MLB Grind Down: Thursday, September 3rd - Page Two
LA Dodgers at San Diego – 10:10 PM EST
| LA Dodgers | San Diego | ||||||||
 | Mat Latos |  | Colin Rea | ||||||
| RIGHT | RIGHT | ||||||||
| Vegas Moneyline | Vegas Over/Under | ||||||||
| LAD (-135) | 7 | ||||||||
| Stats | Avg | OPS | wOBA | K% | Stats | Avg | OPS | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP vs. Left | 0.255 | 0.695 | 0.304 | 0.179 | SP vs. Left | 0.244 | 0.739 | 0.316 | 0.18 |
| SP vs. Right | 0.234 | 0.674 | 0.296 | 0.199 | SP vs. Right | 0.343 | 0.948 | 0.407 | 0.189 |
| Batter Splits | LA vs R | Batter Splits | SDP BvP | SD vs R | |||||
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Pitcher Grind Down
Mat Latos : FD: $6,200 — DK: $7,300
Pitching Stats:
2014 – 2015: IP: 210.0 — SIERA: 3.99 — ERA: 4.03 — K%: 19.0% — BB%: 6.5% — HR/9: 0.8
Last 30 Days: IP: 19.1 — SIERA: 4.20 — ERA: 6.05 — K%: 15.5% — BB%: 7.1% — HR/9: 0.9
San Diego Padres Offense (2015)
vs. RH Pitching: wOBA: 0.300 (Rank: 26) — Strikeout Rate: 21.4% (Rank: 23)
Last 14 Days: wOBA: 0.333 (Rank: 9) — Strikeout Rate: 19.3% (Rank: 12)
Pitches per PA: 3.83 (Rank: 13)
Analysis: Latos hasn’t been in the best of form recently, but the perfect cure for the pitching blues. Tonight he gets to face the strikeout-happy Padres in the pitcher-friendly Petco Park. Latos is cheap and he is a small favorite tonight in a game that features a low total of 7.0 runs. Latos makes a great SP2 on multi-pitcher sites and he’s not the worst play on single-pitcher sites if you are looking to stack the game in Coors Field.
Pitcher Rating: 69.5
Colin Rea : FD: $5,000 — DK: $6,000
Pitching Stats:
2014 – 2015: IP: 19.2 — SIERA: 3.87 — ERA: 5.95 — K%: 18.4% — BB%: 6.9% — HR/9: 0.9
Los Angeles Dodgers Offense (2015)
vs. RH Pitching: wOBA: 0.322 (Rank: 3) — Strikeout Rate: 20.5% (Rank: 19)
Last 14 Days: wOBA: 0.260 (Rank: 30) — Strikeout Rate: 23.5% (Rank: 23)
Pitches per PA: 3.89 (Rank: 5)
Analysis: Rea is off to a decent start in his major league career. In his first 19 innings of work, he has a 3.87 SIERA with a strikeout rate of 18.4%. While he is very cheap tonight, he draws a tough matchup against the Dodgers, who have the third-highest team wOBA against right-handed pitching this season. Mat Latos is the preferred target in this one.
Pitcher Rating: 62.8
Batter Grind Down
LA Dodgers
The Dodgers draw a decent matchup tonight against Colin Rea tonight, but they have to face him in the pitcher-friendly Petco Park. Rea has reverse splits this season, but it’s hard to trust them with a sample size of only 19 innings. I still give the edge to the left-handed hitters in this matchup.
Elite Plays:
Adrian Gonzalez : FD: $3,100 — DK: $4,400
Position Eligibility: FD: 1B — DK: 1B
2014-15 vs. RH Pitching: PA: 885 — wOBA: 0.380 — ISO: 0.239 — wRC+: 146
Last 30 Days: PA: 108 — wOBA: 0.312 — ISO: 0.150 — wRC+: 99
Secondary Plays:
Chase Utley : FD: $2,500 — DK: $2,900
Position Eligibility: FD: 2B — DK: 2B
2014-15 vs. RH Pitching: PA: 693 — wOBA: 0.311 — ISO: 0.136 — wRC+: 96
Last 30 Days: PA: 74 — wOBA: 0.385 — ISO: 0.194 — wRC+: 148
Andre Ethier : FD: $2,200 — DK: $3,300
Position Eligibility: FD: OF — DK: OF
2014-15 vs. RH Pitching: PA: 665 — wOBA: 0.351 — ISO: 0.171 — wRC+: 127
Last 30 Days: PA: 65 — wOBA: 0.409 — ISO: 0.167 — wRC+: 166
San Diego
The Padres have one of the lowest team totals on the board tonight, as they square off against Mat Latos, who has held both left and right-handed hitters under a .305 wOBA over the last two seasons. Cory Spangenberg could be a nice value play if he is batting at the top of the lineup, but the rest of the Padres can be avoided.
Elite Plays:
NONE
Secondary Plays:
Cory Spangenberg : FD: $2,500 — DK: $2,400
Position Eligibility: FD: 2B — DK: 2B/3B
2014-15 vs. RH Pitching: PA: 257 — wOBA: 0.311 — ISO: 0.157 — wRC+: 100
Last 30 Days: PA: 45 — wOBA: 0.390 — ISO: 0.220 — wRC+: 154