MLB DFS: Sunday Cheat Sheet

MLB DFS: Sunday Cheat Sheet

This article is part of our DFS MLB series.

Here's a quick glance at Sunday's slate(s).

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    Park Factors & Lines

    Park factors in this piece are a three-year average from 2015-2017, indexed (100 = average). For example, left-handed home runs at Guaranteed Rate Field (home of the White Sox) have a three-year index of 122, which means there have been 22% more homers hit by lefties from all teams during that span in that park compared to a completely neutral environment. Left-handed hitters have a significant advantage when hitting at Guaranteed Rate Field.

    AT&T Park (home of the Giants), has a three-year run index of 90, which means that games played at AT&T park have had 10% fewer runs scored overall than a completely neutral environment. Overall offensive production is reduced by a significant amount for games played in San Francisco, making it a safer environment than most for pitchers.

    Lefties
    Righties
    Road Starter
    Home Starter
    Home Tm
    R
    AVG
    HR
    AVG
    HR
    K
    O/U
    HmL
    1st Pitch
    Wade MileyGerman MarquezRockies138121117116118879.5-1604:37 PM
    Walker BuehlerSean NewcombBraves1021061169881988.01558:07 PM

    Pitcher Skills

    These stats look at each starting pitcher's stats since the start of last season.

    The final two columns are team stats

    Here's a quick glance at Sunday's slate(s).

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    Park Factors & Lines

    Park factors in this piece are a three-year average from 2015-2017, indexed (100 = average). For example, left-handed home runs at Guaranteed Rate Field (home of the White Sox) have a three-year index of 122, which means there have been 22% more homers hit by lefties from all teams during that span in that park compared to a completely neutral environment. Left-handed hitters have a significant advantage when hitting at Guaranteed Rate Field.

    AT&T Park (home of the Giants), has a three-year run index of 90, which means that games played at AT&T park have had 10% fewer runs scored overall than a completely neutral environment. Overall offensive production is reduced by a significant amount for games played in San Francisco, making it a safer environment than most for pitchers.

    Lefties
    Righties
    Road Starter
    Home Starter
    Home Tm
    R
    AVG
    HR
    AVG
    HR
    K
    O/U
    HmL
    1st Pitch
    Wade MileyGerman MarquezRockies138121117116118879.5-1604:37 PM
    Walker BuehlerSean NewcombBraves1021061169881988.01558:07 PM

    Pitcher Skills

    These stats look at each starting pitcher's stats since the start of last season.

    The final two columns are team stats for each pitcher's opponent.

    OwRC+ is the team wRC+ for the current season, against the handedness of that pitcher.

    TeamK% is the strikeout rate of the opposing team for the current season, against the handedness of that pitcher.

    Note: Opponent team matchup data from 2018 season.

    Player
    Opp
    IP
    K%
    BB%
    K-BB
    HR/9
    ERA
    WHIP
    DK
    FD
    OwRC+
    OsK%
    Walker Buehler (R)at ATL146.727.97.720.20.862.951.03$9,500$9,3009721.5
    German Marquez (R)v MIL358.024.87.017.91.234.051.28$9,000$10,00010323.4
    Wade Miley (L)at COL238.018.011.36.81.064.581.55$4,300$5,8009921.3
    Sean Newcomb (L)v LAD264.023.312.011.30.954.061.42$8,100$7,70010521.5

    Pitcher Splits

    These splits cover each pitcher's performance against left-handed and right-handed hitters since the start of the 2016 season.

    Stats highlighted yellow indicate matchups favoring the pitcher. Stats highlighted blue indicate matchups favoring opposing hitters.

    v. Lefties
    v. Righties
    Name
    Opp
    K%
    BB%
    K-BB
    HR/9
    wOBA
    K%
    BB%
    K-BB
    HR/9
    wOBA
    Walker Buehler (R)at ATL30.08.221.80.750.25325.97.218.70.960.267
    German Marquez (R)v MIL19.87.812.01.020.34028.86.022.81.390.309
    Wade Miley (L)at COL17.811.26.60.440.29518.79.19.61.370.353
    Sean Newcomb (L)v LAD27.211.116.11.110.32022.012.39.70.900.314

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