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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 |
| Gerrit Cole | Matt Barnes | Red Sox | 114 | 112 | 78 | 109 | 105 | 99 | 5:09 PM | ||
| Walker Buehler | Jhoulys Chacin | Brewers | 105 | 103 | 131 | 96 | 108 | 103 | 7.5 | 100 | 8:09 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
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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 |
| Gerrit Cole | Matt Barnes | Red Sox | 114 | 112 | 78 | 109 | 105 | 99 | 5:09 PM | ||
| Walker Buehler | Jhoulys Chacin | Brewers | 105 | 103 | 131 | 96 | 108 | 103 | 7.5 | 100 | 8:09 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Barnes (R) | v HOU | 131.3 | 32.4 | 10.7 | 21.7 | 0.82 | 3.77 | 1.24 | 103 | 18.9 | ||
| Walker Buehler (R) | at MIL | 146.7 | 27.9 | 7.7 | 20.2 | 0.86 | 2.95 | 1.03 | 103 | 23.4 | ||
| Jhoulys Chacin (R) | v LAD | 373.0 | 19.8 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 0.89 | 3.69 | 1.21 | 120 | 22.2 | ||
| Gerrit Cole (R) | at BOS | 403.3 | 28.6 | 7.2 | 21.4 | 1.12 | 3.57 | 1.14 | 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 |
| Matt Barnes (R) | v HOU | 32.5 | 12.5 | 20.0 | 1.00 | 0.321 | 28.1 | 9.6 | 18.5 | 0.71 | 0.277 |
| Walker Buehler (R) | at MIL | 30.0 | 8.2 | 21.8 | 0.75 | 0.253 | 25.9 | 7.2 | 18.7 | 0.96 | 0.267 |
| Jhoulys Chacin (R) | v LAD | 15.1 | 10.7 | 4.4 | 1.17 | 0.336 | 23.9 | 7.3 | 16.6 | 0.63 | 0.270 |
| Gerrit Cole (R) | at BOS | 29.8 | 8.0 | 21.8 | 1.03 | 0.307 | 23.4 | 6.5 | 16.9 | 0.95 | 0.294 |
