I am bringing the Sunday post back for the new season. It’s not the best thing that happens here, but it’s a quick and simple read and helps with some things for preparation for the upcoming week.
The one thing I’ve never wanted to do is spend a bunch of time writing baseball stuff on Sundays. I’m trying to honor that even more this year. I’m doing a million things per day during the week, so giving myself a break on Sunday to just focus on the more important things in life is probably the best idea.
But once this is rolling, this doesn’t take more than a few minutes to get out. I’m open to ideas if there’s anything you’d like to see. Just leave a comment and I’ll see what I can cook up in the coming weeks.
This first one will be free for all.
Drew Rasmussen (PIT, TEX)
Casey Mize (SEA, CWS)
Grant Holmes (LAD, MIA)
Bowden Francis (TEX, MIL)
Kris Bubic (MIL, BAL)
Will Warren (ARI, PIT)
Tyler Anderson (STL, CLE)
Ben Brown (OAK, SD)
Cade Povich (NYM, ATL)
Luis Ortiz (SD, LAA)
Hitters <50% owned on Yahoo
Joc Pederson (Rangers scheduled to face six RHP)
Matt Wallner (five RHP on the schedule)
Rhys Hoskins
Garrett Mitchell (has played even against LHP so far)
Joey Ortiz (starting at SS)
Byron Buxton (healthy)
Tyler Glasnow (vs ATL, @PHI): 254.0 IP, 25.7 K-BB%, 3.54 ERA, 1.01 WHIP
Kris Bubic (@MIL, vs BAL): 46.3 IP, 25.4 K-BB%, 3.11 ERA, 1.12 WHIP
Drew Rasmussen (vs PIT, @TEX): 73.3 IP, 22.2 K-BB%, 2.7 ERA, 1.06 WHIP
Grant Holmes (@LAD, vs MIA): 69.3 IP, 20.0 K-BB%, 3.5 ERA, 1.17 WHIP
Ben Brown (@OAK, vs SD): 58.0 IP, 19.8 K-BB%, 3.72 ERA, 1.15 WHIP
Bowden Francis (vs WSH, @NYM): 140.0 IP, 17.8 K-BB%, 2.89 ERA, 0.9 WHIP
Will Warren (vs ARI, @PIT): 22.7 IP, 17.3 K-BB%, 10.33 ERA, 1.9 WHIP
Corbin Burnes (@NYY, @WSH): 388.0 IP, 17.0 K-BB%, 3.18 ERA, 1.09 WHIP
Cristopher Sanchez (vs COL, vs LAD): 281.0 IP, 16.5 K-BB%, 3.33 ERA, 1.17 WHIP
Chris Paddack (@CWS, vs HOU): 93.3 IP, 16.0 K-BB%, 5.01 ERA, 1.39 WHIP
Kumar Rocker (@CIN, vs TB): 11.7 IP, 14.6 K-BB%, 3.86 ERA, 1.54 WHIP
Brady Singer (vs TEX, @MIL): 339.3 IP, 13.7 K-BB%, 4.56 ERA, 1.36 WHIP
Ronel Blanco (vs SF, @MIN): 219.4 IP, 13.6 K-BB%, 3.2 ERA, 1.18 WHIP
David Peterson (@MIA, vs TOR): 225.0 IP, 13.3 K-BB%, 4.04 ERA, 1.43 WHIP
German Marquez (@PHI, vs OAK): 24.0 IP, 13.0 K-BB%, 5.25 ERA, 1.29 WHIP
Jordan Hicks (@HOU, vs SEA): 175.3 IP, 12.8 K-BB%, 3.8 ERA, 1.43 WHIP
Miles Mikolas (vs LAA, @BOS): 373.0 IP, 12.3 K-BB%, 5.04 ERA, 1.3 WHIP
Carson Spiers (vs TEX, @MIL): 103.7 IP, 12.2 K-BB%, 5.64 ERA, 1.57 WHIP
Joey Estes (vs CHC, @COL): 137.7 IP, 11.9 K-BB%, 5.16 ERA, 1.24 WHIP
Mike Soroka (@TOR, vs ARI): 112.0 IP, 11.6 K-BB%, 5.22 ERA, 1.4 WHIP
Cade Povich (vs BOS, @KC): 79.7 IP, 9.9 K-BB%, 5.2 ERA, 1.43 WHIP
Tyler Anderson (@STL, vs CLE): 320.3 IP, 8.9 K-BB%, 4.55 ERA, 1.38 WHIP
Martin Perez (vs MIN, @DET): 276.7 IP, 8.5 K-BB%, 4.46 ERA, 1.43 WHIP
Emerson Hancock (vs DET, @SF): 72.7 IP, 7.3 K-BB%, 4.71 ERA, 1.33 WHIP
Sean Newcomb (@BAL, vs STL): 25.0 IP, 6.6 K-BB%, 4.32 ERA, 1.36 WHIP
Jackson Jobe (@SEA, vs CWS): 4.0 IP, 6.3 K-BB%, 0.0 ERA, 0.5 WHIP
Cal Quantrill (vs NYM, @ATL): 248.0 IP, 5.8 K-BB%, 5.08 ERA, 1.5 WHIP
Chad Patrick (vs KC, vs CIN): 1.0 IP, 0.0 K-BB%, 18.0 ERA, 3.0 WHIP
Kyle Hart (vs CLE, @CHC): nan IP, nan K-BB%, nan ERA, nan WHIP
Luis Ortiz (@SD, @LAA): nan IP, nan K-BB%, nan ERA, nan WHIP
CIN: 7 games (5 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
MIL: 7 games (4 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)
ATL: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
BAL: 6 games (3 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)
BOS: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
ARI: 6 games (3 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
CLE: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
COL: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
CWS: 6 games (6 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)
DET: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
HOU: 6 games (6 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)
KC: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
LAA: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
CHC: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
LAD: 6 games (3 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)
MIA: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
MIN: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
NYM: 6 games (6 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)
NYY: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
OAK: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
PHI: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
PIT: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
SD: 6 games (3 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
SEA: 6 games (4 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
SF: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
STL: 6 games (3 vs. RHP, 3 vs. LHP)
TB: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)
TEX: 6 games (6 vs. RHP, 0 vs. LHP)
TOR: 6 games (3 vs. RHP, 2 vs. LHP)
WSH: 6 games (5 vs. RHP, 1 vs. LHP)
TOR: Trevor Williams, Michael Soroka, MacKenzie Gore, Tylor Megill, Griffin Canning, David Peterson
NYY: Corbin Burnes, Zac Gallen, Merrill Kelly, Bailey Falter, Andrew Heaney, Carmen Mlodzinski
LAA: Miles Mikolas, Matthew Liberatore, Sonny Gray, Gavin Williams, Tanner Bibee, Luis L. Ortiz
LAD: Grant Holmes, Chris Sale, Reynaldo Lopez, Jesus Luzardo, Aaron Nola, Cristopher Sanchez
TB: Carmen Mlodzinski, Paul Skenes, Mitch Keller, Tyler Mahle, Jacob deGrom, Kumar Rocker
SEA: Jackson Jobe, Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal, Justin Verlander, Robbie Ray, Jordan Hicks
4/4: OAK@COL
4/5: OAK@COL
4/6: OAK@COL
3/31: TEX@CIN
4/1: TEX@CIN
4/2: TEX@CIN