MLB First Look: Wednesday, August 12th

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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
Seattle Baltimore SEA -127 7.0 3:40 PM EST
Arizona Philadelphia ARI -160 8.5 3:40 PM EST
San Diego Cincinnati SD -130 6.5 3:40 PM EST
San Francisco Houston SF -140 7.0 3:45 PM EST
Miami Boston BOS -115 7.5 4:10 PM EST
Toronto Oakland TOR -200 8.5 7:07 PM EST
NY Mets Colorado NYM -182 6.5 7:10 PM EST
Tampa Bay Atlanta TB -190 7.0 7:10 PM EST
Cleveland NY Yankees CLE -140 7.5 7:10 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Milwaukee CHC -180 7.5 8:05 PM EST
Minnesota Texas MIN -115 9.0 8:10 PM EST
Kansas City Detroit KC -171 8.0 8:10 PM EST
Chicago White Sox LA Angels LAA -125 8.5 8:10 PM EST
St. Louis Pittsburgh STL -120 6.5 8:15 PM EST
LA Dodgers Washington LAD -200 6.0 10:10 PM EST

Pitcher Rankings

Pitcher Opponent Vegas Line SIERA K% Opp. wOBA Opp. K% Rating Time
Clayton Kershaw WAS -200 2.14 32.3% 8 14 99.0 10:10 PM EST
Jacob deGrom COL -182 3.07 25.9% 1 16 88.8 7:10 PM EST
Danny Salazar NYY -140 3.16 26.8% 4 7 75.8 7:10 PM EST
Gerrit Cole STL 120 3.13 24.5% 12 10 73.3 8:15 PM EST
Jason Hammel MIL -180 3.42 23.0% 15 19 72.9 8:05 PM EST
Hisashi Iwakuma BAL -127 3.03 21.3% 9 28 70.8 3:40 PM EST
Jake Odorizzi ATL -190 3.71 22.8% 23 3 69.5 7:10 PM EST
James Shields CIN -130 3.48 21.9% 15 7 68.6 3:40 PM EST
Michael Wacha PIT -120 3.69 20.9% 15 19 68.5 8:15 PM EST
Chris Heston HOU -140 3.72 18.5% 8 29 59.9 3:45 PM EST
Raisel Iglesias SD 130 3.60 22.8% 29 26 59.0 3:40 PM EST
Chase Anderson PHI -160 4.02 18.8% 28 11 58.4 3:40 PM EST
R.A. Dickey OAK -200 4.35 17.2% 21 4 55.3 7:07 PM EST
Aaron Nola ARI 160 3.45 21.0% 10 22 54.0 3:40 PM EST
Andrew Heaney CWS -125 3.98 17.1% 30 19 53.9 8:10 PM EST
Edinson Volquez DET -171 4.28 17.4% 6 13 53.3 8:10 PM EST
Jordan Zimmermann LAD 200 3.47 20.7% 2 17 52.8 10:10 PM EST
CC Sabathia CLE 140 3.52 20.6% 15 6 52.5 7:10 PM EST
Eduardo Rodriguez MIA -115 4.13 19.7% 5 18 52.4 4:10 PM EST
Kevin Gausman SEA 127 4.03 18.8% 22 25 46.5 3:40 PM EST
Jorge De La Rosa NYM 182 4.08 19.1% 25 29 46.3 7:10 PM EST
Aaron Brooks TOR 200 3.90 17.9% 3 6 43.7 7:07 PM EST
John Danks LAA 125 4.57 15.8% 22 4 40.7 8:10 PM EST
Daniel Norris KC 171 4.81 16.9% 11 1 39.5 8:10 PM EST
Matt Garza CHC 180 4.22 17.4% 23 30 39.1 8:05 PM EST
Scott Feldman SF 140 4.31 13.8% 4 4 33.9 3:45 PM EST
Adam Conley BOS 115 5.06 11.1% 11 9 33.1 4:10 PM EST
Nick Martinez MIN 115 5.07 13.0% 25 23 33.1 8:10 PM EST
Matthew Wisler TB 190 4.83 14.0% 26 27 30.1 7:10 PM EST
Mike Pelfrey TEX -115 4.94 10.6% 7 11 29.4 8:10 PM EST

Team Offense Rankings

Team Opposing Pitcher Team Total Ballpark Team wOBA (LH/RH) Team ISO (LH/RH) Team Rating Time
Toronto Aaron Brooks 4.88 Rogers Centre 0.330 0.182 88.0 7:07 PM EST
Minnesota Nick Martinez 4.79 Target Field 0.300 0.153 81.1 8:10 PM EST
Arizona Aaron Nola 4.65 Chase Field 0.318 0.145 77.7 3:40 PM EST
LA Angels John Danks 4.56 U.S. Cellular Field 0.298 0.139 71.9 8:10 PM EST
Texas Mike Pelfrey 4.21 Target Field 0.323 0.156 70.0 8:10 PM EST
Kansas City Daniel Norris 4.43 Kauffman Stadium 0.312 0.120 69.6 8:10 PM EST
Boston Adam Conley 4.04 Marlins Park 0.312 0.139 63.7 4:10 PM EST
San Francisco Scott Feldman 3.85 AT&T Park 0.327 0.151 60.4 3:45 PM EST
Chicago Cubs Matt Garza 4.20 Wrigley Field 0.301 0.138 60.3 8:05 PM EST
Cleveland CC Sabathia 4.10 Progressive Field 0.311 0.124 57.6 7:10 PM EST
Tampa Bay Matthew Wisler 3.98 Tropicana Field 0.298 0.138 56.8 7:10 PM EST
Seattle Kevin Gausman 3.82 Safeco Field 0.304 0.161 53.8 3:40 PM EST
LA Dodgers Jordan Zimmermann 3.63 Dodger Stadium 0.331 0.177 53.1 10:10 PM EST
Detroit Edinson Volquez 3.57 Kauffman Stadium 0.326 0.156 52.4 8:10 PM EST
Miami Eduardo Rodriguez 3.46 Marlins Park 0.325 0.144 49.2 4:10 PM EST
Chicago White Sox Andrew Heaney 3.94 U.S. Cellular Field 0.275 0.105 48.5 8:10 PM EST
Philadelphia Chase Anderson 3.85 Chase Field 0.295 0.130 47.7 3:40 PM EST
NY Yankees Danny Salazar 3.40 Progressive Field 0.327 0.172 47.0 7:10 PM EST
Oakland R.A. Dickey 3.63 Rogers Centre 0.305 0.135 46.1 7:07 PM EST
NY Mets Jorge De La Rosa 3.71 Citi Field 0.285 0.137 44.1 7:10 PM EST
St. Louis Gerrit Cole 3.55 Busch Stadium 0.314 0.140 42.3 8:15 PM EST
Baltimore Hisashi Iwakuma 3.18 Safeco Field 0.320 0.176 40.1 3:40 PM EST
Houston Chris Heston 3.15 AT&T Park 0.321 0.187 39.7 3:45 PM EST
San Diego Raisel Iglesias 3.58 Petco Park 0.294 0.137 38.2 3:40 PM EST
Milwaukee Jason Hammel 3.30 Wrigley Field 0.309 0.137 34.6 8:05 PM EST
Colorado Jacob deGrom 2.80 Citi Field 0.343 0.191 31.1 7:10 PM EST
Cincinnati James Shields 2.93 Petco Park 0.309 0.143 28.8 3:40 PM EST
Atlanta Jake Odorizzi 3.03 Tropicana Field 0.301 0.112 24.6 7:10 PM EST
Pittsburgh Michael Wacha 2.95 Busch Stadium 0.309 0.133 23.5 8:15 PM EST
Washington Clayton Kershaw 2.38 Dodger Stadium 0.317 0.142 11.2 10:10 PM EST

About the Author

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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