MLB First Look: Tuesday, September 22nd

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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
Washington Baltimore WAS -145 7.5 7:05 PM EST
Toronto NY Yankees TOR -130 9.0 7:07 PM EST
Detroit Chicago White Sox CWS -115 8.5 7:08 PM EST
NY Mets Atlanta NYM -220 8.0 7:10 PM EST
Miami Philadelphia MIA -165 8.0 7:10 PM EST
Boston Tampa Bay BOS -135 9.0 7:10 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Milwaukee CHC -210 7.5 8:05 PM EST
Houston LA Angels HOU -160 8.5 8:10 PM EST
Kansas City Seattle SEA -110 8.0 8:10 PM EST
Minnesota Cleveland CLE -115 8.0 8:10 PM EST
St. Louis Cincinnati STL -220 8.0 8:15 PM EST
Colorado Pittsburgh PIT -130 11.0 8:40 PM EST
Oakland Texas TEX -120 8.0 10:05 PM EST
San Diego San Francisco SD -120 7.0 10:10 PM EST
LA Dodgers Arizona LAD -165 7.5 10:10 PM EST

Pitcher Rankings

Pitcher Opponent Vegas Line SIERA K% Opp. wOBA Opp. K% Rating Time
Jake Arrieta MIL -210 2.88 26.7% 18 18 98.8 8:05 PM EST
Gio Gonzalez BAL -145 3.63 23.5% 25 27 82.2 7:05 PM EST
Tyson Ross SF -120 3.31 24.6% 7 5 81.2 10:10 PM EST
Danny Salazar MIN -115 3.32 26.0% 26 23 80.6 8:10 PM EST
John Lackey CIN -220 3.83 19.4% 19 10 79.4 8:15 PM EST
Lance McCullers LAA -160 3.74 23.9% 24 11 76.5 8:10 PM EST
Hisashi Iwakuma KC -110 3.14 21.5% 3 1 75.4 8:10 PM EST
Alex Wood ARI -165 3.71 21.0% 10 16 74.6 10:10 PM EST
Jose Quintana DET -115 3.57 21.0% 2 17 69.6 7:08 PM EST
Logan Verrett ATL -220 3.76 20.0% 28 3 69.1 7:10 PM EST
Tom Koehler PHI -165 4.37 18.3% 29 18 66.8 7:10 PM EST
Chris Heston SD 120 4.02 18.6% 27 25 65.5 10:10 PM EST
Ervin Santana CLE 115 3.89 20.7% 16 5 63.5 8:10 PM EST
Ubaldo Jimenez WAS 145 4.22 21.0% 13 26 61.6 7:05 PM EST
Luis Severino TOR 130 3.84 24.2% 1 7 61.2 7:07 PM EST
Daniel Norris CWS 115 4.69 17.8% 29 10 57.6 7:08 PM EST
Henry Owens TB -135 4.61 19.3% 6 24 54.9 7:10 PM EST
Marco Estrada NYY -130 4.29 19.2% 7 13 54.7 7:07 PM EST
Robbie Ray LAD 165 4.30 19.7% 6 14 54.4 10:10 PM EST
Martin Perez OAK -120 4.15 14.7% 19 2 54.0 10:05 PM EST
J.A. Happ COL -130 3.94 20.0% 30 25 52.2 8:40 PM EST
Tyler Cravy CHC 210 4.61 18.0% 11 30 51.4 8:05 PM EST
Jeremy Guthrie SEA 110 4.66 13.5% 19 27 50.7 8:10 PM EST
Aaron Harang MIA 165 4.44 16.9% 30 9 47.2 7:10 PM EST
Hector Santiago HOU 160 4.41 20.5% 9 17 45.6 8:10 PM EST
Sean Nolin TEX 120 5.39 13.3% 17 22 40.4 10:05 PM EST
Matt Moore BOS 135 4.86 15.6% 4 8 39.4 7:10 PM EST
Keyvius Sampson STL 220 4.96 16.9% 13 12 38.2 8:15 PM EST
Chris Rusin PIT 130 4.24 14.7% 20 23 37.2 8:40 PM EST
Matthew Wisler NYM 220 5.14 14.5% 21 14 32.0 7:10 PM EST

Team Offense Rankings

Team Opposing Pitcher Team Total Ballpark Team wOBA (LH/RH) Team ISO (LH/RH) Team Rating Time
Pittsburgh Chris Rusin 5.68 Coors Field 0.306 0.127 97.5 8:40 PM EST
Boston Matt Moore 4.71 Fenway Park 0.331 0.155 88.1 7:10 PM EST
Toronto Luis Severino 4.68 Rogers Centre 0.337 0.185 85.4 7:07 PM EST
Houston Hector Santiago 4.60 Minute Maid Park 0.322 0.176 83.0 8:10 PM EST
Colorado J.A. Happ 5.32 Coors Field 0.283 0.106 82.5 8:40 PM EST
NY Mets Matthew Wisler 4.69 Citi Field 0.309 0.151 80.6 7:10 PM EST
St. Louis Keyvius Sampson 4.69 Busch Stadium 0.317 0.145 78.5 8:15 PM EST
Tampa Bay Henry Owens 4.29 Fenway Park 0.325 0.169 75.7 7:10 PM EST
NY Yankees Marco Estrada 4.32 Rogers Centre 0.321 0.176 75.1 7:07 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Tyler Cravy 4.38 Wrigley Field 0.318 0.164 74.2 8:05 PM EST
Texas Sean Nolin 4.12 O.co Coliseum 0.311 0.153 67.5 10:05 PM EST
Detroit Jose Quintana 4.16 Comerica Park 0.346 0.173 66.5 7:08 PM EST
Seattle Jeremy Guthrie 4.06 Kauffman Stadium 0.311 0.166 65.6 8:10 PM EST
LA Dodgers Robbie Ray 4.13 Dodger Stadium 0.325 0.152 65.4 10:10 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Daniel Norris 4.34 Comerica Park 0.284 0.101 62.2 7:08 PM EST
Washington Ubaldo Jimenez 4.01 Nationals Park 0.317 0.154 61.3 7:05 PM EST
Miami Aaron Harang 4.38 Marlins Park 0.293 0.118 60.8 7:10 PM EST
Cleveland Ervin Santana 4.09 Target Field 0.315 0.147 57.9 8:10 PM EST
Kansas City Hisashi Iwakuma 3.94 Kauffman Stadium 0.323 0.153 57.9 8:10 PM EST
Minnesota Danny Salazar 3.91 Target Field 0.302 0.153 52.0 8:10 PM EST
LA Angels Lance McCullers 3.90 Minute Maid Park 0.305 0.150 49.1 8:10 PM EST
Oakland Martin Perez 3.88 O.co Coliseum 0.307 0.135 47.8 10:05 PM EST
San Diego Chris Heston 3.62 Petco Park 0.301 0.150 43.3 10:10 PM EST
Philadelphia Tom Koehler 3.62 Marlins Park 0.294 0.135 41.5 7:10 PM EST
Arizona Alex Wood 3.37 Dodger Stadium 0.319 0.145 38.3 10:10 PM EST
San Francisco Tyson Ross 3.38 Petco Park 0.321 0.147 37.6 10:10 PM EST
Cincinnati John Lackey 3.31 Busch Stadium 0.311 0.149 36.9 8:15 PM EST
Baltimore Gio Gonzalez 3.49 Nationals Park 0.296 0.141 34.5 7:05 PM EST
Atlanta Logan Verrett 3.31 Citi Field 0.297 0.107 30.8 7:10 PM EST
Milwaukee Jake Arrieta 3.12 Wrigley Field 0.312 0.142 26.9 8:05 PM EST

About the Author

Notorious
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