Fifteen Games, Misiorowski At 1.73 Against The Cubs, And Schlittler At 2.09 In Anaheim

The board opens with a day game and the two highest ERAs on it. San Diego is 73-66 with a 3.91 staff ERA and 577 runs allowed. Cincinnati is 66-73, has allowed 689 behind a 4.67, and carries a run differential of minus 112, the worst of any club playing today outside of the Athletics and Rockies.

Casey Mize starts for San Diego with 24 innings across six starts, a 6.00 ERA, a 1.50 WHIP and eleven strikeouts, which is 4.13 per nine. That strikeout rate is the lowest of any starter on the board. The Padres have been winning behind the staff around him rather than because of him.

Brandon Williamson answers for Cincinnati at 6.67 with a 1.72 WHIP over 29.2 innings and seven starts. Two starters north of 6.00 in the smallest park on the board is the shape of this one. No number appears on this game.

Washington is 67-74 and has scored 735 runs with a .757 OPS, the best offensive figures of any club playing today. It has also allowed 712 behind a 4.66 ERA, which is how a lineup that good sits seven games under. Atlanta is 82-57, 7-3 in its last ten, with a 3.61 staff ERA and 535 runs allowed.

Grant Holmes takes the ball for Atlanta at 3.71 with a 1.34 WHIP and 103 strikeouts across 128.2 innings and 25 starts. The strikeouts are modest at 7.20 per nine, so this is a contact starter in front of a defence that has been the better half of his line all season.

Brad Lord counters for Washington with a 3.73 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP over 70 innings, but only five of his outings were starts. Sixty five strikeouts in that stretch is 8.36 per nine. The workload question, how deep he goes in a start, is the one that decides how much of the game the Nationals bullpen has to carry. No number appears here.

The Athletics are 53-86 with a run differential of minus 201 and have allowed 803 runs in 139 games behind a 5.48 staff ERA and a 1.50 WHIP. They have lost five in a row. Texas is 69-70, 38-29 at home, and has won three straight behind a 4.27 staff ERA.

Jacob Lopez starts for the Athletics at 4.82 with a 1.46 WHIP and 96 strikeouts in 99 innings across 19 starts. The line is better than the staff around him, and opponents have averaged more than six runs in his starts once the bullpen is counted.

Cody Bradford answers for Texas with five starts, 26.1 innings, a 3.42 ERA and a 1.52 WHIP. Thirteen strikeouts in that stretch is 4.44 per nine, the second lowest rate on the board. Two starters who do not miss bats and a 1.21 run gap in staff ERA between the two clubs. No number appears on this game.

Colorado is 53-86 and has allowed 790 runs behind a 5.44 staff ERA and a 1.52 WHIP. Its pitchers have struck out 944 hitters, the fewest of any club playing today by more than a hundred. Baltimore is 69-70, 7-3 in its last ten, with a 4.16 ERA.

Trevor Rogers starts for Baltimore at 4.38 with a 1.25 WHIP and 121 strikeouts across 137.2 innings and 25 starts. That WHIP is the best of any starter on the early board, and it is about to be tested in the one park where a WHIP means the least.

Tomoyuki Sugano takes the ball for Colorado at 5.23 with 75 strikeouts in 125.2 innings, 5.37 per nine, the lowest rate of any starter with a full season behind him. Contact pitching at Coors is the shape of the game. No number appears here.

Philadelphia is 79-60 and has won six straight, 8-2 over its last ten, and its staff has struck out 1,366 hitters, the most of any club in baseball. Arizona is 73-67, has lost three in a row, and its staff has struck out 954, the second fewest on the board.

Andrew Painter starts for Philadelphia carrying a 5.95 ERA and a 1.44 WHIP across 98.1 innings and 18 starts. Eighty five strikeouts in that stretch is 7.78 per nine. The record the Phillies are riding has been built around him rather than on him.

Taylor Clarke is listed for Arizona with a 2.60 ERA and a 0.88 WHIP over 62.1 innings, none of them starts. That is an opener line, and it means the Diamondbacks bullpen is on the hook for most of the afternoon. No number appears on this game.

Boston is 75-64 with a 3.64 staff ERA and 542 runs allowed, the third best run prevention of any club playing today. Seattle is 65-74 and has scored 547 runs with a .685 OPS and a .228 average, both the second lowest figures on the board.

Bryce Miller starts for Seattle at 4.12 with a 1.09 WHIP, 92 strikeouts and 25 walks across 94 innings and 16 starts. The WHIP says control. The last five starts say 2, 4, 5, 6 and 6 runs allowed, and the two numbers are both true at once.

Patrick Sandoval answers for Boston at 4.20 with a 1.71 WHIP over 45 innings and nine starts, 48 strikeouts against 22 walks. That WHIP is the highest of any starter on the board with more than five starts. No number appears here.

These two clubs played a 13-12 game last night with sixteen runs through five innings. Pittsburgh is 68-71 and has won three straight behind a lineup at .736 OPS and 682 runs scored. San Francisco is 57-82 and 24-46 on the road, the worst road record on the board.

Landen Roupp starts for San Francisco at 4.25 with a 1.31 WHIP and 133 strikeouts across 139.2 innings and 26 starts, 8.57 per nine. He has cleared 4.5 strikeouts in 17 of those 26, which is why his line sits where it does tonight.

Bubba Chandler answers for Pittsburgh at 4.26 with a 1.36 WHIP and 117 strikeouts in 131 innings over 25 starts. Two starters within a hundredth of a run of each other in ERA, one night after the bullpens gave up 25 between them. No number appears on this game.

Tampa Bay is 83-55 and 47-24 at home, the best home record of any club on the board. The Rays hit .261 as a team, the highest average here, and run a 1.14 staff WHIP, the lowest. The Mets are 62-77 and have scored 567 runs on a .693 OPS.

Justin Hagenman is listed for New York and has not started a game this season. That is left as it is rather than filled with a guess, and it means the Mets bullpen is carrying most of the night from the first inning.

Griffin Jax answers for Tampa Bay at 3.63 with a 1.21 WHIP and 100 strikeouts in 91.2 innings, 9.82 per nine, across 18 starts. He has cleared 4.5 strikeouts in eleven of the eighteen. No number appears here.

Cleveland is 70-68 and 8-2 in its last ten behind a 3.70 staff ERA and 560 runs allowed. Toronto is 68-71 with a 3.96 and a lineup at .686 OPS, the third lowest on the board. Two clubs two games apart and both built on the mound.

Dylan Cease carries the second lowest ERA of any starter tonight at 2.33, with a 1.05 WHIP and 217 strikeouts in 150.1 innings, 12.99 per nine, across 25 starts. Opponents have finished with three or fewer runs in 16 of those 25 starts once the bullpen is counted.

Joey Cantillo answers for Cleveland at 3.70 with a 1.45 WHIP and 145 strikeouts in 136.1 innings across 28 starts, the most starts of anyone on the board. Seventy walks is the leak. No number appears on this game.

Detroit is 63-75 with a 3.71 staff ERA, a 1.23 WHIP and a run differential of plus 42, and it is 2-8 in its last ten. Those three facts do not usually sit together. Minnesota is 67-72 at minus 33 and has won three straight.

Drew Anderson starts for Detroit with 86 innings, seven of them starts, a 3.87 ERA, a 1.33 WHIP and 96 strikeouts, which is 10.05 per nine. The rate is real. Most of it came out of the bullpen, and the question tonight is how many innings it survives in a start.

Dean Kremer answers for Minnesota at 4.39 with a 1.13 WHIP over 26.2 innings and five starts since joining the Twins. Twenty three strikeouts in that stretch. No number appears here.

Miami is 70-69 and 42-27 at home but 28-42 on the road, one of the widest home and road splits on the board. Kansas City is 62-77 and 7-3 in its last ten, with a 4.69 staff ERA and 679 runs allowed.

Eury Pérez starts for Miami at 3.44 with a 1.13 WHIP and 142 strikeouts in 130.2 innings across 24 starts, 9.78 per nine. He has cleared 4.5 strikeouts in 19 of the 24, the highest rate of any full season starter on the board at that number.

Noah Cameron answers for Kansas City at 3.98 with a 1.22 WHIP and 131 strikeouts across 149.1 innings and 25 starts. The line is steady rather than loud, which on a 4.69 staff makes him the best arm the Royals have. No number appears on this game.

The game of the night and it is not close. Milwaukee is 86-53, the best record in baseball, with a 3.47 staff ERA, a 1.17 WHIP and 1,331 strikeouts. Chicago is 78-61 and has scored 746 runs on a .773 OPS with 196 home runs, all three the most of any club playing today. The best run prevention on the board against the best run production.

Jacob Misiorowski carries the lowest ERA of any starter tonight at 1.73, with a 0.75 WHIP, 222 strikeouts and 35 walks across 151 innings and 25 starts. That is 13.23 strikeouts per nine, the highest rate on the board. He is 14-5. Opponents have finished with three or fewer runs in 21 of his 25 starts.

David Peterson answers for Chicago at 6.09 with a 1.65 WHIP in eight starts since joining the Cubs, 63 strikeouts in 68 innings. Across both his teams this season the ERA is 5.11. The gap between the two starters is the widest of any game on the board. No number appears here.

Chicago is 73-65 at plus 45 with 181 home runs. Houston is 70-69 at minus 44 with 184. The Astros have allowed 675 runs behind a 4.61 ERA, and games involving either club have gone over 8.5 runs more than 55 percent of the time this season.

Davis Martin starts for Chicago at 4.32 with a 1.33 WHIP and 111 strikeouts across 125 innings and 24 starts. The last three full starts went for 4, 4 and 9 runs, which is the number the Astros lineup is looking at.

Hayden Wesneski answers for Houston with six starts, 32.2 innings, a 3.86 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP. Twenty eight strikeouts in that stretch, 7.71 per nine. A short sample in front of a 4.61 staff. No number appears on this game.

New York is 79-60 with a 3.25 staff ERA, a 1.18 WHIP and 518 runs allowed, the best run prevention of any club playing today. Los Angeles is 53-86, 2-8 in its last ten, and has scored 568 runs on a .681 OPS, the lowest on the board.

Cam Schlittler is 28 starts into the season with a 2.09 ERA, a 0.97 WHIP and 201 strikeouts in 163.2 innings. The ERA is the third lowest on the board, the WHIP the second lowest, and the innings total the highest of anyone starting tonight. He is facing a lineup that strikes out at 25.10 percent, the second highest rate in baseball.

Reid Detmers answers for Los Angeles at 3.54 with a 1.07 WHIP and 174 strikeouts across 155 innings and 27 starts, 10.10 per nine. On most nights that is the best line in the game. Tonight it is the second best on the mound. No number appears here.

The last game of the night. Los Angeles is 82-56 at plus 148 with a 3.69 staff ERA, a 1.16 WHIP and 678 runs scored on a .756 OPS, the second best offense on the board. St. Louis is 69-70 and 3-7 in its last ten, one night after scoring thirteen in this park.

St. Louis has not named a starter. That is left blank here rather than guessed at, and it changes what any read on this game is worth until the name is posted.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto takes the ball for Los Angeles at 2.56 with a 0.89 WHIP and 153 strikeouts across 158 innings and 24 starts. That WHIP is the lowest of any starter on the board after Misiorowski. No number appears on this game.