT-140 9.0 PNC Park 7:05 PM
New York Yankees Masahiro Tanaka – R at Washington Nationals Gio Gonzalez – L NYY-117 8.5 Nationals Park 7:05 PM
Philadelphia Phillies Nick Pivetta – R at Baltimore Orioles Andrew Cashner – R PHI-105 10.5 Camden Yards 7:05 PM
Cleveland Indians Josh Tomlin – R at Detroit Tigers Francisco Liriano – L CLE-122 9.5 Comerica Park 7:10 PM
Los Angeles Dodgers Alex Wood – L at Miami Marlins Wei-Yin Chen – L LAD-160 7.5 Marlins Park 7:10 PM
Oakland Athletics Daniel Mengden – R at Boston Red Sox Eduardo Rodriguez – L BOS-190 10.0 Fenway Park 7:10 PM
Toronto Blue Jays Jaime Garcia – L at New York Mets Noah Syndergaard – R NYM-150 7.5 Citi Field 7:10 PM
Chicago Cubs Yu Darvish – R at Atlanta Braves Mike Foltynewicz – R CHC-115 9.0 SunTrust Park 7:35 PM
St. Louis Cardinals Jack Flaherty – R at Minnesota Twins Jose Berrios – R MIN-118 9.0 Target Field 8:10 PM
Tampa Bay Rays Anthony Banda – L at Kansas City Royals Ian Kennedy – R KC -106 9.5 Kauffman Stadium 8:15 PM
Milwaukee Brewers Jhoulys Chacin – R at Arizona Diamondbacks Zack Greinke – R ARI-160 8.0 Chase Field 9:40 PM
Houston Astros Gerrit Cole – R at LA Angels of Anaheim Jaime Barria – R HOU-155 8.0 Angel Stadium 10:07 PM
Texas Rangers Mike Minor – L at Seattle Mariners Mike Leake – R SEA-135 8.5 Safeco Field 10:10 PM
Cincinnati Reds Tyler Mahle – R at San Francisco Giants Ty Blach – L SF -122 8.0 AT&T Park 10:15 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 LAA 19.4% -155 $11,800 $13,900 $26,400 3.57 3.64 26.7% 6.3% 10.8% 43.4% 31.8% 96.0 10:07 PM
Noah Syndergaard NYM TOR 24.4% -150 $10,000 $10,800 $21,200 2.98 3.04 27.5% 4.1% 14.2% 50.9% 27.0% 97.7 7:10 PM
Zack Greinke ARI MIL 24.5% -160 $9,500 $11,800 $23,100 3.40 3.30 26.9% 5.1% 12.5% 46.1% 36.4% 90.6 9:40 PM
Gio Gonzalez WAS NYY 23.7% 117 $8,900 $8,700 $17,100 4.29 2.82 23.3% 9.6% 9.0% 47.1% 29.5% 89.7 7:05 PM
Alex Wood LAD at MIA 20.3% -160 $8,600 $10,000 $19,600 3.55 2.92 24.3% 5.8% 11.7% 52.4% 29.4% 91.4 7:10 PM
Masahiro Tanaka NYY at WAS 19.8% -117 $8,300 $8,400 $16,100 3.54 4.73 25.4% 5.4% 14.8% 48.1% 32.0% 92.1 7:05 PM
Mike Foltynewicz ATL CHC 20.6% 115 $8,000 $8,500 $15,900 4.46 4.45 21.8% 8.9% 9.4% 39.2% 29.9% 95.5 7:35 PM
Eduardo Rodriguez BOS OAK 23.4% -190 $7,800 $9,200 $17,700 3.95 4.28 26.6% 8.9% 11.9% 36.8% 30.9% 93.2 7:10 PM
Yu Darvish CHC at ATL 20.3% -115 $7,700 $7,800 $15,200 3.77 4.15 27.2% 8.2% 11.8% 40.4% 32.5% 94.1 7:35 PM
Reynaldo Lopez CWS at PIT 19.8% 140 $7,600 $7,500 $14,600 5.38 3.62 15.7% 8.5% 9.2% 30.1% 30.1% 94.6 7:05 PM
Jose Berrios MIN STL 23.3% -118 $7,500 $7,600 $14,900 4.19 4.04 22.3% 7.1% 9.6% 39.7% 27.2% 93.4 8:10 PM
Tyler Mahle CIN at SF 25.5% 122 $7,400 $9,000 $17,600 4.52 3.50 20.9% 9.4% 9.2% 42.6% 32.3% 92.7 10:15 PM
Ian Kennedy KC TB 21.6% -106 $7,300 $6,100 $12,200 4.73 5.22 20.3% 8.8% 8.8% 35.1% 41.6% 91.9 8:15 PM
Francisco Liriano DET CLE 19.8% 122 $7,200 $6,300 $13,000 5.11 4.98 19.0% 12.2% 9.6% 45.6% 29.3% 92.6 7:10 PM
Nick Pivetta PHI at BAL 24.1% -105 $7,100 $7,200 $14,700 4.14 5.60 24.3% 9.0% 8.9% 43.7% 33.1% 94.4 7:05 PM
German Marquez COL at SD 26.8% -100 $6,900 N/A N/A 4.31 4.57 21.0% 7.7% 9.1% 45.2% 33.7% 95.0 3:40 PM
Daniel Mengden OAK at BOS 18.9% 190 $6,800 $4,700 $9,500 4.39 3.61 17.4% 3.9% 8.8% 39.0% 32.9% 92.1 7:10 PM
Trevor Williams PIT CWS 23.7% -140 $6,600 $7,200 $14,900 4.80 3.85 17.7% 8.7% 8.1% 45.8% 28.8% 91.7 7:05 PM
Mike Minor TEX at SEA 18.5% 135 $6,500 $6,000 $12,200 3.53 3.29 25.3% 6.5% 11.5% 40.1% 33.0% 93.7 10:10 PM
Mike Leake SEA TEX 27.2% -135 $6,400 $5,800 $11,000 4.32 4.27 16.5% 5.4% 8.5% 51.4% 33.8% 89.9 10:10 PM
Andrew Cashner BAL PHI 26.6% 105 $6,300 $5,000 $10,200 5.37 3.71 14.0% 9.4% 6.3% 46.7% 29.2% 93.2 7:05 PM
Jaime Barria LAA HOU 21.7% 155 $6,200 $5,400 $11,100 4.90 2.45 16.7% 9.0% 10.9% 41.1% 30.4% 91.5 10:07 PM
Jhoulys Chacin MIL at ARI 25.6% 160 $6,100 $5,200 $10,300 4.78 3.91 18.9% 9.7% 7.9% 47.6% 31.4% 91.1 9:40 PM
Ty Blach SF CIN 20.8% -122 $6,000 $5,300 $9,900 5.21 4.65 10.8% 6.5% 6.2% 49.2% 32.0% 90.0 10:15 PM
Jaime Garcia TOR at NYM 26.8% 150 $5,900 $5,500 $11,000 4.58 4.59 19.7% 9.9% 10.7% 52.5% 32.4% 90.4 7:10 PM
Jack Flaherty STL at MIN 22.0% 118 $5,800 $7,300 $14,700 4.44 5.46 23.0% 11.1% 12.6% 48.9% 37.5% 92.4 8:10 PM
Jordan Lyles SD COL 24.4% 100 $5,700 N/A N/A 4.30 6.58 18.2% 7.1% 9.2% 46.8% 36.2% 93.9 3:40 PM
Josh Tomlin CLE at DET 20.7% -122 $5,600 $4,400 $8,700 4.39 5.45 17.3% 2.8% 8.6% 36.9% 37.7% 87.5 7:10 PM
Anthony Banda TB at KC 23.8% 106 $5,500 $5,500 $11,100 4.42 5.96 21.7% 8.7% 10.8% 36.5% 39.0% 94.2 8:15 PM
Wei-Yin Chen MIA LAD 22.2% 160 $5,500 $4,300 $8,200 5.24 5.56 16.2% 8.9% 7.9% 34.6% 32.4% 90.8 7:10 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 BB% Time (ET)
Boston Red Sox 5.52 5.45 0.07 Daniel Mengden 0.338 0.373 RIGHT 0.351 0.202 0.0% 7:10 PM
Philadelphia Phillies 5.28 4.72 0.57 Andrew Cashner 0.393 0.409 RIGHT 0.317 0.161 9.5% 7:05 PM
Baltimore Orioles 5.22 4.22 1.00 Nick Pivetta 0.429 0.254 RIGHT 0.299 0.166 9.1% 7:05 PM
Cleveland Indians 4.88 4.87 0.01 Francisco Liriano 0.281 0.409 LEFT 0.335 0.186 8.0% 7:10 PM
Kansas City Royals 4.79 4.10 0.69 Anthony Banda LEFT 0.320 0.146 8.6% 8:15 PM
Pittsburgh Pirates 4.73 5.03 -0.29 Reynaldo Lopez 0.375 0.370 RIGHT 0.320 0.157 8.1% 7:05 PM
Tampa Bay Rays 4.71 4.26 0.45 Ian Kennedy 0.372 0.399 RIGHT 0.313 0.125 8.3% 8:15 PM
Detroit Tigers 4.62 4.44 0.18 Josh Tomlin 0.495 0.461 RIGHT 0.314 0.155 9.3% 7:10 PM
Minnesota Twins 4.61 4.39 0.22 Jack Flaherty 0.393 0.296 RIGHT 0.312 0.167 8.5% 8:10 PM
Chicago Cubs 4.59 5.41 -0.81 Mike Foltynewicz 0.330 0.315 RIGHT 0.332 0.168 7.9% 7:35 PM
Oakland Athletics 4.48 4.50 -0.02 Eduardo Rodriguez 0.287 0.285 LEFT 0.322 0.154 10.1% 7:10 PM
Seattle Mariners 4.46 4.69 -0.24 Mike Minor 0.237 0.369 LEFT 0.343 0.161 7.0% 10:10 PM
Atlanta Braves 4.41 5.46 -1.05 Yu Darvish 0.345 0.384 RIGHT 0.331 0.169 8.6% 7:35 PM
St. Louis Cardinals 4.39 4.29 0.10 Jose Berrios 0.295 0.310 RIGHT 0.308 0.153 7.8% 8:10 PM
New York Yankees 4.35 5.78 -1.42 Gio Gonzalez 0.213 0.312 LEFT 0.330 0.199 8.2% 7:05 PM
Arizona Diamondbacks 4.35 4.10 0.25 Jhoulys Chacin 0.391 0.323 RIGHT 0.294 0.151 7.6% 9:40 PM
Houston Astros 4.32 4.81 -0.49 Jaime Barria 0.285 0.390 RIGHT 0.325 0.150 11.3% 10:07 PM
Chicago White Sox 4.27 3.97 0.29 Trevor Williams 0.353 0.348 RIGHT 0.323 0.174 7.4% 7:05 PM
Washington Nationals 4.15 4.50 -0.35 Masahiro Tanaka 0.296 0.327 RIGHT 0.329 0.179 9.2% 7:05 PM
San Francisco Giants 4.13 3.93 0.20 Tyler Mahle 0.405 0.283 RIGHT 0.308 0.141 9.3% 10:15 PM
Los Angeles Dodgers 4.10 4.28 -0.18 Wei-Yin Chen 0.350 0.405 LEFT 0.289 0.128 7.8% 7:10 PM
Texas Rangers 4.04 3.88 0.16 Mike Leake 0.437 0.432 RIGHT 0.297 0.158 7.2% 10:10 PM
New York Mets 4.04 4.14 -0.09 Jaime Garcia 0.403 0.344 LEFT 0.255 0.080 9.4% 7:10 PM
Cincinnati Reds 3.87 4.10 -0.23 Ty Blach 0.306 0.360 LEFT 0.334 0.165 8.3% 10:15 PM
Colorado Rockies 3.76 4.02 -0.27 Jordan Lyles 0.322 0.295 RIGHT 0.293 0.163 10.2% 3:40 PM
San Diego Padres 3.74 3.71 0.03 German Marquez 0.333 0.315 RIGHT 0.287 0.118 8.8% 3:40 PM
LA Angels of Anaheim 3.68 5.05 -1.37 Gerrit Cole 0.213 0.273 RIGHT 0.334 0.182 11.5% 10:07 PM
Milwaukee Brewers 3.65 3.90 -0.25 Zack Greinke 0.326 0.303 RIGHT 0.314 0.151 6.7% 9:40 PM
Toronto Blue Jays 3.46 4.83 -1.37 Noah Syndergaard 0.280 0.275 RIGHT 0.325 0.202 10.2% 7:10 PM
Miami Marlins 3.40 3.45 -0.05 Alex Wood 0.244 0.276 LEFT 0.308 0.124 8.2% 7:10 PM

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

First Look Legend

Term Description
Opp. K% Strikeout rate of the opposing offense against the handedness of the pitcher
SIERA Skill-Interactive Earned Run Average – A good predictor of future ERA
ERA Earned Run Average
K% Percentage of batters a pitcher strikes out
BB% Percentage of batters that a pitcher walks
SS% Swinging Strike Percentage
GB% Ground Ball Percentage
HC% Hard Contact Percentage
FBv Average Fastball Velocity
Run Total Implied run total based on the Vegas line and over/under
RPG Average runs scored per game this season
+/- The difference between a team’s implied run total and their average runs scored per game
P vs. LHB The xwOBA a pitcher allows to left-handed hitters
P vs. RHB The xwOBA a pitcher allows to right-handed hitters
Team wOBA The team’s average wOBA against the handedness of the pitcher they are facing
Team ISO The team’s average ISO against the handedness of the pitcher they are facing

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