MLB DFS: Monday Cheat Sheet

Written by

Derek VanRiper

Updated on June 11, 2018 9:00AM EST

Here's a quick glance at Monday'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
Steven Wright	Dylan Bundy	Orioles	106	103	114	101	121	94	9.0	-105	7:05 PM
Sam Gaviglio	Ryan Yarbrough	Rays	92	95	97	94	90	110			7:10 PM
Madison Bumgarner	Wei-Yin Chen	Marlins	84	93	86	91	83	103	7.5	150	7:10 PM
Carlos Carrasco	Lucas Giolito	White Sox	95	90	122	99	110	106	9.0	195	8:10 PM
Jose Quintana	Junior Guerra	Brewers	105	103	131	96	108	103	8.5	100	8:10 PM
Jordan Lyles	Jack Flaherty	Cardinals	91	102	97	100	82	95	8.5	-180	8:15 PM
Joe Musgrove	Patrick Corbin	Diamondbacks	116	109	106	105	111	100	7.5	-150	9:40 PM
Andrew Heaney	Wade LeBlanc	Mariners	91	96	105	94	97	104	8.0	100	10:10 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%
Madison Bumgarner (L)	at MIA	117.0	21.9	4.2	17.7	1.31	3.31	1.10	$10,400	$8,800	87	20.6
Dylan Bundy (R)	v BOS	245.3	23.6	7.3	16.3	1.54	4.18	1.21	$7,500	$9,000	124	19.2
Carlos Carrasco (R)	at CWS	283.0	27.2	5.8	21.4	1.02	3.56	1.12	$10,700	$9,700	98	24.1
Wei-Yin Chen (L)	v SF	68.3	17.5	9.2	8.2	1.45	4.87	1.30	$4,700	$6,000	107	22.5
Patrick Corbin (L)	v PIT	271.3	24.7	7.2	17.4	1.19	3.68	1.28	$11,200	$9,300	111	18.7
Jack Flaherty (R)	v SD	60.7	24.3	7.8	16.5	1.34	4.30	1.30	$8,300	$7,700	87	25.5
Sam Gaviglio (R)	at TB	103.0	17.6	7.7	9.8	1.75	3.84	1.26	$7,300	$6,300	102	21.6
Lucas Giolito (R)	v CLE	106.3	14.1	11.0	3.0	1.35	5.08	1.35	$4,200	$5,600	106	21.7
Junior Guerra (R)	v CHC	130.7	21.9	11.4	10.5	1.65	4.06	1.32	$7,000	$7,300	108	20.8
Andrew Heaney (L)	at SEA	82.3	24.5	8.1	16.4	1.75	4.15	1.25	$9,100	$7,900	110	20.1
Wade LeBlanc (L)	v LAA	117.0	18.9	6.0	13.0	1.23	3.85	1.21	$6,600	$6,600	93	19.3
Jordan Lyles (R)	at STL	123.3	18.7	7.3	11.4	1.82	6.42	1.52	$5,200	$6,900	94	22.5
Joe Musgrove (R)	at ARI	128.3	21.3	6.1	15.2	1.40	4.35	1.31	$8,500	$7,500	77	23.8
Jose Quintana (L)	at MIL	253.0	25.7	8.6	17.1	1.10	4.16	1.26	$8,100	$8,500	87	19.0
Steven Wright (R)	at BAL	47.0	16.3	8.9	7.4	1.91	4.98	1.47	$7,200	$6,200	86	25.4
Ryan Yarbrough (L)	v TOR	58.7	22.1	7.6	14.5	1.07	3.68	1.23	$5,600	$6,100	93	21.5

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
Madison Bumgarner (L)	at MIA	29.2	4.7	24.5	0.68	0.227	24.8	5.5	19.3	1.23	0.290
Dylan Bundy (R)	v BOS	18.5	7.9	10.6	1.36	0.336	27.5	7.7	19.9	1.68	0.306
Carlos Carrasco (R)	at CWS	26.6	7.0	19.7	1.40	0.306	26.2	4.7	21.5	0.87	0.288
Wei-Yin Chen (L)	v SF	21.3	3.2	18.1	0.74	0.303	18.0	7.0	11.0	1.74	0.338
Patrick Corbin (L)	v PIT	30.2	9.2	20.9	1.27	0.301	20.2	7.7	12.5	1.26	0.335
Jack Flaherty (R)	v SD	17.4	9.9	7.4	1.98	0.375	30.6	6.0	24.6	0.81	0.271
Sam Gaviglio (R)	at TB	14.6	8.6	6.1	1.57	0.333	20.1	7.0	13.1	1.89	0.333
Lucas Giolito (R)	v CLE	12.5	12.5	0.0	1.66	0.364	14.5	9.8	4.7	1.58	0.336
Junior Guerra (R)	v CHC	21.3	11.6	9.7	1.21	0.304	21.1	8.9	12.1	1.22	0.299
Andrew Heaney (L)	at SEA	20.8	4.2	16.7	0.50	0.259	25.7	8.3	17.3	2.18	0.348
Wade LeBlanc (L)	v LAA	16.4	3.6	12.8	1.41	0.336	20.4	6.1	14.4	1.54	0.302
Jordan Lyles (R)	at STL	13.0	10.3	2.7	1.57	0.378	19.2	6.6	12.6	1.33	0.344
Joe Musgrove (R)	at ARI	23.8	7.1	16.7	1.27	0.330	19.4	5.4	14.0	1.45	0.327
Jose Quintana (L)	at MIL	24.9	4.4	20.6	0.51	0.267	23.6	8.3	15.3	1.19	0.312
Steven Wright (R)	at BAL	18.6	8.6	10.0	0.98	0.283	18.7	8.9	9.8	0.96	0.325
Ryan Yarbrough (L)	v TOR	28.1	7.8	20.3	2.35	0.332	20.0	7.6	12.4	0.62	0.282

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