With the increased number of leagues allowing for daily roster moves and the rise of daily fantasy sports, the amount of research you have to put in to be a successful fantasy player continues to increase. In the DFS game, the overall skill of those playing has increased tenfold over a short period of time and, as you can see by the ever-increasing paylines in simple 50/50 cash games, the competition is much stronger. Well, it works the same in the seasonal format as more and more fantasy owners are spending extra time on research and analysis and forcing the more casual players to either step up their game or relegate themselves to being annual donators. You don’t want to be THAT guy, do you? You don’t want to donate. You want to compete and win.
So with the month of May winding down and the season’s statistics normalizing and taking better shape, it’s time we re-visit the discussion on split stats. Looking ahead to the upcoming match-ups for both your hitters and pitchers has become vital these days and studying things like lefty/righty and home/away splits should be a major part of your process. It should help you play the match-ups better as you look ahead to future weeks.
The main statistic we’re going to organize by is wOBA. If you’re a stat junkie, you’ll understand why. If not and you’re more the casual player looking for a little edge, the reason is that wOBA is probably the best way to measure a hitter’s overall offensive performance. Batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage all measure offensive production, but each one is flawed, whether it’s treating all hits as equal or not including walks, etc. The wOBA stat weighs all hits, walks, HBP, etc. differently and therefore makes for a better measure. It works equally well for pitchers as the wOBA numbers for them are a measure of how the hitters are doing when facing them.
For those who are new to wOBA, it reads just like batting average, but here are the benchmarks:
Rating | wOBA |
Excellent | 0.400 |
Great | 0.370 |
Above Average | 0.340 |
Average | 0.320 |
Below Average | 0.310 |
Poor | 0.300 |
Awful | 0.290 |
*courtesy of Fangraphs.com |
Home/Away
Obviously, ballpark factors play an important role here as not all parks are created equal. Seeing a bunch of Rockies atop the home leaderboards is a no-brainer. Same with your Diamondbacks. While it’s not necessary to win with them on your roster, it’s always nice to have a slice of that action. Same with pitchers. Those who spend most of their time in a pitcher-friendly environment such as Los Angeles (either stadium), Detroit and Seattle should see an advantage to their home splits. Study up on them. Even a mediocre pitcher who calls Petco home can be a more advantageous contributor than a mid-tier guy who calls Arizona home.
And one final caveat for the hitters – the pitchers they routinely face, both at home and on the road plays an important factor. If Manny Machado faces Chris Sale and Dallas Keuchel at home one week but then gets Dylan Covey and Josh Tomlin on the road, his splits might be skewed the “wrong” way sometimes. That’s why the sample size is always so important. It’s still early in the season, but we’ve definitely got enough data to at least start the process.
Hitters – Home
Name | Team | PA | OBP | SLG | ISO | wOBA |
Aaron Judge | Yankees | 78 | 0.513 | 0.968 | 0.581 | 0.585 |
Freddie Freeman | Braves | 60 | 0.533 | 0.818 | 0.455 | 0.541 |
Charlie Blackmon | Rockies | 96 | 0.432 | 0.828 | 0.437 | 0.514 |
Paul Goldschmidt | Diamondbacks | 117 | 0.487 | 0.681 | 0.319 | 0.480 |
Ryan Zimmerman | Nationals | 78 | 0.436 | 0.714 | 0.329 | 0.478 |
Mike Trout | Angels | 92 | 0.424 | 0.773 | 0.453 | 0.476 |
Mark Reynolds | Rockies | 90 | 0.422 | 0.705 | 0.372 | 0.469 |
Marcell Ozuna | Marlins | 82 | 0.439 | 0.696 | 0.348 | 0.467 |
Matt Wieters | Nationals | 59 | 0.458 | 0.654 | 0.269 | 0.463 |
Bryce Harper | Nationals | 88 | 0.466 | 0.653 | 0.306 | 0.463 |
Yonder Alonso | Athletics | 61 | 0.377 | 0.759 | 0.463 | 0.461 |
Brandon Drury | Diamondbacks | 91 | 0.440 | 0.643 | 0.250 | 0.459 |
Joey Votto | Reds | 93 | 0.452 | 0.686 | 0.371 | 0.458 |
Justin Turner | Dodgers | 70 | 0.457 | 0.567 | 0.183 | 0.439 |
Starlin Castro | Yankees | 83 | 0.410 | 0.623 | 0.260 | 0.438 |
Justin Smoak | Blue Jays | 75 | 0.387 | 0.652 | 0.348 | 0.433 |
Jose Ramirez | Indians | 75 | 0.427 | 0.600 | 0.231 | 0.431 |
Ryon Healy | Athletics | 66 | 0.379 | 0.639 | 0.311 | 0.428 |
Brett Gardner | Yankees | 72 | 0.394 | 0.619 | 0.302 | 0.428 |
Steven Souza Jr. | Rays | 78 | 0.429 | 0.569 | 0.246 | 0.426 |
Aaron Hicks | Yankees | 56 | 0.418 | 0.600 | 0.375 | 0.424 |
Justin Bour | Marlins | 77 | 0.390 | 0.627 | 0.313 | 0.421 |
Francisco Lindor | Indians | 78 | 0.403 | 0.597 | 0.284 | 0.419 |
Zack Cozart | Reds | 81 | 0.432 | 0.551 | 0.188 | 0.417 |
Eric Thames | Brewers | 90 | 0.422 | 0.569 | 0.292 | 0.417 |
Josh Reddick | Astros | 64 | 0.393 | 0.600 | 0.255 | 0.417 |
Kevin Pillar | Blue Jays | 92 | 0.391 | 0.595 | 0.250 | 0.416 |
Avisail Garcia | White Sox | 65 | 0.385 | 0.590 | 0.246 | 0.414 |
Nelson Cruz | Mariners | 80 | 0.413 | 0.557 | 0.214 | 0.413 |
David Peralta | Diamondbacks | 91 | 0.396 | 0.560 | 0.214 | 0.408 |
No real surprises with some of the bigger names here on the leaderboard, especially those who play in parks like Coors Field, Chase Field, Great American Ballpark and Yankee Stadium. But we do have some interesting ones to note…
Freddie Freeman should have been a staple here as Sun Trust Park has proven to not only be hitter-friendly, but it also caters to left-handed hitting in a major way. Unfortunately, he's now out for eight weeks with a broken wrist. He'll be back in the second half and will eventually be okay, but for now, this is a huge bummer for fantasy owners. Keep an eye on that Toronto/Atlanta game tonight as benches cleared twice yesterday and the Braves are not happy with the seven hit-batsmen they've had to just one guy who barely got plunked for the Blue Jays.
Marcell Ozuna is off to a great start this season, but plays more like a gap-hitter than a true power guy which is probably why the spacious outfield at Marlins Park is helping drive his numbers north.
If you’re looking for a head-scratcher, then look no further than Matt Wieters. His home park is considered neutral, but he seems to connect better there than on the road.
Interesting to see a couple of A’s here in Yonder Alonso and Ryon Healy, but again, a spacious park like E.Coli Stadium or whatever they call it is certainly helping in the production. Alonso’s new swing may have him stroking for more power, but he’s still spraying the ball to all fields pretty well. Yeah, stroking and spraying both in the same sentence. You’re welcome, Alonso owners. Now go get a towel.
Hitters – Away
Name | Team | PA | OBP | SLG | ISO | wOBA |
Bryce Harper | Nationals | 75 | 0.520 | 0.852 | 0.443 | 0.553 |
Miguel Sano | Twins | 63 | 0.476 | 0.865 | 0.500 | 0.542 |
Eric Thames | Brewers | 64 | 0.453 | 0.855 | 0.491 | 0.530 |
Jose Altuve | Astros | 85 | 0.494 | 0.708 | 0.306 | 0.501 |
Ryan Zimmerman | Nationals | 73 | 0.397 | 0.812 | 0.449 | 0.499 |
Mike Trout | Angels | 70 | 0.486 | 0.702 | 0.333 | 0.486 |
Matt Carpenter | Cardinals | 70 | 0.471 | 0.654 | 0.346 | 0.467 |
Zack Cozart | Reds | 61 | 0.443 | 0.686 | 0.353 | 0.467 |
Corey Dickerson | Rays | 84 | 0.405 | 0.705 | 0.346 | 0.463 |
Freddie Freeman | Braves | 105 | 0.419 | 0.714 | 0.385 | 0.461 |
Matt Kemp | Braves | 86 | 0.395 | 0.695 | 0.329 | 0.457 |
Scott Schebler | Reds | 71 | 0.366 | 0.714 | 0.429 | 0.445 |
Michael Conforto | Mets | 72 | 0.375 | 0.723 | 0.385 | 0.444 |
Mookie Betts | Red Sox | 78 | 0.397 | 0.662 | 0.353 | 0.442 |
Buster Posey | Giants | 86 | 0.430 | 0.605 | 0.250 | 0.441 |
J.T. Realmuto | Marlins | 75 | 0.440 | 0.571 | 0.171 | 0.431 |
Jayson Werth | Nationals | 68 | 0.441 | 0.559 | 0.203 | 0.431 |
Nolan Arenado | Rockies | 75 | 0.387 | 0.621 | 0.303 | 0.421 |
Nelson Cruz | Mariners | 88 | 0.398 | 0.620 | 0.324 | 0.419 |
Daniel Murphy | Nationals | 83 | 0.386 | 0.613 | 0.293 | 0.417 |
Kris Bryant | Cubs | 86 | 0.419 | 0.562 | 0.233 | 0.417 |
Justin Upton | Tigers | 73 | 0.397 | 0.574 | 0.295 | 0.408 |
Matt Holliday | Yankees | 59 | 0.458 | 0.467 | 0.156 | 0.407 |
Giancarlo Stanton | Marlins | 85 | 0.353 | 0.620 | 0.316 | 0.405 |
Corey Seager | Dodgers | 90 | 0.389 | 0.563 | 0.250 | 0.402 |
Avisail Garcia | White Sox | 87 | 0.402 | 0.525 | 0.175 | 0.400 |
Nick Markakis | Braves | 103 | 0.456 | 0.471 | 0.103 | 0.399 |
Wil Myers | Padres | 101 | 0.317 | 0.653 | 0.358 | 0.398 |
Xander Bogaerts | Red Sox | 64 | 0.406 | 0.525 | 0.169 | 0.395 |
Neil Walker | Mets | 80 | 0.413 | 0.515 | 0.191 | 0.394 |
Miguel Sano is a sink-or-swim power guy and it’s all playing better away from spacious Target Field.
Corey Dickerson had some mad home/road splits when he was in Colorado and now that he calls pitcher-friendly Tropicana Field home, he’s obviously working on the reverse.
Seeing names like Nolan Arenado, Kris Bryant and Giancarlo Stanton should just be further evidence that they can club the ball with the best of them, regardless of location.
Pitchers – Home
Name | Team | IP | ERA | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
Jhoulys Chacin | Padres | 27.0 | 0.67 | 0.132 | 0.194 | 0.187 | 0.177 |
Chris Sale | Red Sox | 37.0 | 1.95 | 0.151 | 0.209 | 0.234 | 0.200 |
Dallas Keuchel | Astros | 28.2 | 0.94 | 0.155 | 0.214 | 0.229 | 0.201 |
Ty Blach | Giants | 28.1 | 1.59 | 0.178 | 0.226 | 0.240 | 0.210 |
Dan Straily | Marlins | 27.2 | 1.95 | 0.121 | 0.245 | 0.220 | 0.217 |
Justin Verlander | Tigers | 21.0 | 0.86 | 0.162 | 0.244 | 0.230 | 0.219 |
Clayton Kershaw | Dodgers | 28.1 | 2.22 | 0.184 | 0.200 | 0.314 | 0.219 |
Ervin Santana | Twins | 34.0 | 2.12 | 0.130 | 0.219 | 0.278 | 0.224 |
Gerrit Cole | Pirates | 27.0 | 1.67 | 0.158 | 0.212 | 0.301 | 0.225 |
Noah Syndergaard | Mets | 20.0 | 1.80 | 0.221 | 0.234 | 0.316 | 0.237 |
Jon Lester | Cubs | 25.0 | 1.44 | 0.165 | 0.260 | 0.271 | 0.238 |
Michael Pineda | Yankees | 26.2 | 2.03 | 0.192 | 0.216 | 0.343 | 0.240 |
Dylan Bundy | Orioles | 26.1 | 2.05 | 0.208 | 0.240 | 0.326 | 0.246 |
Matt Cain | Giants | 22.2 | 1.19 | 0.217 | 0.278 | 0.280 | 0.250 |
Jeremy Hellickson | Phillies | 22.2 | 2.38 | 0.190 | 0.239 | 0.337 | 0.251 |
Jason Vargas | Royals | 30.2 | 2.05 | 0.212 | 0.270 | 0.292 | 0.252 |
Chris Archer | Rays | 33.2 | 2.94 | 0.226 | 0.273 | 0.298 | 0.254 |
Lance Lynn | Cardinals | 24.1 | 1.85 | 0.189 | 0.258 | 0.315 | 0.255 |
Andrew Triggs | Athletics | 27.2 | 3.25 | 0.215 | 0.284 | 0.292 | 0.260 |
Marco Estrada | Blue Jays | 25.0 | 2.52 | 0.202 | 0.272 | 0.330 | 0.267 |
Zack Greinke | Diamondbacks | 38.1 | 2.82 | 0.199 | 0.238 | 0.391 | 0.268 |
Yu Darvish | Rangers | 39.1 | 2.97 | 0.190 | 0.268 | 0.350 | 0.270 |
Ian Kennedy | Royals | 23.2 | 3.04 | 0.188 | 0.258 | 0.365 | 0.272 |
Carlos Martinez | Cardinals | 32.1 | 3.06 | 0.211 | 0.278 | 0.336 | 0.272 |
Kenta Maeda | Dodgers | 24.1 | 4.07 | 0.220 | 0.255 | 0.382 | 0.273 |
Jake Odorizzi | Rays | 25.0 | 2.88 | 0.178 | 0.232 | 0.416 | 0.275 |
Lance McCullers | Astros | 26.0 | 2.08 | 0.211 | 0.282 | 0.351 | 0.276 |
Tanner Roark | Nationals | 28.2 | 4.71 | 0.236 | 0.297 | 0.321 | 0.276 |
Michael Wacha | Cardinals | 24.2 | 2.92 | 0.216 | 0.269 | 0.368 | 0.277 |
Hector Santiago | Twins | 24.1 | 2.59 | 0.231 | 0.293 | 0.330 | 0.278 |
Well would you look at that…Jhoulys Chacin just needed to stay out of a hitter’s park AND get back to the National League to have some value. I scored with him in a GPP on Fanduel last night and I’m gonna ride this home-wave until it breaks.
Ervin Santana got off to a phenomenal start this year and there’s no question that Target Field is a big help to him. That low-pressure, pitcher-friendly environment suits him well.
Some hurlers who throw in a hitter-friendly park you may want to keep a close eye on include Michael Pineda, Jeremy Hellickson, Dylan Bundy, Marco Estrada and yes…Zack Greinke too.
Pitchers – Away
Name | Team | IP | ERA | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
Carlos Carrasco | Indians | 26.2 | 1.35 | 0.165 | 0.200 | 0.222 | 0.188 |
Mike Leake | Cardinals | 20.0 | 2.25 | 0.143 | 0.200 | 0.246 | 0.198 |
Ervin Santana | Twins | 20.0 | 0.45 | 0.123 | 0.236 | 0.175 | 0.200 |
A.J. Griffin | Rangers | 26.0 | 1.38 | 0.163 | 0.198 | 0.278 | 0.206 |
Chris Sale | Red Sox | 21.2 | 2.49 | 0.167 | 0.226 | 0.250 | 0.213 |
Max Scherzer | Nationals | 29.2 | 2.12 | 0.149 | 0.213 | 0.300 | 0.226 |
Julio Teheran | Braves | 25.1 | 0.71 | 0.189 | 0.273 | 0.241 | 0.236 |
James Paxton | Mariners | 17.1 | 2.60 | 0.217 | 0.250 | 0.294 | 0.238 |
Luis Severino | Yankees | 19.0 | 2.37 | 0.188 | 0.233 | 0.319 | 0.241 |
Michael Fulmer | Tigers | 28.0 | 2.25 | 0.200 | 0.257 | 0.286 | 0.243 |
Tyler Skaggs | Angels | 17.1 | 3.12 | 0.203 | 0.261 | 0.290 | 0.243 |
Andrew Triggs | Athletics | 19.0 | 0.47 | 0.197 | 0.264 | 0.273 | 0.244 |
Robbie Ray | Diamondbacks | 18.2 | 1.45 | 0.164 | 0.276 | 0.262 | 0.248 |
Jesse Hahn | Athletics | 38.0 | 2.84 | 0.214 | 0.276 | 0.281 | 0.249 |
Kyle Hendricks | Cubs | 24.1 | 2.96 | 0.186 | 0.255 | 0.306 | 0.249 |
Alex Wood | Dodgers | 20.1 | 2.21 | 0.211 | 0.286 | 0.289 | 0.250 |
Josh Tomlin | Indians | 17.2 | 5.09 | 0.250 | 0.271 | 0.318 | 0.255 |
Wei-Yin Chen | Marlins | 18.0 | 2.50 | 0.212 | 0.278 | 0.288 | 0.256 |
Dallas Keuchel | Astros | 35.0 | 2.57 | 0.206 | 0.256 | 0.336 | 0.260 |
Jason Vargas | Royals | 18.0 | 2.00 | 0.239 | 0.265 | 0.333 | 0.261 |
Madison Bumgarner | Giants | 21.0 | 2.57 | 0.229 | 0.267 | 0.354 | 0.270 |
Andrew Cashner | Rangers | 17.1 | 3.12 | 0.194 | 0.315 | 0.258 | 0.270 |
Stephen Strasburg | Nationals | 25.2 | 2.81 | 0.208 | 0.296 | 0.316 | 0.271 |
Clayton Kershaw | Dodgers | 34.1 | 2.10 | 0.228 | 0.263 | 0.378 | 0.276 |
Yu Darvish | Rangers | 19.1 | 2.33 | 0.209 | 0.297 | 0.318 | 0.277 |
Brandon McCarthy | Dodgers | 18.2 | 3.86 | 0.246 | 0.306 | 0.318 | 0.277 |
Lance McCullers | Astros | 28.1 | 3.18 | 0.224 | 0.293 | 0.343 | 0.281 |
Adam Conley | Marlins | 16.1 | 2.20 | 0.194 | 0.290 | 0.350 | 0.282 |
Antonio Senzatela | Rockies | 18.0 | 2.50 | 0.224 | 0.278 | 0.391 | 0.283 |
Eduardo Rodriguez | Red Sox | 30.0 | 3.30 | 0.198 | 0.288 | 0.369 | 0.283 |
Yes, you’ll have to watch Ervin Santana closer here.
Julio Teheran is one of the best examples for home/road splits with the way Sun Trust Park is playing. He was traditionally better at home than on eht road and we’ve seen a massive shift in that this year.
Names here that I’m not buying for the long-haul include Josh Tomlin, Wei-Yin Chen, Jason Vargas and Adam Conley. You probably shouldn’t either.
Lefty/Righty
Hitters – vs Lefties
Name | Team | PA | OBP | SLG | ISO | wOBA |
Eric Thames | Brewers | 38 | 0.500 | 0.935 | 0.548 | 0.576 |
Nolan Arenado | Rockies | 53 | 0.472 | 0.918 | 0.490 | 0.572 |
Kris Bryant | Cubs | 38 | 0.553 | 0.852 | 0.481 | 0.557 |
Justin Smoak | Blue Jays | 36 | 0.472 | 0.833 | 0.433 | 0.527 |
Adam Duvall | Reds | 36 | 0.444 | 0.813 | 0.438 | 0.518 |
Ryon Healy | Athletics | 38 | 0.421 | 0.750 | 0.361 | 0.489 |
Aaron Altherr | Phillies | 33 | 0.424 | 0.750 | 0.429 | 0.482 |
Avisail Garcia | White Sox | 36 | 0.472 | 0.657 | 0.200 | 0.481 |
Aaron Judge | Yankees | 33 | 0.455 | 0.720 | 0.440 | 0.480 |
Andrew McCutchen | Pirates | 49 | 0.429 | 0.738 | 0.405 | 0.480 |
Matt Holliday | Yankees | 35 | 0.457 | 0.667 | 0.333 | 0.463 |
Buster Posey | Giants | 57 | 0.456 | 0.640 | 0.260 | 0.461 |
Kevin Pillar | Blue Jays | 43 | 0.419 | 0.684 | 0.316 | 0.456 |
Trevor Story | Rockies | 38 | 0.368 | 0.750 | 0.500 | 0.453 |
James McCann | Tigers | 31 | 0.355 | 0.741 | 0.481 | 0.447 |
Miguel Sano | Twins | 42 | 0.429 | 0.657 | 0.343 | 0.446 |
Eduardo Escobar | Twins | 33 | 0.394 | 0.667 | 0.333 | 0.446 |
Jose Abreu | White Sox | 36 | 0.444 | 0.594 | 0.219 | 0.444 |
Aaron Hicks | Yankees | 41 | 0.415 | 0.618 | 0.294 | 0.430 |
Corey Dickerson | Rays | 51 | 0.412 | 0.596 | 0.234 | 0.427 |
Josh Harrison | Pirates | 47 | 0.404 | 0.585 | 0.268 | 0.422 |
Odubel Herrera | Phillies | 38 | 0.395 | 0.571 | 0.229 | 0.413 |
Chris Owings | Diamondbacks | 50 | 0.400 | 0.553 | 0.191 | 0.407 |
Yunel Escobar | Angels | 43 | 0.442 | 0.463 | 0.049 | 0.398 |
Cameron Rupp | Phillies | 32 | 0.406 | 0.536 | 0.214 | 0.395 |
Hunter Renfroe | Padres | 47 | 0.404 | 0.525 | 0.225 | 0.394 |
DJ LeMahieu | Rockies | 59 | 0.424 | 0.473 | 0.091 | 0.393 |
Starlin Castro | Yankees | 41 | 0.415 | 0.486 | 0.135 | 0.392 |
Mike Trout | Angels | 35 | 0.429 | 0.517 | 0.207 | 0.390 |
Brian Dozier | Twins | 38 | 0.421 | 0.484 | 0.194 | 0.388 |
The sample size is obviously a little small, but Eric Thames raking against lefties is very promising. It’s obvious he’s learned something about hitting, so perhaps we won’t have to worry too much about his lefty/righty match-ups too much moving forward.
Switch-hitting Justin Smoak does a lot better when he’s on the right side of the plate as evidenced by his numbers against left-handed pitching. This is for the overall production. His home run totals are pretty equal for right now, but his ISO is much better here against southpaws.
We’re seeing a number of players whose isolated power marks are through the roof here, but don’t let the fact that D.J. LeMahieu, Yunel Escobar and even Cameron Rupp don’t hit for a ton of power concern you. You need guys who can remain productive and help balance out your batting average and OBP as well.
Hitters -- vs Righties
Name | Team | PA | OBP | SLG | OPS | ISO | wOBA |
Mike Trout | Angels | 127 | 0.457 | 0.806 | 1.263 | 0.456 | 0.504 |
Bryce Harper | Nationals | 132 | 0.477 | 0.755 | 1.232 | 0.406 | 0.498 |
Freddie Freeman | Braves | 138 | 0.471 | 0.755 | 1.226 | 0.418 | 0.494 |
Ryan Zimmerman | Nationals | 127 | 0.417 | 0.718 | 1.135 | 0.350 | 0.474 |
Aaron Judge | Yankees | 115 | 0.417 | 0.720 | 1.137 | 0.390 | 0.467 |
Mark Reynolds | Rockies | 105 | 0.419 | 0.691 | 1.111 | 0.340 | 0.465 |
Paul Goldschmidt | Diamondbacks | 129 | 0.450 | 0.645 | 1.094 | 0.308 | 0.461 |
Miguel Sano | Twins | 101 | 0.426 | 0.638 | 1.063 | 0.363 | 0.442 |
Charlie Blackmon | Rockies | 103 | 0.386 | 0.663 | 1.049 | 0.326 | 0.436 |
Zack Cozart | Reds | 115 | 0.435 | 0.583 | 1.018 | 0.250 | 0.430 |
Robinson Cano | Mariners | 118 | 0.407 | 0.632 | 1.039 | 0.292 | 0.429 |
Justin Turner | Dodgers | 97 | 0.458 | 0.523 | 0.982 | 0.128 | 0.428 |
Jedd Gyorko | Cardinals | 102 | 0.402 | 0.609 | 1.011 | 0.272 | 0.427 |
Michael Conforto | Mets | 115 | 0.400 | 0.646 | 1.046 | 0.323 | 0.427 |
Jake Lamb | Diamondbacks | 120 | 0.417 | 0.621 | 1.038 | 0.291 | 0.427 |
Yonder Alonso | Athletics | 111 | 0.405 | 0.628 | 1.033 | 0.330 | 0.427 |
Eric Thames | Brewers | 116 | 0.414 | 0.615 | 1.028 | 0.323 | 0.426 |
Jay Bruce | Mets | 118 | 0.381 | 0.631 | 1.012 | 0.340 | 0.424 |
Joey Votto | Reds | 135 | 0.422 | 0.593 | 1.015 | 0.287 | 0.419 |
Tyler Flowers | Braves | 88 | 0.489 | 0.429 | 0.917 | 0.071 | 0.416 |
Matt Carpenter | Cardinals | 119 | 0.429 | 0.538 | 0.967 | 0.275 | 0.414 |
Matt Kemp | Braves | 111 | 0.378 | 0.600 | 0.978 | 0.257 | 0.414 |
Salvador Perez | Royals | 107 | 0.355 | 0.626 | 0.981 | 0.313 | 0.410 |
Wil Myers | Padres | 136 | 0.346 | 0.648 | 0.994 | 0.328 | 0.410 |
Corey Dickerson | Rays | 120 | 0.370 | 0.613 | 0.982 | 0.288 | 0.409 |
Yasmani Grandal | Dodgers | 93 | 0.398 | 0.560 | 0.957 | 0.214 | 0.407 |
Corey Seager | Dodgers | 108 | 0.417 | 0.532 | 0.949 | 0.202 | 0.406 |
Nelson Cruz | Mariners | 138 | 0.384 | 0.588 | 0.972 | 0.269 | 0.405 |
Starlin Castro | Yankees | 122 | 0.377 | 0.564 | 0.941 | 0.214 | 0.402 |
Brett Gardner | Yankees | 120 | 0.395 | 0.535 | 0.930 | 0.238 | 0.397 |
Really no surprises here, but it should be worth noting that Starlin Castro is hanging out in the top 30 against both lefties and righties. Career-wise, he offers more solid overall totals against southpaws, but his isolated power spikes more against the right-handers.
When it comes to the pitchers, obviously the majority of them thrive against same-handed hitters. But as you’re scrolling through the lists below, make a special note of which hurlers have that funky reverse split. There are plenty of them here and we’ll re-visit again sometime around mid-season when the sample size increases, but it’s definitely worth noting.
What you should make sure you do each day is go to the Pitching Coach data table, click on the Advanced Stats tab and sort the table by the wOBA splits. That should help you out in a major way when deciding which hurlers to start for the day and which to avoid based on the opposing lineup.
Pitchers -- vs Lefties
Name | Team | IP | ERA | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
Dallas Keuchel | Astros | 12.2 | 1.42 | 0.116 | 0.140 | 0.190 | 0.146 |
Andrew Triggs | Athletics | 21.2 | 1.66 | 0.135 | 0.220 | 0.176 | 0.189 |
Jose Urena | Marlins | 16.0 | 0.56 | 0.143 | 0.226 | 0.179 | 0.193 |
Michael Fulmer | Tigers | 31.0 | 1.45 | 0.157 | 0.216 | 0.215 | 0.197 |
Chris Devenski | Astros | 12.2 | 3.55 | 0.095 | 0.174 | 0.286 | 0.201 |
Ervin Santana | Twins | 30.0 | 2.10 | 0.140 | 0.196 | 0.280 | 0.210 |
Trevor Cahill | Padres | 18.2 | 1.93 | 0.143 | 0.260 | 0.190 | 0.213 |
Joe Biagini | Blue Jays | 13.0 | 2.77 | 0.188 | 0.235 | 0.250 | 0.218 |
Noah Syndergaard | Mets | 14.2 | 1.84 | 0.200 | 0.241 | 0.296 | 0.226 |
Stephen Strasburg | Nationals | 27.0 | 2.00 | 0.198 | 0.245 | 0.283 | 0.229 |
Ian Kennedy | Royals | 18.0 | 1.50 | 0.188 | 0.297 | 0.219 | 0.247 |
Patrick Corbin | Diamondbacks | 13.0 | 4.85 | 0.191 | 0.224 | 0.370 | 0.250 |
Charlie Morton | Astros | 20.1 | 1.33 | 0.187 | 0.307 | 0.230 | 0.252 |
Jeremy Hellickson | Phillies | 21.2 | 2.91 | 0.169 | 0.250 | 0.320 | 0.252 |
Matt Andriese | Rays | 20.2 | 1.31 | 0.189 | 0.277 | 0.284 | 0.256 |
Luis Severino | Yankees | 19.2 | 3.20 | 0.197 | 0.250 | 0.365 | 0.265 |
Mike Leake | Cardinals | 23.2 | 2.28 | 0.228 | 0.283 | 0.319 | 0.266 |
Dan Straily | Marlins | 18.0 | 3.50 | 0.172 | 0.303 | 0.281 | 0.266 |
Jameson Taillon | Pirates | 16.2 | 1.62 | 0.231 | 0.296 | 0.308 | 0.271 |
Yovani Gallardo | Mariners | 25.0 | 4.68 | 0.204 | 0.291 | 0.315 | 0.273 |
Zack Greinke | Diamondbacks | 29.0 | 2.48 | 0.222 | 0.265 | 0.368 | 0.274 |
Kyle Hendricks | Cubs | 20.2 | 3.05 | 0.189 | 0.280 | 0.342 | 0.277 |
Jesse Chavez | Angels | 22.1 | 3.63 | 0.218 | 0.291 | 0.333 | 0.278 |
Yu Darvish | Rangers | 26.2 | 3.04 | 0.204 | 0.284 | 0.351 | 0.280 |
Jesse Hahn | Athletics | 19.2 | 2.75 | 0.200 | 0.311 | 0.312 | 0.281 |
Marco Estrada | Blue Jays | 27.2 | 3.25 | 0.216 | 0.262 | 0.396 | 0.283 |
Lance McCullers | Astros | 26.0 | 2.77 | 0.250 | 0.315 | 0.333 | 0.286 |
Clayton Richard | Padres | 14.0 | 1.93 | 0.255 | 0.327 | 0.313 | 0.288 |
Jacob deGrom | Mets | 23.1 | 4.24 | 0.239 | 0.309 | 0.352 | 0.289 |
Michael Pineda | Yankees | 21.2 | 2.08 | 0.229 | 0.297 | 0.361 | 0.291 |
Pitchers – vs Righties
Name | Team | IP | ERA | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
Max Scherzer | Nationals | 27.2 | 2.60 | 0.118 | 0.156 | 0.261 | 0.181 |
Chris Sale | Red Sox | 51.2 | 1.92 | 0.152 | 0.209 | 0.211 | 0.192 |
Alex Wood | Dodgers | 25.2 | 0.70 | 0.179 | 0.228 | 0.242 | 0.202 |
Lance Lynn | Cardinals | 28.0 | 0.96 | 0.130 | 0.212 | 0.222 | 0.202 |
Carlos Carrasco | Indians | 29.2 | 0.91 | 0.170 | 0.224 | 0.263 | 0.217 |
Ervin Santana | Twins | 24.0 | 0.75 | 0.113 | 0.258 | 0.192 | 0.222 |
Clayton Kershaw | Dodgers | 51.1 | 1.93 | 0.191 | 0.221 | 0.291 | 0.223 |
Julio Teheran | Braves | 23.0 | 1.96 | 0.235 | 0.256 | 0.265 | 0.224 |
Luis Perdomo | Padres | 23.0 | 3.13 | 0.205 | 0.262 | 0.260 | 0.236 |
Dylan Bundy | Orioles | 28.1 | 2.22 | 0.204 | 0.241 | 0.304 | 0.238 |
James Paxton | Mariners | 32.0 | 1.69 | 0.200 | 0.267 | 0.271 | 0.239 |
Tanner Roark | Nationals | 25.0 | 3.60 | 0.220 | 0.286 | 0.233 | 0.240 |
Jason Vargas | Royals | 40.0 | 2.03 | 0.201 | 0.255 | 0.287 | 0.242 |
Jhoulys Chacin | Padres | 30.2 | 2.05 | 0.212 | 0.270 | 0.283 | 0.245 |
Ivan Nova | Pirates | 30.0 | 2.40 | 0.222 | 0.239 | 0.336 | 0.248 |
Jeff Samardzija | Giants | 27.0 | 3.00 | 0.220 | 0.252 | 0.316 | 0.248 |
Jesse Hahn | Athletics | 28.0 | 3.21 | 0.221 | 0.275 | 0.277 | 0.248 |
Hector Santiago | Twins | 40.2 | 2.43 | 0.208 | 0.276 | 0.282 | 0.253 |
Dallas Keuchel | Astros | 51.0 | 1.94 | 0.200 | 0.259 | 0.313 | 0.254 |
Jerad Eickhoff | Phillies | 19.1 | 4.66 | 0.241 | 0.277 | 0.304 | 0.257 |
A.J. Griffin | Rangers | 21.1 | 2.11 | 0.173 | 0.235 | 0.365 | 0.258 |
Gerrit Cole | Pirates | 30.2 | 1.76 | 0.200 | 0.261 | 0.327 | 0.259 |
Mike Leake | Cardinals | 29.2 | 1.82 | 0.202 | 0.227 | 0.383 | 0.259 |
Matt Cain | Giants | 24.1 | 3.70 | 0.217 | 0.250 | 0.348 | 0.259 |
Zack Wheeler | Mets | 22.2 | 2.38 | 0.214 | 0.290 | 0.286 | 0.262 |
Dan Straily | Marlins | 25.0 | 3.60 | 0.151 | 0.240 | 0.360 | 0.263 |
Yu Darvish | Rangers | 32.0 | 2.53 | 0.189 | 0.270 | 0.330 | 0.266 |
Michael Wacha | Cardinals | 21.2 | 2.91 | 0.234 | 0.256 | 0.368 | 0.269 |
Lance McCullers | Astros | 28.1 | 2.54 | 0.186 | 0.261 | 0.360 | 0.271 |
Chris Archer | Rays | 35.0 | 3.09 | 0.217 | 0.284 | 0.326 | 0.271 |