DFS Baseball 101: Team Batting Stats Report Update

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Updated on July 6, 2016 11:58PM 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.

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.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	1	19	26	22	14	19
ROAD	1	19	21	9	9	12

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	1	20	20	14	9	10
vs. RHP	1	20	25	16	12	12

The Angels have not changed much this season. You do not want to target them because of their lowest strikeout rate in baseball.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	29	2	6	19	18	16
ROAD	22	3	13	10	10	11

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	25	3	14	22	21	20
vs. RHP	27	3	11	10	11	11

The Astros are starting to heat up, especially against right-handed pitching and on the road.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	5	30	25	28	28	27
ROAD	3	20	20	15	15	15

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	2	30	6	16	15	11
vs. RHP	4	26	27	27	26	26

The A's are a much better team on the road against left-handed pitching. You can target them with right-handed pitching at home. Hitters like Danny Valencia, Khris Davis and Marcus Semien are great stacking options against lefties on the road.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	22	4	5	6	8	6
ROAD	12	2	3	11	11	4

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	8	5	12	10	12	6
vs. RHP	19	2	3	8	8	8

This is the Jays offense we saw in 2015. They are firing on all cylinders and you do not want to use any starting pitching against them now.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	17	23	30	29	29	29
ROAD	9	21	30	30	30	28

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	13	28	30	29	29	29
vs. RHP	11	14	30	30	30	30

The Braves are nearly last in all offensive categories and splits. You can target starting pitching against the Braves in any scenario. Take note, their K rate has gone down considerably over the last two months.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	28	5	15	12	21	18
ROAD	30	4	28	24	24	25

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	27	1	26	24	26	24
vs. RHP	30	5	22	17	21	21

The Brewers have consistently been one of the highest strikeout teams in baseball all season. You can target your aces against them. They are better at home, so it's better to target 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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	11	13	14	13	13	13
ROAD	10	5	2	1	1	1

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	14	15	22	26	23	21
vs. RHP	8	7	2	3	2	2

While not the juggernaut it was in April/May, this lineup is still potent on the road against right-handed pitching. The interesting play is left-handed pitching against Cardinals at home where they rank just 21st overall.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	21	1	11	10	10	7
ROAD	20	1	6	3	3	3

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	10	2	4	4	3	2
vs. RHP	25	1	10	6	5	5

The Cubs rank in the top 8 in all splits, but take note, they really feast on bad pitching, and elite starting pitching has been able to shut them down.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	27	26	10	14	23	24
ROAD	16	13	14	7	7	10

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	16	10	3	3	4	3
vs. RHP	26	28	14	15	17	17

It's strange in that the Diamondbacks struggle at home in one of the best hitters' parks in baseball. They still destroy left-handed pitching, though – especially on the road.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	15	14	20	25	19	21
ROAD	13	6	23	21	21	17

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	11	11	25	28	28	23
vs. RHP	14	8	18	21	16	16

Too many injuries to this lineup have made them average, though Justin Turner and Trayce Thompson are great tournament plays against left-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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	2	6	29	18	7	10
ROAD	2	7	19	14	14	9

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	5	13	23	19	14	14
vs. RHP	2	4	26	13	7	7

Even with all of the injuries, this team doesn't strike out often. I would only target pitchers against the Giants at home with low totals (seven or less).

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	10	7	7	3	1	2
ROAD	19	26	11	25	25	23

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	18	23	27	25	22	28
vs. RHP	15	12	6	9	9	9

Even without having Michael Brantley, the Indians offense has now put together two strong months and is on fire. Players like Lonnie Chisenhall, Rajai Davis, and Tyler Naquin have been the catalysts.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	14	16	3	9	3	4
ROAD	7	17	9	8	8	6

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	12	25	9	18	16	18
vs. RHP	9	9	7	5	4	4

The bottom fell out on the Mariners' lineup in June. While overall they still look strong, they have probably overachieved and are coming back to earth.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	13	22	27	24	26	26
ROAD	6	16	26	4	4	8

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	21	22	24	20	20	27
vs. RHP	6	22	28	12	13	13

The Marlins are a strange team in that they have five players hitting .300 or higher, but outside of Marcell Ozuna they don't do a lot of damage. They are a better hitting team on the road against right-handed pitching. You can target left-handed pitchers against them in Miami.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	24	10	12	21	12	17
ROAD	25	14	8	17	17	16

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	30	16	17	21	18	22
vs. RHP	23	11	8	18	14	14

Too many injuries have decimated the Mets' lineup to where you can target them with almost all starting pitching, especially at Citi Field.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	9	3	16	16	16	9
ROAD	14	8	5	12	12	7

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	7	8	1	2	2	1
vs. RHP	13	6	15	19	18	18

When it comes to the best offenses in baseball, the Nationals usually don't come to mind, but they are one of the deepest lineups especially with Wilson Ramos having a career year and Danny Espinosa coming alive in June. All of this has come without Bryce Harper for much of the last two months, too. Because they are predominantly right-handed, they struggled against righties but crush southpaws.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	18	17	2	4	4	5
ROAD	27	24	4	6	6	13

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	17	18	8	17	19	17
vs. RHP	21	19	1	2	3	3

The play here is stacking Orioles against right-handed pitching in Camden Yards in tournaments, especially now with Jonathon Schoop hitting second in the lineup.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	26	25	23	26	24	28
ROAD	28	23	17	20	20	24

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	28	14	11	6	5	9
vs. RHP	28	27	24	29	28	28

This team is one of the worst against right-handed pitching and crushes lefties. Wil Myers is one of the hottest hitters 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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	23	28	28	30	30	30
ROAD	11	28	16	18	18	20

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	22	29	29	30	30	30
vs. RHP	17	29	16	26	27	27

The Phillies are one of the worst hitting teams in baseball, so you definitely want to target left-handed pitching against them.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	12	11	24	11	6	12
ROAD	23	12	22	16	16	19

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	29	7	21	12	7	15
vs. RHP	16	13	23	11	10	10

To be fair to the Pirates, they faced just about every ace pitcher in June. Still, this is a team that has really fallen off.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	8	20	19	7	15	14
ROAD	8	29	12	19	19	18

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	9	26	19	7	11	12
vs. RHP	7	24	13	14	19	19

The Rangers have a deep lineup and are good against either sided pitchers. Keep an eye on them in summer at home as the temperature increases.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	1	24	18	27	25	22
ROAD	24	9	1	5	5	5

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	23	19	2	1	1	5
vs. RHP	29	18	9	25	24	24

The Rays and the Padres are similar in that they struggle against right-handers but crush lefties.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	3	8	4	2	2	1
ROAD	5	10	7	2	2	2

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	6	4	16	5	6	4
vs. RHP	3	10	5	1	1	1

The Red Sox lineup hit the skids in June, but that will happen to most teams at some point. You will still want to avoid any starting pitchers against them. As far as stacking the Red Sox, I would stick to taking them at home against weak pitchers.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	25	27	9	23	27	25
ROAD	17	22	24	28	28	27

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	19	24	15	23	25	25
vs. RHP	22	25	17	28	29	29

While the Reds have some power, the majority of their lineup is a lot of swing-and-miss, which is why you can target them with any pitchers on the road.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	7	9	1	1	11	3
ROAD	26	25	18	26	26	29

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	24	9	7	13	24	16
vs. RHP	12	21	4	4	15	15

This might be the easiest decision in daily fantasy baseball – always look to take the Rockies and fade them on the road.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	4	29	22	8	9	15
ROAD	15	30	27	27	27	30

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	4	27	13	8	8	8
vs. RHP	10	30	29	20	20	20

The Royals have suffered several key injuries to their lineup this year and the numbers reflect that. Outside of Kendrys Morales, this team is really struggling to score runs.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	20	18	8	5	5	8
ROAD	21	15	10	13	13	14

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	15	6	10	9	10	7
vs. RHP	24	23	12	7	6	6

The Tigers, much like the Astros and Blue Jays, are starting to live up to their reputation. They are one of the hottest hitting teams in the league, and Justin Upton is starting to find his swing.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	16	21	21	20	22	23
ROAD	29	11	15	23	23	21

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	26	17	5	15	17	19
vs. RHP	20	16	21	24	25	25

With Brian Dozier starting to hit along with Miguel Sano coming back, there is some value in the Twins' lineup especially against left-handed pitching.

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	19	15	17	17	20	20
ROAD	18	18	25	22	22	22

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	20	12	18	11	13	13
vs. RHP	18	15	20	23	23	23

Outside of Tim Anderson, Jose Abreu and Melky Cabrera, the rest of the Chicago lineup is slumping. Especially Todd Frazier ...

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

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
HOME	6	12	13	15	17	11
ROAD	4	27	29	29	29	26

SPLIT	K%	BB%	ISO	wOBA	wRC+	OVERALL
vs. LHP	3	21	28	27	27	26
vs. RHP	5	17	19	22	22	22

The Yankees are always dangerous at home against right-handed pitching because of the short porch in Yankee Stadium. The best play against them would be left-handed pitching on the road.

OVERALL

• Teams that struggled in April and May really took off in June (Astros, Blue Jays, Orioles, Tigers).

• The Indians and Nationals (potential World Series preview?) followed up a strong May with an even stronger June.

• The Mariners, Cardinals, Red Sox and Pirates fell off the most in June.

• The Braves, Reds, Phillies and Padres continue to be the offenses to attack.

• The Astros and Brewers are great targets against in tournaments because of how often they strike out (their strikeout rates are in the bottom five in most categories).

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