MLB DFS: Wednesday Cheat Sheet

Wednesday's slate of 14 games features a home matchup for Corey Kluber against the White Sox.

Updated on June 20, 2018 9:00AM EST

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Derek VanRiper

Updated on June 20, 2018 9:00AM EST

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Here's a quick glance at Wednesday'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.

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				Lefties		Righties
Road Starter	Home Starter	Home Tm	R	AVG	HR	AVG	HR	K	O/U	HmL	1st Pitch
Michael Fulmer	Tyler Mahle	Reds	104	100	119	98	108	106	8.5	-130	12:35 PM
Anibal Sanchez	J.A. Happ	Blue Jays	99	102	98	101	101	97	8.5	-150	12:37 PM
Michael Wacha	Jake Arrieta	Phillies	98	95	120	97	124	109	8.5	-120	1:05 PM
Reynaldo Lopez	Corey Kluber	Indians	114	114	110	102	98	94	8.0	-315	1:10 PM
Ross Stripling	Jon Lester	Cubs	98	99	88	98	114	100			2:20 PM
Frankie Montas	Joey Lucchesi	Padres	92	97	85	97	97	103	8.0	-120	3:40 PM
Jose Urena	Derek Holland	Giants	90	97	53	100	74	99	7.5	-135	3:45 PM
Andrew Cashner	Gio Gonzalez	Nationals	100	98	89	105	114	98	9.0	-220	7:05 PM
Felix Hernandez	Jonathan Loaisiga	Yankees	103	95	142	99	123	92	9.0	-200	7:05 PM
Brent Suter	Chad Kuhl	Pirates	96	97	101	103	83	94	8.5	100	7:05 PM
Nathan Eovaldi	Charlie Morton	Astros	83	93	109	94	109	101	7.5	-270	8:10 PM
David Price	Lance Lynn	Twins	105	103	95	105	113	93	9.0	125	8:10 PM
Austin Bibens-Dirkx	Jakob Junis	Royals	103	102	85	102	76	94	9.5	-125	8:15 PM
Seth Lugo	Chad Bettis	Rockies	138	121	117	116	118	87	11.5	-115	8:40 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%
Jake Arrieta (R)	v STL	241.3	21.0	7.8	13.2	1.04	3.47	1.23	$6,800	$7,900	96	22.6
Chad Bettis (R)	v NYM	127.7	16.5	7.1	9.5	1.55	4.79	1.32	$5,900	$5,700	100	21.9
Austin Bibens-Dirkx (R)	at KC	80.3	13.9	6.0	8.0	1.68	4.93	1.39	$4,000	$6,200	80	19.2
Andrew Cashner (R)	at WAS	239.0	14.4	9.5	4.8	1.05	3.88	1.43	$4,700	$5,900	97	21.1
Nathan Eovaldi (R)	at HOU	23.3	18.0	3.4	14.6	1.54	4.63	0.81	$6,000	$5,800	116	19.6
Michael Fulmer (R)	at CIN	245.3	17.8	6.7	11.1	0.81	3.93	1.19	$7,400	$7,400	100	19.8
Gio Gonzalez (L)	v BAL	281.7	22.7	9.6	13.0	0.89	2.97	1.23	$10,200	$9,200	85	20.3
J.A. Happ (L)	v ATL	228.0	24.6	7.4	17.2	1.11	3.51	1.22	$10,100	$9,100	123	19.1
Felix Hernandez (R)	at NYY	171.0	20.1	7.7	12.3	1.53	4.89	1.33	$6,300	$6,700	117	22.9
Derek Holland (L)	v MIA	207.3	18.0	11.2	6.9	1.82	5.60	1.57	$7,200	$6,400	81	21.4
Jakob Junis (R)	v TEX	183.7	20.3	5.7	14.6	1.62	4.36	1.25	$8,200	$8,000	97	24.1
Corey Kluber (R)	v CWS	308.3	31.7	4.0	27.7	1.02	2.25	0.86	$12,600	$12,100	93	24.9
Chad Kuhl (R)	v MIL	236.3	21.3	10.0	11.3	1.10	4.15	1.43	$7,200	$8,400	101	24.2
Jon Lester (L)	v LAD	263.7	22.7	8.0	14.7	1.23	3.69	1.25	$8,600	$9,000	101	22.5
Jonathan Loaisiga (R)	v SEA	5.0	30.0	20.0	10.0	0.00	0.00	1.40	$8,300	$6,200	110	19.8
Reynaldo Lopez (R)	at CLE	131.0	15.6	8.6	7.0	1.03	3.85	1.27	$6,100	$6,500	111	20.7
Joey Lucchesi (L)	v OAK	47.3	24.9	7.8	17.1	1.52	3.23	1.23	$8,100	$8,000	90	24.5
Seth Lugo (R)	at COL	152.0	21.9	5.5	16.4	1.07	3.97	1.23	$6,100	$6,000	81	23.6
Lance Lynn (R)	v BOS	255.0	20.6	11.0	9.7	1.20	3.85	1.33	$6,700	$7,600	120	19.1
Tyler Mahle (R)	v DET	95.0	20.0	9.5	10.5	1.23	3.69	1.40	$6,300	$6,600	88	21.3
Frankie Montas (R)	at SD	59.0	19.2	10.2	9.1	1.83	5.03	1.58	$6,700	$8,200	84	26.0
Charlie Morton (R)	v TB	229.3	27.9	8.6	19.3	0.98	3.37	1.17	$12,200	$10,000	97	22.6
David Price (L)	at MIN	156.0	23.9	8.3	15.6	0.87	3.58	1.20	$9,700	$8,600	91	23.1
Anibal Sanchez (R)	at TOR	142.7	21.6	6.4	15.3	1.96	5.24	1.43	$7,000	$7,000	104	23.3
Ross Stripling (R)	at CHC	140.7	26.9	5.3	21.6	1.02	2.82	1.10	$9,700	$9,400	106	21.0
Brent Suter (L)	at PIT	157.0	19.1	5.8	13.4	1.15	3.84	1.25	$6,500	$6,800	112	19.7
Jose Urena (R)	at SF	258.0	16.9	7.6	9.2	1.22	3.94	1.23	$6,500	$7,200	102	24.1
Michael Wacha (R)	at PHI	246.3	21.9	8.6	13.3	0.91	3.84	1.30	$7,800	$8,800	95	26.3

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
Jake Arrieta (R)	v STL	23.2	11.5	11.7	1.03	0.312	21.5	6.1	15.4	0.80	0.262
Chad Bettis (R)	v NYM	18.4	8.0	10.3	0.93	0.305	15.3	6.4	8.9	1.59	0.363
Austin Bibens-Dirkx (R)	at KC	9.0	7.7	1.3	1.53	0.336	17.8	4.6	13.2	1.80	0.354
Andrew Cashner (R)	at WAS	17.6	11.6	6.0	1.38	0.350	14.6	8.0	6.6	0.93	0.335
Nathan Eovaldi (R)	at HOU	18.2	9.5	8.7	2.00	0.361	18.6	5.0	13.6	1.38	0.285
Michael Fulmer (R)	at CIN	18.3	7.0	11.3	0.80	0.289	19.3	6.2	13.1	0.89	0.287
Gio Gonzalez (L)	v BAL	22.9	6.6	16.2	0.26	0.246	22.5	9.5	13.0	1.11	0.314
J.A. Happ (L)	v ATL	20.9	5.5	15.4	0.72	0.251	23.2	7.9	15.2	1.15	0.301
Felix Hernandez (R)	at NYY	18.2	9.8	8.5	1.35	0.342	20.3	8.0	12.3	1.32	0.318
Derek Holland (L)	v MIA	15.0	8.4	6.6	0.80	0.271	17.3	10.4	7.0	1.86	0.377
Jakob Junis (R)	v TEX	18.3	6.2	12.1	1.25	0.323	22.1	5.4	16.8	1.94	0.330
Corey Kluber (R)	v CWS	27.3	6.0	21.3	1.00	0.264	31.3	4.3	27.0	0.96	0.249
Chad Kuhl (R)	v MIL	20.8	10.7	10.1	1.38	0.365	20.1	7.8	12.3	0.77	0.305
Jon Lester (L)	v LAD	28.9	4.2	24.7	0.72	0.244	22.0	8.3	13.7	1.22	0.304
Jonathan Loaisiga (R)	v SEA	57.1	14.3	42.9	0.00	0.098	15.4	23.1	-7.7	0.00	0.363
Reynaldo Lopez (R)	at CLE	15.2	9.5	5.7	1.50	0.318	19.0	8.9	10.0	0.42	0.310
Joey Lucchesi (L)	v OAK	29.3	7.3	22.0	0.00	0.254	23.7	7.9	15.8	1.93	0.332
Seth Lugo (R)	at COL	19.1	8.1	11.0	0.94	0.293	22.0	4.5	17.6	1.14	0.302
Lance Lynn (R)	v BOS	15.5	13.9	1.6	1.60	0.352	25.3	8.4	16.9	0.88	0.283
Tyler Mahle (R)	v DET	20.1	15.5	4.6	1.94	0.395	19.8	4.1	15.7	0.68	0.283
Frankie Montas (R)	at SD	14.6	11.4	3.3	3.04	0.421	23.2	9.2	14.1	0.84	0.324
Charlie Morton (R)	v TB	34.3	9.2	25.1	0.88	0.268	21.8	8.5	13.3	1.02	0.326
David Price (L)	at MIN	20.2	4.0	16.2	0.86	0.291	25.0	7.2	17.8	1.10	0.304
Anibal Sanchez (R)	at TOR	22.7	8.7	14.1	1.52	0.334	19.1	5.7	13.4	2.19	0.375
Ross Stripling (R)	at CHC	24.1	6.4	17.8	0.79	0.262	21.9	5.9	16.1	1.14	0.309
Brent Suter (L)	at PIT	14.6	7.1	7.6	0.95	0.293	20.3	5.3	15.1	1.23	0.324
Jose Urena (R)	at SF	12.0	7.7	4.3	1.38	0.331	21.3	7.7	13.6	1.05	0.305
Michael Wacha (R)	at PHI	19.8	8.6	11.2	0.72	0.297	21.6	7.8	13.7	1.12	0.335

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