MLB Grind Down: Thursday, May 15th - Page 2
NY Yankees at NY Mets
| NY Yankees | NY Mets | ||||||||
| Chase Whitley | Vegas Moneyline | Jacob Degrom | Vegas Over/Under | ||||||
| RIGHT | NYM (-120) | RIGHT | 8.0 | ||||||
| Stats | Avg | OPS | wOBA | K% | Stats | Avg | OPS | wOBA | K% |
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| SP vs. Left | SP vs. Left | ||||||||
| SP vs. Right | SP vs. Right | ||||||||
| Batter Splits | NYY BvP  | NYY vs R | Batter Splits | NYM BvP | NYM vs R | ||||
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Pitcher Grind Down
Chase Whitley – Whitley is a former 15th round pick that will be making his first career start in the majors. He will join the rotation while CC Sabathia is out with his knee injury. Whitley has pitched well in the minors this season with a 2.36 ERA and a K/9 of 10.9. I typically like to take a wait and see approach in these situations, but the Mets’ have struggled offensively this season and Whitley makes an interesting GPP play. Rating = 6
Jacob Degrom – Degrom will also be making his season debut as Dillon Gee is out with a lat injury. Degrom is ranked as the team’s 10th best prospect and he has pitched well in the minors with a 2.58 ERA and a K/9 of 6.9. Of the two rookies, I have to side with Whitley just because I have more faith in the Yankees’ offense than I do the Mets’ offense. Rating = 5
Batter Grind Down
New York Yankees
Jacoby Ellsbury – Even though we don’t know a lot about either of these pitchers, we do know the splits for both of these offenses. Ellsbury hits RH pitching very well and is a threat to steal a base every time he gets on first. This is a great time to buy low on the All-Star.
Additional Plays: Mark Teixeira, Brian McCann
New York Mets
David Wright – Wright is only batting .240 against RH pitching this season, but typically hits for a .300 average against righties. He has 15 hits over his last 10 games and I really like the matchup against the inexperienced RHP Whitley.
Additional Plays: Curtis Granderson, Daniel Murphy
Baltimore at Kansas City
| Baltimore | Kansas City | ||||||||
| Wei-Yin Chen | Vegas Moneyline | Yordano Ventura | Vegas Over/Under | ||||||
| LEFT | KCR (-132) | RIGHT | 7.5 | ||||||
| Stats | Avg | OPS | wOBA | K% | Stats | Avg | OPS | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP vs. Left | 0.276 | 0.756 | 0.335 | 18.2% | SP vs. Left | 0.209 | 0.669 | 0.298 | 22.1% |
| SP vs. Right | 0.279 | 0.759 | 0.334 | 18.1% | SP vs. Right | 0.207 | 0.563 | 0.259 | 24.7% |
| Batter Splits | BAL BvP | BAL vs R | Batter Splits | KCR BvP | KCR vs L | ||||
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Pitcher Grind Down
Wei-Yin Chen – Through 7 starts this season, Chen has posted a 3.96 ERA with a 1.44 WHIP and a K/9 of 7.02. He is facing a Royals’ offense that is ranked 21st against RH pitching with a team .304 wOBA. While this Royals offense isn’t blowing anyone away, they don’t strike out often and only have a 14% K-percentage against RH pitching. That limits his upside, but he’s still a decent play on multi-pitcher sites. Rating = 6
Yordano Ventura – Ventura has enjoyed a terrific sophomore season with a 2.34 ERA and a K/9 of 9.4. He is a sizable favorite against the Orioles who are ranked 14th against RH pitching. Even with Chris Davis back in the Orioles’ lineup, Ventura’s upside makes him a solid play on all sites. Rating = 7
Batter Grind Down
Baltimore
Ventura has held LH and RH batters under a .300 wOBA in his career. Chris Davis may be worth a look as a GPP play, but the rest of the Orioles can be avoided in cash games.
Kansas City
Salvador Perez – Perez’s numbers against LH pitching are down this season, but last year he hit for a .317 batting average and an OPS of .867 against southpaws. He will be batting in the heart of the order and is one of the top Catcher plays on the board.
Additional Plays: Billy Butler, Eric Hosmer
Tampa Bay at LA Angels
| Tampa Bay | LA Angels | ||||||||
| Erik Bedard | Vegas Moneyline | Tyler Skaggs | Vegas Over/Under | ||||||
| LEFT | LAA (-148) | LEFT | 8.5 | ||||||
| Stats | Avg | OPS | wOBA | K% | Stats | Avg | OPS | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP vs. Left | 0.297 | 0.787 | 0.354 | 18.4% | SP vs. Left | 0.224 | 0.691 | 0.312 | 17.8% |
| SP vs. Right | 0.243 | 0.730 | 0.327 | 20.3% | SP vs. Right | 0.243 | 0.706 | 0.316 | 18.1% |
| Batter Splits | TBR BvP | TBR vs L | Batter Splits | LAA BvP | LAA vs L | ||||
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Pitcher Grind Down
Erik Bedard – Bedard has pitched well in 3 consecutive starts, but unfortunately I have a feeling that his run will come to an end tonight against the Angels who are ranked 5th against LH pitching with a team .342 wOBA. Bedard is a sizable underdog in a game that features a total of 8.5 runs. He’s a below average option at pitcher. Rating = 4
Tyler Skaggs – Skaggs has pitched well this season, but has been very inconsistent. On the season he has a 4.14 ERA with a 1.13 WHIP and a K/9 of 5.6. Tonight he faces a Rays’ offense that is pretty average against LH pitching with a team .311 wOBA. Skaggs is not a bad play, but he’s not a great play either. Rating = 5
Batter Grind Down
Tamps Bay
Evan Longoria – Longo has always hit LH pitching well and this season is no different. He’s batting .282 with 4 XBH’s against southpaws this season. Skaggs is not a pitcher that I’m scared to take hitters against and Longo makes a nice play at 3B if you are looking to spend up.
Additional Plays: Wil Myers, Sean Rodriguez
L.A. Angels
Albert Pujols / Mike Trout – I couldn’t decide which player I wanted to feature here so I decided to go with both. Both are terrific against LH pitching and Bedard has given up a .327 wOBA to RH batters over the last 2 seasons.
Additional Plays: C.J. Cron, Chris Iannetta
Miami at San Francisco
| Miami | San Francisco | ||||||||
| Nathan Eovaldi | Vegas Moneyline | Matt Cain | Vegas Over/Under | ||||||
| RIGHT | SFG (-136) | RIGHT | 7.0 | ||||||
| Stats | Avg | OPS | wOBA | K% | Stats | Avg | OPS | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP vs. Left | 0.272 | 0.738 | 0.334 | 16.8% | SP vs. Left | 0.208 | 0.619 | 0.283 | 21.5% |
| SP vs. Right | 0.224 | 0.605 | 0.272 | 21.6% | SP vs. Right | 0.252 | 0.733 | 0.326 | 19.7% |
| Batter Splits | MIA BvP | MIA vs R | Batter Splits | SFG BvP | SFG vs R | ||||
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Pitcher Grind Down
Nathan Eovaldi – Eovaldi has always had terrific stuff as a pitcher and he is finally starting to put it altogether. Now that Jose Fernandez is out, Eovaldi basically becomes the ace of the staff. In 8 starts this season he has a 2.86 ERA with a 1.12 WHIP and a K/9 of 8.6. He faces a Giants’ offense that is ranked 23rd against RH pitching with a team .303 wOBA. Not only that, but the Giants will not have Brandon Belt in the lineup who is one of the better hitters in this lineup against RH pitching. Rating = 8
Matt Cain – The Marlins bats finally came alive last night against the Dodgers. They exploded for a 13 run outburst. That said, they are still one of the worst offensive teams on the road. Cain has a 4.25 ERA on the season with a 1.33 WHIP and a K/9 of 7.25. He is one of my favorite pitchers in the night slate of games. Rating = 9
Batter Grind Down
Miami
Giancarlo Stanton – As always, Stanton makes a nice upside play in a GPP. While he is only 5/17 off of Cain in his career, he does have 3 HR’s off of him. Stanton is the only Marlins’ bat that I will have any exposure to tonight.
Additional Plays: None
San Francisco
Even though the Giants are small favorites in this game, there aren’t any hitters that stand out as good plays against Eovaldi. I’ll be looking elsewhere for my bats.