MLB Pitching Primer: Friday, September 28th
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, September 28th
I just wanted to give a quick thank you to everyone who has hung around all MLB season with me here, as this will be my last Pitching Primer of the year with the regular season wrapping up in a few days. Hopefully you found this article useful and also at least a little bit entertaining! If you haven’t already, be sure to stick around with us for the loads of NFL content we have on a daily basis and a Preseason NBA package we have set up to whet your appetite for the regular season starting in a few weeks.
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Arms To Trust
Gerrit Cole at Baltimore Orioles
Cole is your top guy on this 13-game Friday slate, and it’s not hard to see why.
For starters, he has the highest K% (35.1%) and best SIERA (2.87) on the entire slate. His flyball ways are less of a concern considering he does a great job limiting hard contact (31.8% Hard%).
What is a concern, which has been a frequent complaint this season, is that the control comes and goes. He has a below average 8.1% BB% on the season that makes it maddening to roster him sometimes. When he’s right, you see seven innings, no walks, and 12 strikeouts like in his last start against the Angels. When he is having trouble locating, you see a five inning, four walk, and nine strikeout type of start like we saw in the one prior against the Tigers. Regardless of how everything else goes though, it is apparent that those strikeouts offer an immense floor.
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