MLB Pitching Primer: Friday, June 1st
Everything in the sport of baseball comes down to the hitter-versus-pitcher matchup – which makes pitching the most important element of MLB DFS play. Without an understanding of the best pitching plays on the day, your DFS efforts will be sunk! Each day, the Pitching Primer will provide you with some of the top pitching plays on the day – taking a close look at the “why” behind these picks, and helping you to identify pitchers others might overlook.
Friday, June 1st
Arms To Trust
Chris Sale at Houston Astros
Sale gets a great park shift in his favor and an extreme pitchers umpire behind the plate tonight to help mitigate some of the risk that comes with such a difficult matchup. The Astros are essentially one of the best offenses in the league against LHP while only striking out 21.3% of the time (11th lowest rate in the league in this split), so a lot of what makes us like Sale tonight is simply his own dominance.
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