by Ethan Haskell (Ethan) Last Updated 2013-09-01 23:52:15

MLB Batter vs. Pitcher Cheat Sheet

The RotoGrinders Cheat Sheets have grown drastically since Brad Owens (bowens1984) introduced the original MLB Cheat Sheet that you see below. But while the concepts have widened, the gist has remained the same. How can I quickly find the most valuable players on a given night? This is your answer.

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September 2nd – 8th

All tables below are sortable. Click any header to sort by that category

Monday BvP Targets

BvP Target – Mon	POS	TEAM	OPP-SP	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	K	AVG	SLG	OPS
Yoenis Cespedes	OF	OAK	Holland	11	2	0	2	2	2	0.182	0.727	1.035
Yadier Molina	C	STL	Latos	29	12	3	1	5	5	0.414	0.621	1.034
Will Venable	OF	SDP	Zito	16	6	0	1	2	4	0.375	0.563	0.974
Victor Martinez	DH	DET	Lackey	24	10	1	0	0	3	0.417	0.458	0.958
Scott Hairston	OF	CHC	Alvarez	34	14	5	5	9	7	0.412	1.000	1.459
Ryan Sweeney	OF	CHC	Alvarez	12	5	4	0	1	0	0.417	0.750	1.250
Ryan Ludwick	OF	CIN	Wainwright	12	4	2	1	4	2	0.333	0.750	1.135
Ryan Braun	OF	MIL	Morton	11	6	1	1	5	2	0.545	0.909	1.552
Nick Hundley	C	SDP	Zito	16	6	0	2	3	4	0.375	0.750	1.194
Miguel Cabrera	3B	DET	Lackey	12	4	1	1	2	3	0.333	0.667	1.051
Mark Reynolds	1B	CLE	Norris	12	3	2	1	1	3	0.250	0.667	0.917
Marco Scutaro	2B	SFG	Kennedy	18	7	3	0	1	1	0.389	0.667	1.117
Kurt Suzuki	C	WAS	Hamels	20	7	3	2	4	3	0.350	0.800	1.150
Josh Donaldson	3B	OAK	Holland	11	5	2	1	2	0	0.455	0.909	1.364
Jon Jay	OF	STL	Latos	27	11	2	0	1	5	0.407	0.481	0.948
Jesus Guzman	OF	SDP	Zito	14	5	1	1	5	1	0.357	0.643	1.043
Jay Bruce	OF	CIN	Wainwright	26	9	0	2	8	10	0.346	0.577	0.970
Dexter Fowler	OF	COL	Kershaw	38	16	2	0	1	9	0.421	0.526	1.003
Daniel Murphy	2B	NYM	Maholm	15	8	0	0	3	2	0.533	0.533	1.067
Corey Hart	OF	MIL	Morton	10	4	2	0	3	0	0.400	0.600	1.000
Chris Denorfia	OF	SDP	Zito	19	7	2	1	5	3	0.368	0.632	1.032
Chris Davis	1B	BAL	Masterson	12	4	2	1	2	6	0.333	0.750	1.135
Carlos Beltran	OF	STL	Latos	21	7	1	3	4	2	0.333	0.810	1.226
Buster Posey	C	SFG	Kennedy	27	10	3	0	3	3	0.370	0.481	0.933
Alexi Casilla	2B	BAL	Masterson	29	10	1	2	11	4	0.345	0.655	1.010
Adam LaRoche	1B	WAS	Hamels	31	10	1	4	7	8	0.323	0.742	1.106

Tuesday BvP Targets

BvP Target – Tues	POS	TEAM	OPP-SP	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	K	AVG	SLG	OPS
Yadier Molina	C	STL	Bailey	22	8	2	2	3	0	0.364	0.727	1.119
Will Venable	OF	SDP	Bumgarner	10	3	0	1	1	1	0.300	0.600	0.900
Victor Martinez	DH	DET	Lester	10	6	0	1	3	0	0.600	1.100	1.767
Troy Tulowitzki	SS	COL	Nolasco	15	6	1	1	3	0	0.400	0.667	1.104
Torii Hunter	OF	DET	Lester	19	10	3	0	0	2	0.526	0.684	1.211
Nick Swisher	1B	CLE	Tillman	17	5	1	1	2	5	0.294	0.529	0.929
Mitch Moreland	1B	TEX	Colon	10	3	1	1	2	2	0.300	0.700	1.000
Miguel Cabrera	3B	DET	Lester	16	10	2	1	3	0	0.625	0.938	1.652
Michael Cuddyer	OF	COL	Nolasco	10	6	2	2	6	3	0.600	1.400	2.000
Matt Holliday	OF	STL	Bailey	32	12	3	2	7	7	0.375	0.719	1.147
Matt Carpenter	2B	STL	Bailey	13	8	2	0	1	2	0.615	0.769	1.385
Jon Jay	OF	STL	Bailey	23	7	2	1	2	1	0.304	0.609	0.942
John Buck	C	NYM	Medlen	13	5	0	1	3	4	0.385	0.615	1.082
Jhonny Peralta	SS	DET	Lester	25	7	1	2	4	7	0.280	0.560	0.960
Jesus Guzman	OF	SDP	Bumgarner	30	12	4	2	6	7	0.400	0.800	1.255
Jarrod Saltalamacchia	C	BOS	Scherzer	12	5	0	1	2	4	0.417	0.667	1.083
Dustin Pedroia	2B	BOS	Scherzer	13	3	0	2	5	1	0.231	0.692	0.923
David Ortiz	DH	BOS	Scherzer	13	7	1	3	6	2	0.538	1.308	1.908
David Murphy	OF	TEX	Colon	14	5	0	1	1	1	0.357	0.571	0.971
David Freese	3B	STL	Bailey	20	6	1	2	3	4	0.300	0.650	0.983
Chris Denorfia	OF	SDP	Bumgarner	41	15	6	0	2	7	0.366	0.561	0.942
Chase Headley	3B	SDP	Bumgarner	33	10	2	3	12	7	0.303	0.636	0.995
Brayan Pena	C	DET	Lester	14	6	1	0	4	2	0.429	0.500	0.929
Ben Zobrist	OF	TAM	Vargas	20	8	3	0	3	2	0.400	0.550	1.028
Andre Ethier	OF	LAD	Chacin	24	9	2	1	3	2	0.375	0.583	1.129
Alexei Ramirez	SS	CWS	Kuroda	15	5	1	1	4	1	0.333	0.600	0.933
Adrian Gonzalez	1B	LAD	Chacin	10	6	0	0	2	0	0.600	0.600	1.183
Adrian Beltre	3B	TEX	Colon	63	19	7	5	14	7	0.302	0.651	0.958
Adam Dunn	1B	CWS	Kuroda	13	4	2	1	3	5	0.308	0.692	1.242
A.J. Ellis	C	LAD	Chacin	15	6	1	1	3	3	0.400	0.667	1.067

Wednesday BvP Targets

BvP Target – Wed	POS	TEAM	OPP-SP	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	K	AVG	SLG	OPS
Willie Bloomquist	SS	ARI	Buehrle	41	19	8	0	4	2	0.463	0.707	1.196
Seth Smith	OF	OAK	Darvish	13	5	3	0	1	0	0.385	0.615	1.082
Ryan Howard	1B	PHI	Zimmermann	12	3	1	1	2	3	0.250	0.583	0.940
Ryan Braun	OF	MIL	Liriano	12	4	0	1	5	5	0.333	0.583	1.113
Raul Ibanez	OF	SEA	Santana	32	8	2	2	7	6	0.250	0.563	0.931
Prince Fielder	1B	DET	Dempster	43	11	4	3	7	14	0.256	0.558	0.922
Pablo Sandoval	3B	SFG	Stults	17	9	2	0	3	1	0.529	0.765	1.365
Nick Punto	2B	LAD	De La Rosa	17	8	1	0	1	0	0.471	0.529	1.029
Nick Hundley	C	SDP	Lincecum	21	6	1	1	2	8	0.286	0.571	0.956
Matt Kemp	OF	LAD	De La Rosa	26	11	3	3	8	3	0.423	0.885	1.313
Matt Holliday	OF	STL	Arroyo	52	16	4	4	10	10	0.308	0.615	1.005
Martin Prado	3B	ARI	Buehrle	12	3	2	1	3	1	0.250	0.667	1.000
Mark Trumbo	1B	LAA	Price	12	5	1	1	3	3	0.417	0.750	1.167
Justin Smoak	1B	SEA	Santana	18	7	2	1	5	2	0.389	0.667	1.121
Jose Molina	C	TAM	Weaver	10	4	1	1	3	1	0.400	0.800	1.200
Jon Jay	OF	STL	Arroyo	34	14	2	1	4	4	0.412	0.618	1.046
Jesus Guzman	OF	SDP	Lincecum	15	6	1	1	3	2	0.400	0.667	1.137
Jason Heyward	OF	ATL	Gee	21	8	0	1	2	4	0.381	0.524	1.060
Hanley Ramirez	SS	LAD	De La Rosa	18	7	4	1	3	4	0.389	0.778	1.278
Gordon Beckham	2B	CWS	Sabathia	20	8	2	1	4	4	0.400	0.650	1.050
Evan Longoria	3B	TAM	Weaver	10	4	3	0	0	3	0.400	0.700	1.155
Daniel Descalso	2B	STL	Arroyo	27	10	3	0	4	3	0.370	0.556	0.926
Chase Headley	3B	SDP	Lincecum	42	11	3	3	6	15	0.262	0.548	0.908
Carlos Quentin	OF	SDP	Lincecum	14	4	1	1	2	3	0.286	0.571	0.905
Carlos Gomez	OF	MIL	Liriano	14	7	1	2	3	2	0.500	1.143	1.705
Carlos Beltran	OF	STL	Arroyo	35	14	4	2	6	5	0.400	0.743	1.190
Buster Posey	C	SFG	Stults	15	7	2	1	3	2	0.467	0.800	1.356
Brandon Moss	1B	OAK	Darvish	10	2	0	2	2	3	0.200	0.800	1.133
Ben Zobrist	OF	TAM	Weaver	15	5	1	1	4	4	0.333	0.733	1.108
Andres Torres	OF	SFG	Stults	12	5	1	0	0	1	0.417	0.667	1.128
Alexei Ramirez	SS	CWS	Sabathia	26	11	1	1	3	1	0.423	0.577	1.021
Alex Presley	OF	PIT	Peralta	11	4	0	1	1	3	0.364	0.818	1.182
Alberto Callaspo	3B	LAA	Price	16	7	2	0	3	1	0.438	0.563	1.063
Adrian Gonzalez	1B	LAD	De La Rosa	32	12	2	3	9	12	0.375	0.719	1.166

Thursday BvP Targets

BvP Target – Thurs	POS	TEAM	OPP-SP	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	K	AVG	SLG	OPS
Zack Cozart	SS	CIN	Lynn	14	5	1	2	3	1	0.357	0.857	1.257
Travis Hafner	DH	NYY	Peavy	19	6	2	2	3	5	0.316	0.737	1.053
Raul Ibanez	OF	SEA	Guthrie	13	3	1	1	3	2	0.231	0.538	0.913
Paul Konerko	1B	CWS	Feldman	22	6	2	2	6	2	0.273	0.636	0.983
Nolan Reimold	DH	BAL	Danks	13	5	1	1	2	2	0.385	0.846	1.313
Miguel Tejada	SS	KCR	Saunders	19	6	0	2	4	2	0.316	0.632	0.982
Mark Trumbo	1B	LAA	Cobb	10	4	2	0	2	3	0.400	0.600	1.000
Marco Scutaro	2B	SFG	Cahill	16	5	1	0	5	1	0.313	0.500	1.020
Justin Smoak	1B	SEA	Guthrie	12	4	0	2	5	1	0.333	0.833	1.167
Jay Bruce	OF	CIN	Lynn	12	5	1	0	3	5	0.417	0.667	1.051
J.J. Hardy	SS	BAL	Danks	21	7	4	1	4	3	0.333	0.667	1.058
Gregor Blanco	OF	SFG	Cahill	16	5	4	1	3	3	0.313	0.750	1.139
Gordon Beckham	2B	CWS	Feldman	16	5	2	1	3	1	0.313	0.625	0.938
Gerardo Parra	OF	ARI	Vogelsong	12	5	1	0	1	2	0.417	0.500	0.929
Franklin Gutierrez	OF	SEA	Guthrie	12	4	1	1	3	1	0.333	0.667	1.000
Emilio Bonifacio	2B	TOR		16	6	2	0	0	2	0.375	0.500	0.912
David Ortiz	DH	BOS	Nova	13	4	1	1	3	0	0.308	0.615	1.015
Curtis Granderson	OF	NYY	Peavy	14	4	2	1	2	2	0.286	0.643	0.929
Buster Posey	C	SFG	Cahill	14	4	1	1	2	3	0.286	0.571	1.016
Brian Roberts	2B	BAL	Danks	25	9	1	1	5	2	0.360	0.520	0.949
Brendan Ryan	SS	SEA	Guthrie	10	5	0	0	0	0	0.500	0.500	1.000
Angel Pagan	OF	SFG	Cahill	15	7	1	0	0	0	0.467	0.533	1.063
Alfonso Soriano	OF	CHC		32	9	3	3	7	9	0.281	0.656	1.035
Aaron Hill	2B	ARI	Vogelsong	14	7	1	1	2	3	0.500	0.786	1.319

Friday BvP Targets

BvP Target – Fri	POS	TEAM	OPP-SP	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	K	AVG	SLG	OPS
Starlin Castro	SS	CHC	Estrada	15	6	2	0	2	3	0.400	0.667	1.067
Ryan Howard	1B	PHI	Minor	15	6	0	3	8	6	0.400	1.000	1.400
Reed Johnson	OF	ATL	Lee	20	8	2	1	1	3	0.400	0.650	1.105
Nelson Cruz	OF	TEX	Wilson	10	4	1	1	2	2	0.400	0.800	1.338
Miguel Cabrera	3B	DET	Shields	38	16	6	2	6	5	0.421	0.737	1.200
Michael Cuddyer	OF	COL	Cashner	10	3	1	1	3	0	0.300	0.700	1.117
Matt Carpenter	2B	STL	Burnett	20	8	2	0	1	2	0.400	0.600	1.078
Mark Teixeira	1B	NYY	Doubront	12	3	0	2	4	4	0.250	0.750	1.000
Justin Upton	OF	ATL	Lee	17	7	3	0	1	4	0.412	0.588	1.033
Jonny Gomes	OF	BOS	Pettitte	31	11	2	2	10	11	0.355	0.613	0.946
Joey Votto	1B	CIN	Capuano	18	8	2	1	2	5	0.444	0.722	1.196
Jhonny Peralta	SS	DET	Shields	29	11	1	3	9	6	0.379	0.724	1.136
Jay Bruce	OF	CIN	Capuano	13	3	0	2	5	3	0.231	0.692	1.067
Ian Kinsler	2B	TEX	Wilson	13	6	1	1	3	2	0.462	0.923	1.486
Hunter Pence	OF	SFG	Corbin	14	4	0	1	4	2	0.286	0.643	0.976
Elvis Andrus	SS	TEX	Wilson	14	5	2	0	2	2	0.357	0.643	1.080
DJ LeMahieu	2B	COL	Cashner	10	5	1	0	0	1	0.500	0.600	1.145
David Ross	C	BOS	Pettitte	15	5	1	0	0	3	0.333	0.533	0.978
David Ortiz	DH	BOS	Pettitte	62	23	8	1	12	15	0.371	0.548	0.979
Brandon Phillips	2B	CIN	Capuano	35	14	4	1	4	4	0.400	0.600	1.000
Alex Rios	OF	CWS	Chen	17	6	1	1	2	1	0.353	0.588	1.009
Adrian Beltre	3B	TEX	Wilson	30	11	4	1	5	9	0.367	0.600	1.041

Saturday BvP Targets

BvP Target – Sat	POS	TEAM	OPP-SP	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	K	AVG	SLG	OPS
Skip Schumaker	2B	LAD	Latos	11	5	1	0	1	0	0.455	0.545	1.045
Russell Martin	C	PIT	Wainwright	21	9	2	0	2	3	0.429	0.524	1.044
Neil Walker	2B	PIT	Wainwright	16	6	0	1	6	1	0.375	0.563	1.036
Mike Carp	OF	BOS	Hughes	10	5	1	1	2	2	0.500	0.900	1.483
Michael Bourn	OF	CLE	Niese	16	6	1	0	0	3	0.375	0.438	0.911
Lyle Overbay	1B	NYY	Lackey	27	10	6	0	4	3	0.370	0.593	1.026
Kevin Youkilis	3B	NYY	Lackey	17	5	0	2	4	4	0.294	0.647	0.941
Justin Upton	OF	ATL	Kendrick	12	5	0	2	4	4	0.417	0.917	1.383
Jose Tabata	OF	PIT	Wainwright	13	6	0	1	3	2	0.462	0.846	1.346
Jose Reyes	SS	TOR	Correia	25	10	1	1	5	4	0.400	0.640	1.084
Joey Votto	1B	CIN	Greinke	19	6	1	3	3	1	0.316	0.842	1.251
Jacoby Ellsbury	OF	BOS	Hughes	16	6	2	0	0	1	0.375	0.500	1.000
Hunter Pence	OF	SFG	McCarthy	10	5	2	1	1	1	0.500	1.200	1.700
Edwin Encarnacion	1B	TOR	Correia	22	6	2	2	4	1	0.273	0.636	0.928
Dustin Pedroia	2B	BOS	Hughes	27	7	1	3	8	4	0.259	0.630	0.940
David Ortiz	DH	BOS	Hughes	22	9	3	2	7	5	0.409	0.818	1.300
Dan Uggla	2B	ATL	Kendrick	38	12	4	2	7	4	0.316	0.579	0.945
Curtis Granderson	OF	NYY	Lackey	29	8	1	1	2	7	0.276	0.552	0.934
Colby Rasmus	OF	TOR	Correia	10	2	1	1	1	0	0.200	0.600	0.933
Cody Ross	OF	ARI	Zito	15	5	2	1	3	2	0.333	0.667	1.056
Clint Barmes	SS	PIT	Wainwright	19	7	3	1	2	4	0.368	0.684	1.113
Chris Johnson	3B	ATL	Kendrick	10	4	1	0	2	1	0.400	0.500	0.900
Billy Butler	DH	KCR	Verlander	62	27	4	2	10	8	0.435	0.597	1.104
Andrew McCutchen	OF	PIT	Wainwright	25	10	3	1	3	3	0.400	0.720	1.149

The Batter vs. Pitcher Cheat Sheet is set every Sunday and sifts through batter vs. pitcher matchups for the week ahead. The best splits are then picked out and put into this page.

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