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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 |
| Max Fried | Jefry Rodriguez | Nationals | 100 | 98 | 89 | 105 | 114 | 98 | 9.5 | -110 | 1:05 PM |
| Dallas Keuchel | Madison Bumgarner | Giants | 90 | 97 | 53 | 100 | 74 | 99 | 7.0 | -110 | 3:45 PM |
| Sean Newcomb | Max Scherzer | Nationals | 100 | 98 | 89 | 105 | 114 | 98 | 7:05 PM | ||
| Drew Pomeranz | Marcus Stroman | Blue Jays | 99 | 102 | 98 | 101 | 101 | 97 | |||
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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 |
| Max Fried | Jefry Rodriguez | Nationals | 100 | 98 | 89 | 105 | 114 | 98 | 9.5 | -110 | 1:05 PM |
| Dallas Keuchel | Madison Bumgarner | Giants | 90 | 97 | 53 | 100 | 74 | 99 | 7.0 | -110 | 3:45 PM |
| Sean Newcomb | Max Scherzer | Nationals | 100 | 98 | 89 | 105 | 114 | 98 | 7:05 PM | ||
| Drew Pomeranz | Marcus Stroman | Blue Jays | 99 | 102 | 98 | 101 | 101 | 97 | 9.5 | -110 | 7:07 PM |
| Alex Cobb | Tyler Glasnow | Rays | 92 | 95 | 97 | 94 | 90 | 110 | 8.0 | -170 | 7:10 PM |
| Adalberto Mejia | Carlos Carrasco | Indians | 114 | 114 | 110 | 102 | 98 | 94 | 8.5 | -255 | 7:10 PM |
| Sal Romano | Jason Vargas | Mets | 90 | 93 | 101 | 90 | 92 | 106 | 9.0 | -110 | 7:10 PM |
| Miles Mikolas | Pablo Lopez | Marlins | 84 | 93 | 86 | 91 | 83 | 103 | 8.0 | 140 | 7:10 PM |
| Felix Hernandez | Bartolo Colon | Rangers | 117 | 108 | 107 | 110 | 106 | 93 | 11.0 | -105 | 8:05 PM |
| CC Sabathia | Reynaldo Lopez | White Sox | 95 | 90 | 122 | 99 | 110 | 106 | 9.0 | 165 | 8:10 PM |
| Clayton Richard | Chase Anderson | Brewers | 105 | 103 | 131 | 96 | 108 | 103 | 8.5 | -195 | 8:10 PM |
| Mike Montgomery | Brad Keller | Royals | 103 | 102 | 85 | 102 | 76 | 94 | 9.5 | 145 | 8:15 PM |
| Jameson Taillon | Chad Bettis | Rockies | 138 | 121 | 117 | 116 | 118 | 87 | 8:40 PM | ||
| Nick Pivetta | Zack Greinke | Diamondbacks | 116 | 109 | 106 | 105 | 111 | 100 | 8.0 | -165 | 9:40 PM |
| Rich Hill | Sean Manaea | Athletics | 96 | 97 | 84 | 97 | 87 | 96 | 8.0 | 105 | 10:05 PM |
| Jacob Turner | Andrew Heaney | Angels | 91 | 96 | 91 | 96 | 102 | 109 | 10:07 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Anderson (R) | v SD | 262.0 | 21.7 | 8.0 | 13.6 | 1.20 | 3.16 | 1.12 | $7,800 | $7,600 | 84 | 24.8 |
| Chad Bettis (R) | v PIT | 141.7 | 16.3 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 1.46 | 5.08 | 1.38 | $4,700 | $5,500 | 101 | 19.1 |
| Madison Bumgarner (L) | v HOU | 177.7 | 21.4 | 6.4 | 15.0 | 1.11 | 3.19 | 1.15 | $9,300 | $9,500 | 115 | 20.2 |
| Carlos Carrasco (R) | v MIN | 323.0 | 28.1 | 5.6 | 22.5 | 1.00 | 3.43 | 1.11 | $11,500 | $10,600 | 95 | 21.3 |
| Alex Cobb (R) | at TB | 289.0 | 16.4 | 5.9 | 10.5 | 1.25 | 4.48 | 1.34 | $4,900 | $6,600 | 103 | 23.0 |
| Bartolo Colon (R) | v SEA | 266.3 | 13.7 | 4.9 | 8.8 | 1.76 | 5.88 | 1.45 | $4,300 | $5,800 | 103 | 19.9 |
| Max Fried (L) | at WAS | 52.7 | 23.9 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.03 | 3.59 | 1.50 | $4,200 | $6,800 | 104 | 22.0 |
| Tyler Glasnow (R) | v BAL | 121.0 | 23.8 | 14.1 | 9.7 | 1.41 | 6.02 | 1.73 | $6,900 | $5,700 | 82 | 25.0 |
| Zack Greinke (R) | v PHI | 345.0 | 26.5 | 5.1 | 21.4 | 1.15 | 3.10 | 1.06 | $10,100 | $10,200 | 104 | 24.2 |
| Andrew Heaney (L) | v DET | 144.0 | 23.6 | 6.8 | 16.8 | 1.69 | 4.25 | 1.21 | $8,800 | $8,900 | 108 | 20.0 |
| Felix Hernandez (R) | at TEX | 204.7 | 19.7 | 7.6 | 12.0 | 1.50 | 5.01 | 1.36 | $6,100 | $6,400 | 97 | 25.8 |
| Rich Hill (L) | at OAK | 210.0 | 28.4 | 8.6 | 19.7 | 1.24 | 3.43 | 1.16 | $9,500 | $9,800 | 107 | 22.7 |
| Brad Keller (R) | v CHC | 82.3 | 15.7 | 10.2 | 5.5 | 0.33 | 3.39 | 1.36 | $6,000 | $6,700 | 110 | 20.5 |
| Dallas Keuchel (L) | at SF | 287.7 | 19.4 | 7.1 | 12.3 | 0.91 | 3.25 | 1.19 | $8,400 | $9,300 | 93 | 19.6 |
| Pablo Lopez (R) | v STL | 34.7 | 19.7 | 6.3 | 13.4 | 1.56 | 4.67 | 1.21 | $5,800 | $6,100 | 94 | 21.6 |
| Reynaldo Lopez (R) | v NYY | 176.7 | 15.7 | 9.3 | 6.4 | 1.32 | 4.53 | 1.36 | $5,500 | $5,800 | 109 | 22.5 |
| Sean Manaea (L) | v LAD | 300.0 | 18.9 | 6.4 | 12.5 | 1.11 | 3.90 | 1.22 | $9,200 | $8,000 | 98 | 20.8 |
| Adalberto Mejia (L) | at CLE | 115.3 | 18.4 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 1.09 | 4.21 | 1.54 | $5,000 | $5,900 | 109 | 18.2 |
| Miles Mikolas (R) | at MIA | 137.3 | 17.5 | 4.5 | 13.0 | 0.59 | 2.75 | 1.08 | $9,000 | $8,300 | 90 | 22.9 |
| Mike Montgomery (L) | at KC | 223.0 | 16.7 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 0.69 | 3.59 | 1.27 | $7,000 | $6,500 | 89 | 25.1 |
| Sean Newcomb (L) | at WAS | 219.7 | 23.0 | 12.1 | 11.0 | 0.90 | 3.73 | 1.37 | $10,500 | $7,600 | 104 | 22.0 |
| Nick Pivetta (R) | at ARI | 246.7 | 26.3 | 8.3 | 18.0 | 1.53 | 5.44 | 1.41 | $8,400 | $8,500 | 93 | 22.8 |
| Drew Pomeranz (L) | at TOR | 220.3 | 22.6 | 10.0 | 12.6 | 1.14 | 4.00 | 1.45 | $6,200 | $6,200 | 92 | 21.6 |
| Clayton Richard (L) | at MIL | 334.3 | 17.2 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 1.02 | 4.87 | 1.45 | $5,100 | $6,100 | 94 | 17.6 |
| Jefry Rodriguez (R) | v ATL | 19.7 | 18.7 | 13.2 | 5.5 | 1.83 | 6.86 | 1.68 | $4,000 | $5,500 | 96 | 20.7 |
| Sal Romano (R) | at NYM | 203.0 | 17.3 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 1.33 | 4.83 | 1.44 | $5,600 | $6,000 | 92 | 22.3 |
| CC Sabathia (L) | at CWS | 256.3 | 18.9 | 7.8 | 11.2 | 1.30 | 3.65 | 1.29 | $7,400 | $7,300 | 96 | 24.8 |
| Max Scherzer (R) | v ATL | 355.3 | 34.5 | 6.7 | 27.8 | 0.96 | 2.43 | 0.90 | $13,900 | $11,900 | 96 | 20.7 |
| Marcus Stroman (R) | v BOS | 285.7 | 19.3 | 7.6 | 11.6 | 0.91 | 3.84 | 1.36 | $4,800 | $7,800 | 119 | 18.1 |
| Jameson Taillon (R) | at COL | 258.7 | 21.7 | 7.2 | 14.5 | 0.84 | 4.11 | 1.36 | $7,100 | $7,500 | 82 | 23.8 |
| Jacob Turner (R) | at LAA | 44.7 | 12.2 | 9.8 | 2.4 | 1.81 | 6.45 | 1.70 | $4,100 | $5,500 | 121 | 19.6 |
| Jason Vargas (L) | v CIN | 226.7 | 18.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 1.55 | 5.00 | 1.42 | $4,500 | $5,600 | 107 | 20.6 |
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 |
| Chase Anderson (R) | v SD | 21.2 | 9.3 | 12.0 | 1.16 | 0.286 | 19.8 | 7.1 | 12.7 | 1.55 | 0.339 |
| Chad Bettis (R) | v PIT | 18.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 0.89 | 0.310 | 15.4 | 6.8 | 8.6 | 1.57 | 0.362 |
| Madison Bumgarner (L) | v HOU | 28.5 | 5.7 | 22.8 | 0.60 | 0.236 | 24.0 | 6.2 | 17.7 | 1.18 | 0.289 |
| Carlos Carrasco (R) | v MIN | 27.1 | 6.8 | 20.3 | 1.39 | 0.311 | 27.2 | 4.5 | 22.7 | 0.84 | 0.282 |
| Alex Cobb (R) | at TB | 18.4 | 8.2 | 10.2 | 1.30 | 0.346 | 14.7 | 4.1 | 10.6 | 1.31 | 0.330 |
| Bartolo Colon (R) | v SEA | 14.0 | 5.9 | 8.2 | 1.52 | 0.349 | 15.3 | 3.3 | 12.0 | 1.47 | 0.339 |
| Max Fried (L) | at WAS | 36.4 | 12.1 | 24.2 | 1.17 | 0.343 | 19.0 | 11.9 | 7.1 | 0.96 | 0.340 |
| Tyler Glasnow (R) | v BAL | 21.6 | 16.7 | 4.9 | 1.56 | 0.399 | 25.6 | 11.2 | 14.4 | 1.11 | 0.333 |
| Zack Greinke (R) | v PHI | 23.9 | 5.2 | 18.7 | 1.04 | 0.291 | 24.9 | 5.7 | 19.2 | 1.35 | 0.298 |
| Andrew Heaney (L) | v DET | 22.2 | 3.0 | 19.3 | 0.26 | 0.243 | 24.2 | 7.5 | 16.7 | 2.18 | 0.346 |
| Felix Hernandez (R) | at TEX | 18.6 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 1.32 | 0.340 | 19.7 | 8.0 | 11.7 | 1.34 | 0.324 |
| Rich Hill (L) | at OAK | 20.5 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 0.65 | 0.299 | 31.2 | 7.4 | 23.7 | 1.01 | 0.271 |
| Brad Keller (R) | v CHC | 16.1 | 16.1 | 0.0 | 0.28 | 0.321 | 15.4 | 5.6 | 9.7 | 0.36 | 0.276 |
| Dallas Keuchel (L) | at SF | 24.4 | 4.4 | 20.0 | 0.72 | 0.254 | 18.6 | 7.7 | 10.9 | 1.04 | 0.309 |
| Pablo Lopez (R) | v STL | 20.3 | 5.4 | 14.9 | 0.98 | 0.322 | 19.1 | 7.4 | 11.8 | 2.20 | 0.336 |
| Reynaldo Lopez (R) | v NYY | 15.4 | 10.5 | 4.9 | 1.50 | 0.318 | 18.2 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 0.93 | 0.338 |
| Sean Manaea (L) | v LAD | 19.7 | 4.0 | 15.6 | 0.68 | 0.259 | 19.5 | 6.9 | 12.5 | 1.28 | 0.319 |
| Adalberto Mejia (L) | at CLE | 22.2 | 5.6 | 16.7 | 1.74 | 0.332 | 17.0 | 10.9 | 6.1 | 0.93 | 0.347 |
| Miles Mikolas (R) | at MIA | 16.2 | 4.6 | 11.6 | 0.76 | 0.307 | 19.1 | 4.4 | 14.7 | 0.41 | 0.217 |
| Mike Montgomery (L) | at KC | 19.3 | 8.5 | 10.8 | 0.63 | 0.275 | 18.0 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 0.72 | 0.299 |
| Sean Newcomb (L) | at WAS | 25.2 | 10.6 | 14.7 | 1.07 | 0.323 | 22.4 | 12.5 | 9.9 | 0.85 | 0.302 |
| Nick Pivetta (R) | at ARI | 25.9 | 9.6 | 16.3 | 1.01 | 0.333 | 26.8 | 7.2 | 19.6 | 2.00 | 0.353 |
| Drew Pomeranz (L) | at TOR | 23.8 | 9.5 | 14.3 | 0.51 | 0.315 | 24.4 | 9.8 | 14.6 | 1.34 | 0.311 |
| Clayton Richard (L) | at MIL | 23.7 | 5.7 | 18.0 | 0.18 | 0.293 | 14.2 | 9.2 | 5.0 | 1.18 | 0.359 |
| Jefry Rodriguez (R) | v ATL | 7.5 | 15.0 | -7.5 | 2.25 | 0.479 | 27.5 | 11.8 | 15.7 | 1.54 | 0.327 |
| Sal Romano (R) | at NYM | 16.8 | 10.5 | 6.3 | 1.37 | 0.367 | 17.8 | 7.3 | 10.5 | 1.29 | 0.320 |
| CC Sabathia (L) | at CWS | 22.8 | 10.0 | 12.8 | 0.98 | 0.300 | 18.5 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 1.27 | 0.318 |
| Max Scherzer (R) | v ATL | 27.7 | 8.5 | 19.2 | 1.28 | 0.299 | 39.5 | 4.3 | 35.2 | 0.85 | 0.210 |
| Marcus Stroman (R) | v BOS | 18.3 | 8.0 | 10.3 | 0.69 | 0.312 | 20.3 | 6.2 | 14.1 | 1.14 | 0.318 |
| Jameson Taillon (R) | at COL | 16.7 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 0.85 | 0.332 | 25.8 | 4.3 | 21.6 | 0.98 | 0.298 |
| Jacob Turner (R) | at LAA | 15.2 | 12.3 | 2.9 | 1.14 | 0.336 | 11.6 | 10.1 | 1.6 | 2.39 | 0.448 |
| Jason Vargas (L) | v CIN | 13.6 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 1.75 | 0.373 | 19.5 | 7.9 | 11.6 | 1.45 | 0.333 |
