| Date | Opp | DKSAL | FDSAL | DKFPTS | FDFPTS | k | ip | ab | sho | w | hra | l | er | cg | ha | 3ba | bba | sba | ibba | whip | hbp | qstart | 1ba | k/9 | 2ba |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-29 | @ BOS | $6.4K | $5.6K | 15.05 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10.8 | 0 |
| 2019-09-23 | @ TOR | $6.4K | $5.6K | -6.05 | -3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019-09-17 | vs. TOR | $5.7K | $5.5K | 8 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 2019-09-07 | vs. TEX | -- | -- | 6.95 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 2019-08-13 | @ NYY | -- | -- | 6.2 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.5 | 2 |
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Examining end of season team and pitcher motivations (Part II)
An important aspect to remember as we embark on the last week of the regular season is team motivation. We can’t just assume a pitcher is set for his normal workload. Teams generally fall into one of four categories when it comes to pitcher workload management this time of year: getting pitchers ready for the post-season, still playing for a post-season spot, more cautiously managing the workload of younger pitchers or those with recent injuries, all systems go. A short five game slate allows us to examine all 10 pitchers tonight and see what category they fall into.
Blake Snell could fall into a couple of categories. The Rays are tied for the second wild card, but has thrown just two major league innings since July 21st. He can’t possibly be considered for a normal workload and is far too expensive for anything but. Similarly, Jhoulys Chacin has not faced more than 15 batters in an outing for the Red Sox.
Chandler Shepherd, Caleb Smith and Alex Young are all in their first full season. Shepherd hasn’t reached 120 innings on the year, but has been limited to four innings (19 batters) or less in all three major league outings. Smith is above 150 innings for the first time in his professional career and hasn’t necessarily been more limited, but has just a 21 K%, 6.08 ERA, 6.03 FIP and .342 xwOBA over the last 30 days. Alex Young is right around his workload for the last three seasons. He’s interesting due to a 12.7 SwStr% with a .308 xwOBA and 6.5% Barrels/BBE, but his estimators are all well above his ERA due to a .245 BABIP and more than 20% of his runs being unearned.
Clay Buchholz is not young and does have a favorable matchup (Orioles 85 wRC+ vs RHP), but he has been injured and bad (13.6 K%, ERA & estimators all above five, .366 xwOBA, 12.3% Barrels/BBE). The Orioles also pounded him for seven runs and two HRs in his last start.