MLB DW Slate Preview - May 16
My rundown of today's MLB slate, including full projections and analysis for each game
Main Slate Preview
Pitchers - Expensive Targets
MacKenzie Gore ($8,600) vs. Orioles
There is some rain in the forecast for this one, so we’ll have to keep an eye on that. But Gore is the model’s top projected pitcher tonight.
He has been extremely, extremely good this year with a 35% K%, a 7.5% BB%, and a 1.86 WHIP+. DraftKings scoring heavily favors strikeouts. Gore leads the league in strikeouts and is third among qualified SP in strikeout rate (Ragans & Gilbert).
As if that wasn’t enough, there’s also this:
Worst Team xwOBA vs. LHP
Orioles .267
Brewers .274
Guardians .274
Angels .283
Twins .290
Check out the splits on these guys dating back to last year:
You can’t ask for a much better matchup for Gore. And the price on DraftKings is an absolute steal at $8,600. I’m not sure what’s going on there.
We just have to hope that the weather holds up. If it looks good, I’m going to have a ton of MacKKKKKKKKKKKenzie Gore.
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