MLB Pitching Primer: Monday, May 14th
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.
Monday, May 14th
Arms To Trust
Carlos Carrasco at Detroit Tigers
I think it is safe to say that Carrasco has found his strikeouts again. There was all sorts of worry about them after his first three starts (at Seattle and home against Kansas City and Detroit). In those three starts, he posted only an 18.2% K%. However, in the five starts since (at Minnesota, at Baltimore, home versus Seattle, home versus Toronto, and at Milwaukee), the K% shot back up to 30.5%.
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