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No Doubt

Player Team Opp. 1 Opp. 2 Player Rater ERA 2nd Half FIP 2nd Half
Justin Verlander HOU TEX LAA 39.3 1.93 1.94
Stephen Strasburg WSH @STL @MIA 23.9 3.25 3.27
Yu Darvish CHC CIN STL 8.3 2.44 3.06

Raise your hand if you passed up a Darvish trade, or even waiver wire pickup, earlier in the season. *Raises hand and puts head down in shame.*  K rate is over 36% in the 2nd half and the walk rate down at 2.4%; it’s like I don’t even know who Yu are Darvish.

 

Pretty…Pretty Good

Player Team Opp. 1 Opp. 2 Player Rater ERA 2nd Half FIP 2nd Half
Sonny Gray CIN @CHC NYM 15.7 1.84 3.51
Jose Berrios MIN CWS KC 10.5 4.78 4.06
Lance Lynn TEX @HOU @OAK 14.4 3.42 3.27

The way the Cubs hit the ball this weekend is enough for me to drop Sonny down a grouping, but still pretty…pretty good.

August beat Jose Berrios like he stole something, but Berrios is a good pitcher and I can’t sit him down with games against the White Sox and Royals

 

Serviceable

Player Team Opp. 1 Opp. 2 Player Rater ERA 2nd Half FIP 2nd Half
Robbie Ray ARZ MIA @SD 8.2 4.99 4.68
Dallas Keuchel ATL PHI SF 0.2 3.27 4.26
Zach Plesac CLE DET PHI 0.7 3.52 4.65

Six straight quality starts from Dallas Keuchel. He’d be higher up on the list if he offered more strikeout upside, but you should move him higher yourself in QS and most points leagues.

 

Hold Your Breath

Player Team Opp. 1 Opp. 2 Player Rater ERA 2nd Half FIP 2nd Half
Steven Matz NYM @COL @CIN 3.9 2.52 3.17
Matthew Boyd DET CLE CWS 7.8 5.58 5.59
Reynaldo Lopez CWS @MIN @DET -4.6 3.93 3.90

Speaking of quality starts, Steven Matz has 5 in is last 7 starts and was one out away from one of those 2 he missed. Matz continues to play with our hearts, and as soon as you want to trust him, he heads to Colorado.

 

Jumbled Mess

Player Team Opp. 1 Opp. 2 Player Rater ERA 2nd Half FIP 2nd Half
Dakota Hudson STL WSH @CHC 6.7 3.21 4.91
Miles Mikolas STL WSH @CHC 2.9 3.93 3.9
Luis Severino NYY LAA TOR
Dylan Bundy BAL TOR SEA -4 5.52 4.18
Cole Hamels CHC CIN STL -0.8 6.49 5.81
Marco Gonzales SEA @PIT @BAL 4.8 4.41 4.31
Gio Gonzalez MIL SD PIT -8 4.57 5.11

Luis Severino is BACK BABY! More news for next year, but still nice to see. I don’t expect too much even in good match-ups as he’s likely on a pitch count.

 

Do You Feel Lucky Punk?

Player Team Opp. 1 Opp. 2 Player Rater ERA 2nd Half FIP 2nd Half
Martin Perez MIN CWS KC -4 5.93 6.28
John Means BAL @DET SEA 6.8 4.94 4.97
Vince Velasquez PHI @ATL @CLE -4.5 5.32 5.52
Garrett Richards SD @MIL ARZ
Dereck Rodriguez SF @BOS @ATL -8.7 4.79 5.51

Free Streamonator Pick: Rudy’s tools like Martin Perez in dream match-ups vs the White Sox and Royals. Don’t tell Rudy or Grey I’m giving you an extra one this week, just sign up for the tools next year, but it likes John Means too.

 

I Immediately Regret This Decision

Player Team Opp. 1 Opp. 2 Player Rater ERA 2nd Half FIP 2nd Half
Mitch Keller PIT SEA @MIL -15.6 7.27 3.75
Pablo Lopez MIA @ARZ WSH -4.5 7.91 7.25
Tyler Alexander DET BAL CWS -12.1 5.67 3.78
Trent Thornton TOR @BAL @NYY -7.4 5.44 5.45
Jorge Lopez KC @OAK @MIN -11.7 5.12 5.02
Zach Davies MIL SD PIT -0.6 5.14 5.44
Jose Suarez LAA @NYY @HOU -16.1 7.95 7
Nathan Eovaldi BOS SF @TB -12.6 5.68 4.73
Glenn Sparkman KC @OAK @MIN -14.4 6.79 6.11
Antonio Senzatela COL NYM @LAD -15.7 12.9 4.60

Notes

  • Houston looks to be running a 4 man rotation with 2 days off this week.
  • Rangers also appear to be using a 4 man rotation in the same situation.
  • Athletics and Padres are throwing 6 man rotations.
  • The Dodgers are also using a 6 or 7 man rotation the rest of the season, but it doesn’t matter, because they only have 5 games this week anyway.

 

Projected 2 Start Days

Team Proj. 2 Start Days Opp. 1 Opp. 2
AL EAST
BAL Monday, Tuesday @DET/TOR SEA
BOS Tuesday SF @TB
NYY Tuesday LAA TOR
TB X @LAD BOS
TOR Tuesday @BAL @NYY
AL CENTRAL
CWS Monday @MIN @DET
CLE Tuesday DET PHI
DET Monday, Tuesday BAL/@CLE CWS
KC Monday, Tuesday @OAK @MIN
MIN Monday, Tuesday CWS KC
AL WEST
HOU Monday 4 man TEX LAA
LAA Tuesday @NYY @HOU
OAK X 6 man KC TEX
SEA Tuesday @PIT @BAL
TEX X – 4 man? @HOU @OAK
NL EAST
ATL Tuesday PHI SF
MIA Monday @ARZ WSH
NYM Monday @COL @CIN
PHI Tuesday @ATL @CLE
WSH Monday @STL @MIA
NL CENTRAL
CHC Monday, Tuesday CIN STL
CIN Monday @CHC NYM
MIL Monday, Tuesday SD PIT
PIT Tuesday SEA @MIL
STL Monday, Tuesday WSH @CHC
NL WEST
ARZ Monday MIA @SD
COL Monday NYM @LAD
LAD X 6 man TB COL
SD Monday 6 man @MIL ARZ
SF Tuesday @BOS @ATL