DFS Baseball 101: Team Batting Stats Report Update

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Updated on August 16, 2016 2:06PM EST

Last June, I wrote an article about how to use team batting stats in daily fantasy baseball. Given the positive response, I will be doing monthly reports this year. This will be the final report for the season.

Team batting with regard to daily fantasy baseball is important for a couple reasons. It allows you to identify a lower-priced starting pitcher who has an optimal matchup based on handedness rankings, and also lets you know what teams to avoid with that starting pitcher based on the same information.

For each team, I have a recap of each category rank for vs. RHP, vs. LHP, Home/Away and April/May/June/July.

Angels

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	1	18	26	27	26	22
MAY	2	15	27	7	9	8
JUNE	1	28	21	23	18	19
JULY	1	10	23	3	2	4

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	1	20	25	18	9	15
ROAD	1	12	24	8	7	7

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	1	20	21	11	6	8
vs. RHP	1	17	26	15	7	13

The Angels are the new Royals. They don't strike out much, but they don't really hit either. While their wRC+ ranking is pretty good, they have been a team that I have mostly just avoided all season.

Astros

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	30	7	6	12	12	11
MAY	26	3	12	19	14	13
JUNE	22	1	12	5	4	6
JULY	23	19	7	17	21	19

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	28	8	11	23	24	21
ROAD	23	4	15	12	11	12

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. RHP	28	5	13	16	14	16
vs. LHP	26	8	11	23	23	20

I have to think that the Astros have cost DFS players more money than any team this year. The lineup is full of big name hitters, but the rankings do not reflect it. They strike out a ton, so you can target them with an ace pitcher in tournaments.

A's

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	6	29	18	25	21	23
MAY	5	29	23	22	22	24
JUNE	2	21	20	16	13	13
JULY	4	21	15	24	25	20

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	4	30	28	29	28	28
ROAD	3	21	16	13	13	13

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	2	30	16	22	21	19
vs. RHP	4	26	22	27	21	23

The A's are much like the Angels in that they don't strike out often and don't do much damage across the board. But you definitely want to target A's right-handed batters against left-handed pitchers on the road. The trio of Marcus Semien, Danny Valencia and Khris Davis has done serious damage this year.

Blue Jays

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	26	6	11	14	13	13
MAY	16	13	8	16	13	11
JUNE	8	2	2	2	2	1
JULY	16	1	8	5	5	3

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	23	4	5	7	8	5
ROAD	15	3	3	15	14	6

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. RHP	24	2	3	9	9	5
vs. LHP	8	5	7	12	11	5

The Jays got off to a rough start this year and burned DFS owners in April and May, but once the batting order got settled, they have been on fire. They have been one of best hitting teams in baseball the last two months. You want to avoid starting pitching against them at all costs and look to stack them at home especially against left handed pitchers.

Braves

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	21	16	30	30	30	29
MAY	7	19	30	29	28	28
JUNE	9	26	29	28	27	28
JULY	5	16	19	19	15	15

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	13	23	30	28	29	29
ROAD	7	19	27	29	29	25

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. RHP	8	14	30	30	30	26
vs. LHP	11	27	30	29	29	29

The Braves have been one of the worst offensive teams in baseball most of the year, but take note of their elevated rankings in July. They are starting to hit more, and are not the pushover they had been. The surge has been a result of Adonis Garcia and Freddie Freeman swinging a hot bat in July.

Brewers

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	29	2	17	22	24	20
MAY	29	1	15	10	6	9
JUNE	29	12	23	24	25	26
JULY	29	2	20	15	18	18

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	30	2	9	10	18	14
ROAD	30	1	28	23	23	23

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	29	1	23	8	14	14
vs. RHP	30	4	21	20	23	21

The Brewers have been a great target against in tournaments for starting pitchers because they strikeout so much, but you have to be careful because they draw walks, are tough at home and crush left-handers. The best strategy is to target right-handed pitchers against them on the road.

Cardinals

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	16	9	2	3	2	3
MAY	13	10	7	5	3	3
JUNE	11	9	11	21	22	14
JULY	20	8	4	10	6	6

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	12	15	10	14	15	11
ROAD	12	5	1	1	1	1

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. RHP	10	7	1	3	3	2
vs. LHP	13	18	20	25	24	24

The Cardinals' offense has been red hot all year, especially against right-handed pitchers on the road. You can target them with left-handed pitchers at home, but I would only do so in tournaments.

Cubs

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	5	1	7	4	6	2
MAY	20	2	16	4	4	6
JUNE	27	4	4	8	9	8
JULY	17	3	17	12	10	10

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	21	1	17	11	12	10
ROAD	17	2	6	2	2	2

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	7	2	3	2	2	1
vs. RHP	25	1	15	8	8	7

The Cubs are also another loaded offense and have been consistent all year. The one scenario where I think you can exploit them is with an ace right-handed pitcher at home. They have a high strikeout rate against right-handed pitchers, but proceed with caution.

Diamondbacks

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	12	23	3	8	4	7
MAY	17	18	19	11	11	15
JUNE	30	24	18	13	19	23
JULY	26	30	16	27	29	28

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	27	28	6	13	26	22
ROAD	20	15	17	14	15	17

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	18	12	2	1	3	4
vs. RHP	26	29	18	19	22	27

Dodgers

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	14	10	27	18	14	17
MAY	15	11	22	25	23	23
JUNE	16	10	13	26	24	18
JULY	18	6	10	2	4	5

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	18	14	19	25	16	20
ROAD	13	7	20	17	17	15

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. RHP	15	9	16	13	11	12
vs. LHP	12	7	27	28	27	25

The Dodgers got off to a slow start this year, but once Justin Turner, Yasmani Grandal and Adrian Gonzalez got back and 100 percent healthy they have been a top-5 hitting team. They are better to take on the road and against right-handed pitching.

Giants

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	2	4	13	9	7	5
MAY	1	6	28	21	19	14
JUNE	5	7	27	12	8	10
JULY	6	4	25	20	22	17

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	3	3	29	15	7	9
ROAD	2	9	19	16	16	11

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. RHP	2	3	27	17	10	9
vs. LHP	4	11	24	19	9	11

Despite all of the injuries this season, the Giants still rank in the top 10 overall in our splits. Even though they play in an extreme pitchers' park, this lineup draws walks and doesn't strike out.

Indians

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	25	21	16	16	23	25
MAY	9	4	14	9	5	4
JUNE	6	22	3	7	6	7
JULY	10	12	12	8	9	8

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	9	5	4	3	1	2
ROAD	19	20	12	22	21	21

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. RHP	14	8	4	6	6	3
vs. LHP	14	22	25	20	17	22

The Indians have some of the most extreme splits for home/away and right-handers/left-handers. While overall they have been a top-10 offense for the last three months, they are not good on the road or versus left-handed pitching.

Mariners

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	10	5	8	13	15	9
MAY	6	16	3	2	2	2
JUNE	12	27	19	20	15	20
JULY	27	9	5	7	12	11

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	19	11	7	9	4	6
ROAD	9	16	8	7	6	5

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. RHP	11	11	8	7	4	4
vs. LHP	15	21	9	21	13	16

The Mariners got off to a hot start this year and probably overachieved. They have slid back in recent months, but are still a great team to use against right-handed pitching. Their overall strikeout rate has jumped considerably in the last month where they came in as a bottom-5 team.

Marlins

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	13	17	19	10	10	12
MAY	10	22	24	17	17	20
JUNE	10	18	30	22	23	22
JULY	7	26	24	9	8	14

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	10	25	26	24	25	25
ROAD	4	18	26	3	5	9

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. RHP	5	22	28	12	13	17
vs. LHP	21	24	26	17	20	27

The Marlins have one of the biggest splits as a team for home and road. Because of the extreme pitchers' park in Miami, you can target against them at home, but stay away from them on the road.

Mets

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	20	11	4	7	9	8
MAY	30	12	10	27	27	26
JUNE	20	16	26	29	29	29
JULY	3	14	11	11	11	7

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	22	9	12	22	11	16
ROAD	22	17	11	21	22	20

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	19	13	8	18	12	12
vs. RHP	23	13	11	22	20	20

The Mets have been one of the most inconsistent offenses in baseball. They were on fire in April and then went in the tank for May and June. Much of this was due to injuries, but they bounced back in July. They are heavily dependant on the long ball, making them a boom-or-bust team. I wouldn't use them as a stack, but I still think you can target against them especially with a top-tier left-handed starter.

Nationals

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	17	8	15	20	19	14
MAY	14	5	6	12	7	5
JUNE	7	6	6	6	5	2
JULY	8	7	9	18	16	9

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	8	7	16	16	20	12
ROAD	8	6	4	5	8	4

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	9	9	1	5	7	3
vs. RHP	7	6	14	14	16	8

The Nationals have been a consistent top-10 offense most of the year, especially on the road when they get away from Nationals Park. They are a dangerous team in that they don't strikeout much and draw a lot of walks. Also, they have a lot of power from both sides of the plate. One of the more popular teams to stack in tournaments because of the lineup depth, you can use them under most scenarios.

Orioles

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	18	20	5	5	8	10
MAY	25	14	9	18	21	18
JUNE	18	20	1	1	1	3
JULY	21	25	28	29	27	30

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	17	16	2	4	5	4
ROAD	26	23	7	10	10	16

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. RHP	22	21	2	2	2	6
vs. LHP	17	16	19	26	26	26

The Orioles have been on fire most of the season, but suddenly bottomed out in July. Chris Davis, Manny Machado and Jonathan Schoop all put up their worst month of the season. This was bound to happen as most teams with their hitting profile tend to go into prolonged slumps or hot streaks. You should still look at them for stacking when they face right-handed pitchers at home. In tournaments, you can look at targeting against them on the road with left-handed pitching.

Padres

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	27	22	29	26	22	27
MAY	27	28	21	30	29	30
JUNE	21	13	16	10	7	12
JULY	30	17	2	14	14	16

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	26	21	23	26	17	27
ROAD	29	26	10	20	20	22

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	28	15	5	4	1	7
vs. RHP	29	25	20	29	28	30

The Padres have been one of the teams to target pitching with all year, but the last two months they have started to break out. You can still target them against right handed pitchers, but you want to stack them against left handers. They have one of the bigger RHP/LHP for any team in baseball.

Phillies

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	23	25	23	29	27	28
MAY	19	25	29	28	30	29
JUNE	17	29	15	27	28	27
JULY	22	22	22	23	20	23

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	25	27	27	30	30	30
ROAD	10	27	18	18	18	18

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. RHP	19	28	19	28	29	29
vs. LHP	22	26	29	30	30	30

While a team like the Braves or Padres has shown some improvement the last two months, the Phillies have not. Consistently a bottom-5 team except on the road, they have been the team to target your starting pitchers against all year.

Pirates

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	3	3	14	1	1	1
MAY	18	24	20	13	15	19
JUNE	28	15	25	30	30	30
JULY	24	23	18	21	24	24

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	15	10	21	8	3	7
ROAD	24	14	25	24	25	26

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	27	3	10	7	5	6
vs. RHP	16	15	25	18	15	19

The Pirates in April were completely a product of a weak schedule. Once they started playing better teams, they came back to the back. They are a middle-of-the-road offense now, especially with Andrew McCutchen having his worst season to date. Still, they do crush left-handers at home, so they would be a team to stack in that scenario. You can target right-handed pitchers away from PNC against them.

Rangers

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	9	26	22	15	16	18
MAY	4	26	11	15	16	12
JUNE	15	19	9	9	10	11
JULY	19	28	3	6	7	12

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	11	24	14	6	14	13
ROAD	11	29	14	19	19	19

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. RHP	9	27	10	10	18	15
vs. LHP	10	29	15	9	15	15

The Rangers have been a middle-of-the-pack offense most of the year, which is surprising with all of the names on the roster. But with Prince Fielder out for the year that is actually an upgrade at this point.

Rays

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	28	28	10	23	25	26
MAY	28	7	2	3	8	7
JUNE	24	17	7	19	14	16
JULY	25	20	14	28	28	26

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	29	19	13	27	21	24
ROAD	25	11	2	9	9	10

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	30	17	12	13	8	17
vs. RHP	27	16	6	21	17	18

The Rays were a top team against left-handed pitching most of the year, but have now fallen to middle of the pack. They are still a team that you can only look at using on the road, because Tropicana is such an extreme pitchers' park.

Red Sox

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	11	15	9	6	5	6
MAY	3	8	1	1	1	1
JUNE	4	3	22	11	12	9
JULY	2	11	1	1	1	1

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	2	12	3	2	2	1
ROAD	5	8	9	4	3	3

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. RHP	3	10	5	1	1	1
vs. LHP	5	4	13	3	4	2

The best offense in baseball most of the season, you can stack the Red Sox against right-handed or left-handed pitching. This leads to expensive prices on just about every hitter in the lineup, so the optimal strategy is taking them in extremely high-total games or look at using the bottom half of the order to get some salary relief.

Reds

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	19	30	25	28	29	30
MAY	24	27	4	24	26	25
JUNE	26	11	17	25	26	24
JULY	11	18	26	16	19	21

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	24	26	15	20	27	26
ROAD	18	22	21	26	27	27

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. RHP	20	24	17	23	27	25
vs. LHP	24	25	18	27	28	28

The Reds fall under the same category as the Phillies. They have been bad all year against all pitching, at home or on the road. The one saving grace is the strikeout rate did come down last month, but they are still a team that you should focus starting pitchers against.

Rockies

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	15	13	1	2	3	4
MAY	12	23	13	6	10	10
JUNE	19	5	5	3	11	5
JULY	28	13	21	22	17	22

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	7	6	1	1	10	3
ROAD	27	25	22	27	28	29

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	23	6	6	6	22	10
vs. RHP	13	18	7	4	19	11

The Rockies have the biggest split from home to road based on the Coors Field factor. Stacking them at home is pretty much the chalk, but you really can not play them on the road even if the salaries are adjusted.

Royals

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	4	27	24	17	20	19
MAY	8	30	26	8	12	17
JUNE	14	30	28	18	21	25
JULY	14	24	30	30	30	29

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	6	29	24	12	13	18
ROAD	16	30	30	30	30	30

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	6	28	22	16	16	18
vs. RHP	12	30	29	26	26	28

The Royals started off a middle-of-the-pack offense, but injuries to key players like Mike Moustakas and Lorenzo Cain sent them to the bottom 5 the last two months. You can target the Royals on the road against right-handed pitching, which is a common scenario.

Tigers

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	22	24	12	11	11	15
MAY	22	20	5	14	18	16
JUNE	13	8	14	4	3	4
JULY	9	15	13	13	13	13

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	16	22	8	5	6	8
ROAD	21	13	13	11	12	14

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. RHP	18	23	9	5	5	10
vs. LHP	16	10	14	15	19	13

The Tigers have traditionally been a top-5 offense and a favored stack among DFS players, but they have been middle of the pack most of the year. You can still use them especially at home against left-handed pitching.

Twins

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	24	14	21	21	18	21
MAY	23	21	18	23	25	27
JUNE	23	14	8	15	17	15
JULY	12	5	6	4	3	2

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	14	17	20	17	19	19
ROAD	28	10	5	6	4	8

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	25	14	4	10	10	9
vs. RHP	21	12	12	11	12	14

Early in the season you could target pitching against the Twins. They were bottom 10 in the league in most categories, but starting toward the middle of June into July the lineup got revamped. Prospects were called up, injured players came back and they have done a great job of retooling with little resources. The best spot to use the Twins is on the road against left-handed pitchers.

White Sox

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	7	19	20	19	17	16
MAY	21	9	25	20	20	21
JUNE	25	23	10	17	20	21
JULY	15	29	29	26	26	27

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	20	18	22	21	23	23
ROAD	14	24	23	25	24	24

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	20	23	17	14	18	21
vs. RHP	17	20	23	24	24	24

One of the worst offenses in baseball, especially in the American League. You can target all starting pitching against them in any scenario.

Yankees

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
APRIL	8	12	28	24	28	24
MAY	11	17	17	26	24	22
JUNE	3	25	24	14	16	17
JULY	13	27	27	25	23	25

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	5	13	18	19	22	17
ROAD	6	28	29	28	26	28

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. RHP	6	19	24	25	25	22
vs. LHP	3	19	28	24	25	23

The Yankees have been one of the toughest teams to strike out all year, so targeting them has not worked out well. Even though they rank low in most offensive categories, you still need to avoid them at home, especially right-handed pitching.

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