MLB First Look: Tuesday, September 1st

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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
Colorado Arizona ARI -135 10.5 3:10 PM EST
Baltimore Tampa Bay BAL -125 8.0 7:05 PM EST
Toronto Cleveland TOR -200 9.0 7:07 PM EST
NY Mets Philadelphia NYM -220 8.0 7:10 PM EST
Atlanta Miami ATL -125 7.0 7:10 PM EST
Boston NY Yankees NYY -120 9.0 7:10 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Cincinnati CHC -160 8.5 8:05 PM EST
Milwaukee Pittsburgh PIT -155 7.5 8:10 PM EST
Minnesota Chicago White Sox CWS -150 7.5 8:10 PM EST
Houston Seattle HOU -160 8.0 8:10 PM EST
Kansas City Detroit KC -150 7.0 8:10 PM EST
St. Louis Washington STL -150 7.0 8:15 PM EST
Colorado Arizona ARI -123 11.0 8:40 PM EST
Oakland LA Angels LAA -110 7.5 10:05 PM EST
LA Dodgers San Francisco LAD -135 5.5 10:10 PM EST
San Diego Texas SD -110 7.0 10:10 PM EST

Pitcher Rankings

Pitcher Opponent Vegas Line SIERA K% Opp. wOBA Opp. K% Rating Time
Chris Sale MIN -150 2.47 31.8% 12 10 97.5 8:10 PM EST
Zack Greinke SF -135 3.01 24.7% 6 5 95.8 10:10 PM EST
Madison Bumgarner LAD 135 2.94 26.1% 4 12 93.0 10:10 PM EST
Gerrit Cole MIL -155 3.19 24.3% 18 21 92.0 8:10 PM EST
Johnny Cueto DET -150 3.31 24.0% 8 14 82.9 8:10 PM EST
Jon Niese PHI -220 3.94 16.7% 16 14 73.7 7:10 PM EST
Joe Ross STL 150 3.09 24.4% 13 9 73.4 8:15 PM EST
Michael Pineda BOS -120 3.14 22.4% 10 2 71.1 7:10 PM EST
Matt Shoemaker OAK -110 3.50 22.0% 20 3 69.7 10:05 PM EST
Andrew Cashner TEX -110 3.82 19.3% 5 8 67.5 10:10 PM EST
Dan Haren CIN -160 4.03 17.9% 21 11 65.6 8:05 PM EST
Drew Smyly BAL 125 3.64 22.0% 21 22 62.9 7:05 PM EST
Justin Verlander KC 150 4.11 18.6% 6 1 62.6 8:10 PM EST
Jimmy Nelson PIT 155 3.95 19.7% 16 20 61.9 8:10 PM EST
Marco Estrada CLE -200 4.16 19.7% 13 7 61.4 7:07 PM EST
Scott Feldman SEA -160 4.31 13.8% 19 27 57.9 8:10 PM EST
Marco Gonzales WAS -150 4.64 19.9% 18 21 56.7 8:15 PM EST
Chris Tillman TB -125 4.41 16.8% 29 25 56.3 7:05 PM EST
Rick Porcello NYY 120 3.93 16.5% 3 11 55.4 7:10 PM EST
Tyler Duffey CWS 150 4.45 21.3% 21 16 55.2 8:10 PM EST
Anthony Desclafani CHC 160 4.19 17.9% 16 29 53.9 8:05 PM EST
Yovani Gallardo SD 110 4.14 16.6% 26 25 53.8 10:10 PM EST
Patrick Corbin COL -123 3.21 24.8% 28 26 52.3 3:10 PM EST
Roenis Elias HOU 160 4.03 19.9% 9 26 50.9 8:10 PM EST
Manuel Banuelos MIA -125 4.82 17.2% 8 15 48.9 7:10 PM EST
Yohan Flande ARI 123 3.83 14.6% 9 17 46.4 3:10 PM EST
Rubby De La Rosa COL -123 4.08 18.1% 2 18 44.9 8:40 PM EST
Cody Martin LAA 110 3.12 26.1% 21 13 39.9 10:05 PM EST
Justin Nicolino ATL 125 5.42 8.0% 25 11 36.7 7:10 PM EST
Kyle Kendrick ARI 123 4.69 13.1% 10 22 33.2 8:40 PM EST
Aaron Harang NYM 220 4.44 16.7% 24 16 33.1 7:10 PM EST
Cody Anderson TOR 200 4.71 11.4% 1 6 28.8 7:07 PM EST

Team Offense Rankings

Team Opposing Pitcher Team Total Ballpark Team wOBA (LH/RH) Team ISO (LH/RH) Team Rating Time
Arizona Kyle Kendrick 5.81 Coors Field 0.317 0.144 98.9 8:40 PM EST
Toronto Cody Anderson 5.13 Rogers Centre 0.335 0.185 96.7 7:07 PM EST
Colorado Rubby De La Rosa 5.19 Coors Field 0.333 0.186 96.4 8:40 PM EST
NY Yankees Rick Porcello 4.80 Fenway Park 0.323 0.172 83.3 7:10 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Anthony Desclafani 4.65 Wrigley Field 0.312 0.157 75.7 8:05 PM EST
Houston Roenis Elias 4.40 Minute Maid Park 0.315 0.169 70.2 8:10 PM EST
NY Mets Aaron Harang 4.68 Citi Field 0.304 0.144 69.5 7:10 PM EST
Boston Michael Pineda 4.20 Fenway Park 0.317 0.145 59.1 7:10 PM EST
Baltimore Drew Smyly 4.31 Camden Yards 0.301 0.142 57.7 7:05 PM EST
Cleveland Marco Estrada 3.88 Rogers Centre 0.315 0.145 56.1 7:07 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Tyler Duffey 4.13 Target Field 0.305 0.137 55.8 8:10 PM EST
Kansas City Justin Verlander 3.88 Kauffman Stadium 0.321 0.145 55.1 8:10 PM EST
LA Angels Cody Martin 4.03 O.co Coliseum 0.305 0.149 54.5 10:05 PM EST
Pittsburgh Jimmy Nelson 4.14 Miller Park 0.312 0.137 54.0 8:10 PM EST
St. Louis Joe Ross 3.88 Busch Stadium 0.315 0.144 49.2 8:15 PM EST
Seattle Scott Feldman 3.60 Minute Maid Park 0.308 0.166 48.7 8:10 PM EST
Cincinnati Dan Haren 3.85 Wrigley Field 0.305 0.141 48.2 8:05 PM EST
San Diego Yovani Gallardo 3.78 Petco Park 0.298 0.144 44.1 10:10 PM EST
Atlanta Justin Nicolino 3.81 Turner Field 0.295 0.116 43.2 7:10 PM EST
Tampa Bay Chris Tillman 3.69 Camden Yards 0.297 0.136 41.6 7:05 PM EST
Texas Andrew Cashner 3.23 Petco Park 0.322 0.152 39.0 10:10 PM EST
Oakland Matt Shoemaker 3.48 O.co Coliseum 0.307 0.142 38.0 10:05 PM EST
Miami Manuel Banuelos 3.19 Turner Field 0.318 0.141 36.6 7:10 PM EST
Minnesota Chris Sale 3.38 Target Field 0.312 0.149 35.5 8:10 PM EST
LA Dodgers Madison Bumgarner 3.09 Dodger Stadium 0.331 0.154 35.3 10:10 PM EST
Detroit Johnny Cueto 3.13 Kauffman Stadium 0.320 0.152 35.0 8:10 PM EST
Milwaukee Gerrit Cole 3.36 Miller Park 0.310 0.144 33.1 8:10 PM EST
Philadelphia Jon Niese 3.33 Citi Field 0.309 0.123 32.7 7:10 PM EST
Washington Marco Gonzales 3.13 Busch Stadium 0.307 0.138 31.9 8:15 PM EST
San Francisco Zack Greinke 2.41 Dodger Stadium 0.321 0.147 14.7 10:10 PM EST

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