MLB Pitching Primer: Friday, June 8th
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 8th
Arms To Trust
Chris Sale vs. Chicago White Sox
If strikeouts are king in DFS, then that makes Chris Sale the LeBron James of the slate tonight at starting pitcher. Or maybe Jerry Lawler for you LeBron haters. No? Does Felix Hernandez work? This is a baseball article after all.
Sale has the highest 2018 K% on the slate at 34%. The White Sox have the highest K% in their respective split tonight (an absurd 27.7% K% against LHP). The next closest is the Phillies against RHP, and theirs comes in at 26.9%.
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