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Public is all over the Yankees has the line has moved in Los Angeles’ favor. The Angels have lost seven straight and the Yankees have won five straight at Angel Stadium. The pitching matchup favors Los Angeles but the Yankees have a +117 run differential on the road. New York's owns a .873 OPS over its last 10 game while the Angels have a .542 OPS during that time.
Arizona has much more to play for than the Giants. They currently sit in the final NL Wild Card spot, holding onto a half-game lead on San Diego. The Diamondbacks are hitting .278 with a .792 OPS against left-handers. Yunior Marte makes his major league debut coming from AA, owning a 3.92 ERA, 1.34 WHIP in 13 starts. Arizona has won 24 out of 35 games when facing lefties.
Typical Cleveland to come alive down the stretch in the second half of the season. Winners of seven straight but they came against three bottom feeders in the Rockies, Giants, and Angels. They now face another team on fire in Kansas City. Tanner Bibee comes into this one as the third least profitable pitcher on the year in terms of the moneyline. The Guardians lost both games to Kansas City when Bibee has started this season. Michael Wacha has held his opponents to three runs, or less, in four of his last five starts and already beaten the Guardians twice this season.
You can make a case for either team again tonight. Atlanta lost three straight Chris Sale starts but he did not have any run support in those outings. The Braves offense came alive for this series winning the first two and wouldn’t put it past Los Angeles to get swept tonight. They were swept in Boston to begin August and the public is all over the Dodgers to avoid that happening again. The Braves have the better bullpen, 4th in ERA as compared to Los Angeles’ 13th, if Sale gets in a jam.
Noah Cameron gets the ball tonight, who has given up just one run in five of his last six starts combined. Over his last seven starts, Cameron owns a 2.27 ERA. On the flip side, Spencer Arrighetti will make his first start for the Jays as he allowed three runs in relief in his first Jays appearance. Toronto is also without five starters due to injury and the Royals have only lost once, yesterday, over its last 10 games.
These are two of the best offenses against left-handed pitching in the big leagues. Each team is within the top-10 in almost all statistically offensive categories. Matthew Boyd has struggled of late allowing a combined 17 runs over his last four starts. Eduardo Rodriguez owns a 2.67 home ERA and the Diamondback offense has backed him by winning six of his last seven starts overall.
Troy Melton has been elite at home with a 2.09 ERA and only allowing nine runs over 38.2 innings. Freddy Peralta has been terrible as a Ray with a 7.17 ERA while also owning a 6.79 road ERA overall. Peralta has also allowed five earned runs over seven innings in his last start and has allowed 17 runs through his first four outings since being acquired by Tampa Bay.
Neither these starting pitchers have been in good form of late. Merrill Kelly has given up five runs, or more, in three of his last four starts, owning a 6.24 home ERA. On the other side, Kevin Gausman has a 6.19 ERA since being acquired by Chicago. Both offenses sit top of the National League in runs scored, average, OPS, and OBP.
Cade Cavalli owns a 3.46 home ERA and clearly has separated himself as the team's ace. In all eight of his last home starts he’s held his opponents to three runs, or less. Colorado is only hitting .228 on the road against right-handers. The Nationals are without James Woods and some other keys bats as their offense is only hitting .210 over the last 15 days, last in the majors.
San Francisco has only hit .234 on the road against left-handers on the year. Blade Tidwell has a tough test ahead of him while owning a 4.33 ERA over 27 innings this season. Patrick Sandoval hasn’t been much better with a 4.76 ERA but over the last two months, the Red Sox have been one of the bets lineups in the majors when facing righties at home, hitting .289 and can even take advantage of a San Francisco bullpen near the bottom of the NL with a 4.34 ERA.
The Cubs have been one of the better teams in the league, top-10, when facing lefties on the road. Now, they face rookie Kade Anderson who’s making his major league debut. Anderson went 10-1 with a 1.06 ERA in 18 starts for Double-A and one of the top pitching prospects in baseball. Typically, fading a rookie in their first start is the move but David Peterson isn’t worth backing with his 5.29 ERA and 1.53 WHIP through 112.1 innings.
Chicago has been excellent at home all season and the Mets season has not go as planned. Luis Castillo continues to be hit hard even with his new team, allowing a combined eight runs in 15.2 innings off 15 hits. Christian Scott has also been hit hard but New York has won his last three starts. Neither offense is currently in great form but this is more of a fade on Castillo.
Brandon Young gets the start today, owning a 3.52 ERA and making his second career start against Tampa Bay. Shane McClanahan is 7-0 with a 3.23 ERA and 69 strikeouts in his career against the Orioles. The Rays have won nine of their last 10 road games while Baltimore has lost each of their last seven games as home underdogs. The Orioles bats are hot but are still only hitting .214 against left-handers at home on the year.
The Cardinals are fighting for a playoff spot, sitting 3.5 games back on the final NL spot entering today. Philadelphia sends out Andrew Painter owning a 6.43 ERA and 1.55 WHIP through 85.1 innings. The Phillies have won six straight overall and three straight when Painter takes the mound. Quinn Matthews has been solid in his first two starts and this is a great bunch back spot for St. Louis after last night’s tough loss.
Ryan Weathers has been excellent recently, allowing one earned run or fewer in each four of his last five starts. On the other side, Dylan Cease, also in good form, has allowed two earned runs or fewer in four of his last five starts. The total continues to cheap down as five of the last seven meetings between these two have gone under the total.
