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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 |
| Carlos Carrasco | Gerrit Cole | Astros | 83 | 93 | 109 | 94 | 109 | 101 | 7.0 | -160 | 4:37 PM |
| Masahiro Tanaka | David Price | Red Sox | 114 | 112 | 78 | 109 | 105 | 99 | 9.0 | -115 | 8:15 PM |
Pitcher Skills
These stats look at each starting pitcher's stats since the start of last season.
The final two columns are team
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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 |
| Carlos Carrasco | Gerrit Cole | Astros | 83 | 93 | 109 | 94 | 109 | 101 | 7.0 | -160 | 4:37 PM |
| Masahiro Tanaka | David Price | Red Sox | 114 | 112 | 78 | 109 | 105 | 99 | 9.0 | -115 | 8:15 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Carrasco (R) | at HOU | 392.0 | 28.9 | 5.6 | 23.3 | 0.96 | 3.33 | 1.11 | $7,900 | $10,000 | 103 | 18.9 |
| Gerrit Cole (R) | v CLE | 403.3 | 28.6 | 7.2 | 21.4 | 1.12 | 3.57 | 1.14 | $9,600 | $10,800 | 110 | 18.7 |
| David Price (L) | v NYY | 250.7 | 24.4 | 7.1 | 17.2 | 1.18 | 3.52 | 1.16 | $6,800 | $8,200 | 120 | 22.2 |
| Masahiro Tanaka (R) | at BOS | 334.3 | 25.5 | 5.5 | 20.0 | 1.62 | 4.28 | 1.19 | $5,300 | $9,000 | 119 | 18.5 |
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 |
| Carlos Carrasco (R) | at HOU | 27.1 | 6.8 | 20.4 | 1.29 | 0.308 | 28.5 | 4.6 | 23.8 | 0.85 | 0.279 |
| Gerrit Cole (R) | v CLE | 29.8 | 8.0 | 21.8 | 1.03 | 0.307 | 23.4 | 6.5 | 16.9 | 0.95 | 0.294 |
| David Price (L) | v NYY | 20.7 | 3.8 | 16.9 | 0.99 | 0.299 | 25.1 | 6.9 | 18.2 | 1.23 | 0.304 |
| Masahiro Tanaka (R) | at BOS | 23.5 | 4.6 | 18.9 | 1.29 | 0.294 | 23.7 | 5.5 | 18.2 | 1.46 | 0.312 |
